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The Advertising Standards Authority Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 84

  1. Teresa Margaret Alps 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Krystle Sargent 2020-2026 Director View profile
  3. Dr Rebecca Anne Rumbul 2020-2026 Director View profile
  4. Kirsten Jane Miller 2019-2026 Director View profile
  5. Aaqil Ahmed 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Zaid Anmar Al-Qassab 2018-2024 Director View profile
  7. Nita Patel Woods 2018-2024 Director View profile
  8. Lord David Anthony Currie 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Tracey Louise Follows 2017-2021 Director View profile
  10. Neil Alan Stevenson 2017-2023 Director View profile
  11. Reginald William Bailey 2016-2022 Director View profile
  12. Suzanne Joyce Mccarthy 2015-2021 Director View profile
  13. Wesley Moreland Henderson 2015-2022 Director View profile
  14. Shireen Emma Peermohamed 2014-2020 Director View profile
  15. Kate Elizabeth Bee 2014-2020 Director View profile
  16. James Samuel Younger 2014-2020 Director View profile
  17. David Hepworth 2013-2019 Director View profile
  18. Alan Peter Bookbinder 2012-2018 Director View profile
  19. Roisin Jane Catherine Donnelly 2012-2018 Director View profile
  20. Advertising Standards Authority Limited 2011-2011 Corporate-director View profile
  21. Advertising Standards Authority Limited 2011-2011 Corporate-director View profile
  22. Sir Martin James Narey 2011-2017 Director View profile
  23. Rachel Childs 2011-2018 Director View profile
  24. Hamish Patrick Pringle 2011-2017 Director View profile
  25. Ronald David Harker 2011-2014 Director View profile
  26. John William Mayhead 2009-2016 Director View profile
  27. Anthony Earle Wilkes 2009-2015 Director View profile
  28. Ruth Catherine Sawtell 2009-2015 Director View profile
  29. Louisa Anne Bolch 2008-2014 Director View profile
  30. Professor Andrew Peter Motion 2008-2014 Director View profile
  31. Smith of Finsbury, Christopher Robert, Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury 2007-2017 Director View profile
  32. Sally Amanda Cartwright 2007-2013 Director View profile
  33. James Leigh Stuart Best 2007-2011 Director View profile
  34. Elizabeth Fagan 2006-2012 Director View profile
  35. Professor Simon Gareth James Jones 2006-2012 Director View profile
  36. Diana Storey Whitworth 2005-2011 Director View profile
  37. Colin Philpott 2005-2011 Director View profile
  38. Neil Robert Watts 2004-2011 Director View profile
  39. Susan Elizabeth Murray 2003-2010 Director View profile
  40. Sunil Gadhia 2003-2009 Director View profile
  41. Baroness Jean Coussins 2003-2009 Director View profile
  42. Professor Donald Gilchrist Trelford 2002-2008 Director View profile
  43. Christine Farnish 2002-2008 Director View profile
  44. Daniel Francis O'Donoghue 2001-2007 Director View profile
  45. Ila Dianne Thompson 2001-2003 Director View profile
  46. Michael Paul Ironside 2001-2007 Director View profile
  47. Lord Gordon Borrie 2001-2007 Director View profile
  48. William David Ferguson Mcnair 2000-2006 Director View profile
  49. Dr Revd Martyn William Percy 1999-2006 Director View profile
  50. Lord David Lawrence Lipsey 1999-2005 Director View profile
  51. Pauline Ann Thomas 1998-2005 Director View profile
  52. Elizabeth Mary Marsden 1998-2004 Director View profile
  53. Diane Helen Yeo 1997-2003 Director View profile
  54. Harry Paul Rich 1997-2003 Director View profile
  55. Professor Norman Sydney Tutt 1996-2002 Director View profile
  56. Jane Anderson 1996-2002 Director View profile
  57. Peter Mitchell 1995-2001 Director View profile
  58. Hugh Robert Burkitt 1995-2001 Director View profile
  59. Rodgers, William, Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank 1995-2000 Director View profile
  60. Leonard Milton Sanderson 1994-2001 Director View profile
  61. Professor Catherine Stevenson Peckahm 1993-1999 Director View profile
  62. Ian Stephen Markham 1993-1999 Director View profile
  63. Jacqueline Dickens 1993-1994 Director View profile
  64. Richard Edmund Bradley 1993-1999 Director View profile
  65. Sylvia Lloyd Heal 1992-1997 Director View profile
  66. Sheila Iffat Hewitt 1991-1998 Director View profile
  67. Alice Josephine Mary Taylor 1993 Director View profile
  68. Winston Fletcher 1993 Director View profile
  69. Patricia Amy Mackesy 1997 Director View profile
  70. John Philip Wells 1993 Director View profile
  71. Professor Gordon Reginald Dunstan 1993 Director View profile
  72. Professor Robert Pinker 1995 Director View profile
  73. Christopher Hawes 1995 Director View profile
  74. Rt Hon Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison 1994 Director View profile
  75. Lady Elizabeth Georgina Alice Cavendish 1991 Director View profile
  76. Elizabeth Jill Filkin 1996 Director View profile
  77. Sir John Gordon Seymour Linacre 1994 Director View profile
  78. Antony Martin Fisher 1995 Director View profile
  79. Baroness Betty Lockwood 1992 Director View profile
  80. Charlotte Leonard 2020-2021 Secretary View profile
  81. Thomas Kelman 2015-2022 Secretary View profile
  82. Trevor Ricardo Ellis 2010-2015 Secretary View profile
  83. Philip David Griffiths 1992-2010 Secretary View profile
  84. Ronald Ian Dewar 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/08/1962

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. The Advertising Standards Authority Limited is controlled by The Advertising Standards Board of Finance Limited
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Advertising Standards Board of Finance Limited.

2 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£310,158
Total assets
£415,758
Cash
£543,693
Employees
1.6
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£6,991

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

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.

13 directors on the board

2.7y median 2.2y
average tenure
6.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (13)

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Professional services 15Business services 5Other services 3Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 2Education 2Finance 2

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
00733214
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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