Company
Great Portland Estates P L C
Development of building projects
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Jayne CottamDirector · since 2026
- Peter Bernard DuffyDirector · since 2026
- Christopher William EccleshareDirector · since 2025
- Karen Ann GreenDirector · since 2023
- Champa Hariharan MageshDirector · since 2022
- Emma Margaret WoodsDirector · since 2022
- Daniel Christopher NicholsonDirector · since 2021
- Mark AndersonDirector · since 2021
Show all 11 current officers
- Victoria Clare JarmanDirector · since 2020
- Toby Augustine CourtauldDirector · since 2002
- Darren LennarkSecretary · since 2019
Previous officers (34)
- Alison Marie Rose-SladeDirector · 2018–2023
- Wendy BeckerDirector · 2017–2022
- Richard Stephen MullyDirector · 2016–2025
- Nick HamptonDirector · 2016–2025
- Charles Edward Laurence PhilippsDirector · 2014–2023
- Elizabeth Jane Dilwihs HoldenDirector · 2012–2017
- Nicholas James SandersonDirector · 2011–2026
- Jonathan Clive NichollsDirector · 2009–2016
- Martin Anthony SciclunaDirector · 2008–2019
- Jonathan Ottley ShortDirector · 2007–2018
- Neil ThompsonDirector · 2006–2016
- Nicholas Timon DrakesmithDirector · 2005–2011
- Phillip RoseDirector · 2005–2012
- Charles Leonard Anthony IrbyDirector · 2004–2014
- Kathleen Anne O'DonovanDirector · 2003–2009
- Robert Montague NoelDirector · 2002–2009
- John Charles EdgcumbeDirector · 1999–2007
- David Christopher GodwinDirector · 1998–2004
- Anthony Lawrence GrahamDirector · 1998–2005
- John Howard WhiteleyDirector · 1995–2005
- Howard Stephen PerlinDirector · 1994–2003
- Peter David Marley ShawDirector · 1994–2002
- Patrick Oliver HallDirector · 1991–2000
- John David WittyDirector · 1987–1997
- Richard Martin PeskinDirector · 1968–2009
- Daniel Frank DesmondDirector · –1992
- Norman David FordDirector · –1997
- Paul Alexander GittensDirector · –2002
- Leonard Stanley JarradDirector · –1999
- Roger Louis PaytonDirector · –2000
- Thomas Cockayne HarveyDirector · –1993
- Desna Lee MartinSecretary · 1999–2019
- Carolyn Jane FryerSecretary · 1996–1998
- Christopher Jeremy Richard BarrettSecretary · –1996
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Collin Estates Limited 3 shared directors
- Knighton Estates Limited 3 shared directors
- J.L.P.Investment Company Limited 3 shared directors
- Great Portland Estates Services Limited 3 shared directors
- Pontsarn Investments Limited 3 shared directors
- 73/77 Oxford Street Limited 3 shared directors
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Shared officers are formal board links, not proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- Development of building projects; Buying and selling of own real estate
- Incorporated
- 30/12/1957
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- Christopher William Eccleshare Director · appointed 2025
- Peter Bernard Duffy Director · appointed 2026
- Karen Ann Green Director · appointed 2023
- Daniel Christopher Nicholson Director · appointed 2021
- Toby Augustine Courtauld Director · appointed 2002
- Champa Hariharan Magesh Director · appointed 2022
- Mark Anderson Director · appointed 2021
- Jayne Cottam Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Margaret Woods Director · appointed 2022
- Victoria Clare Jarman Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Toby Augustine Courtauld Director · appointed 2002
- Victoria Clare Jarman Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Christopher William Eccleshare Director · appointed 2025
- Champa Hariharan Magesh Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (8)
- Peter Bernard Duffy Director · appointed 2026
- Karen Ann Green Director · appointed 2023
- Daniel Christopher Nicholson Director · appointed 2021
- Toby Augustine Courtauld Director · appointed 2002
- Mark Anderson Director · appointed 2021
- Jayne Cottam Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Margaret Woods Director · appointed 2022
- Victoria Clare Jarman Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Nicholas James Sanderson Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00596137
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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