The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Great Portland Estates P L C

Company 00596137 Active

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Board DNA

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10
directors on the board
5.3y median 4.2y
average tenure
24.3y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
2 vs 6 portfolio
first-time directors
3
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Property 86Construction 36Hospitality 8Finance 4Other services 3Tech and media 3Health and social care 2Manufacturing 2

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Company details

Number00596137
StatusActive
TypePublic Limited Company
Incorporated30/12/1957
Address33 CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON, W1G 0PW
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

41100 - Development of building projects68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate

Ownership - persons with significant control (0)

No persons with significant control recorded.

Officers (45)

  • Cottam, Jayne Director · appointed 2026
  • Duffy, Peter Bernard Director · appointed 2026
  • Eccleshare, Christopher William Director · appointed 2025
  • Green, Karen Ann Director · appointed 2023
  • Magesh, Champa Hariharan Director · appointed 2022
  • Woods, Emma Margaret Director · appointed 2022
  • Nicholson, Daniel Christopher Director · appointed 2021
  • Anderson, Mark Director · appointed 2021
  • Jarman, Victoria Clare Director · appointed 2020
  • Lennark, Darren Secretary · appointed 2019
  • Courtauld, Toby Augustine Director · appointed 2002
  • Rose-Slade, Alison Marie Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
  • Becker, Wendy Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
  • Mully, Richard Stephen Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
  • Hampton, Nick Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
  • Philipps, Charles Edward Laurence Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2023
  • Holden, Elizabeth Jane Dilwihs Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
  • Sanderson, Nicholas James Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2026
  • Nicholls, Jonathan Clive Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
  • Scicluna, Martin Anthony Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2019
  • Short, Jonathan Ottley Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2018
  • Thompson, Neil Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2016
  • Drakesmith, Nicholas Timon Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
  • Rose, Phillip Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2012
  • Irby, Charles Leonard Anthony Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2014
  • O'Donovan, Kathleen Anne Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Noel, Robert Montague Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2009
  • Edgcumbe, John Charles Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
  • Martin, Desna Lee Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2019
  • Godwin, David Christopher Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
  • Graham, Anthony Lawrence Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
  • Fryer, Carolyn Jane Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Whiteley, John Howard Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2005
  • Perlin, Howard Stephen Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2003
  • Shaw, Peter David Marley Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2002
  • Hall, Patrick Oliver Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2000
  • Witty, John David Former Director · appointed 1987 · resigned 1997
  • Peskin, Richard Martin Former Director · appointed 1968 · resigned 2009
  • Desmond, Daniel Frank Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Ford, Norman David Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Barrett, Christopher Jeremy Richard Former Secretary · resigned 1996
  • Gittens, Paul Alexander Former Director · resigned 2002
  • Jarrad, Leonard Stanley Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Payton, Roger Louis Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Harvey, Thomas Cockayne Former Director · resigned 1993

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