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Previous officers 101

  1. Claudette Beverly Elliott 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. David Edward Wright 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Amy Joy Ham 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Michael Farrar 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Professor Greg Whyte 2019-2026 Director View profile
  6. Huw Michael Edwards 2019-2026 Director View profile
  7. Adrian George Packer 2016-2023 Director View profile
  8. Philip John Rumbelow 2016-2021 Director View profile
  9. Sarah Anne Kendall 2016-2022 Director View profile
  10. Professor Dame Carol Mary Black 2016-2024 Director View profile
  11. Steven John Ward 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Professor Peter William Bonfield 2016-2022 Director View profile
  13. Baroness Tanni Carys Davina Grey Thompson 2015-2022 Director View profile
  14. Matthew Graham Merrick 2015-2017 Director View profile
  15. Mark Sesnan 2015-2026 Director View profile
  16. Sandra Dodd 2015-2022 Director View profile
  17. Dr Ewan Hamnett 2015-2019 Director View profile
  18. Andrew Gerald Matthew Mccabe 2013-2014 Director View profile
  19. Nigel David Wallace 2013-2014 Director View profile
  20. Martin Seibold 2013-2014 Director View profile
  21. Susan Jane Anstiss 2011-2014 Director View profile
  22. Martin Long 2011-2014 Director View profile
  23. James Simon Roy Preece 2011-2014 Director View profile
  24. David John Bibby 2011-2014 Director View profile
  25. John David Oxley 2011-2014 Director View profile
  26. Peter Anthony Todd 2011-2014 Director View profile
  27. Malcolm Mcphail 2011-2014 Director View profile
  28. David Vaughan Pugh 2011-2014 Director View profile
  29. Campbell Innes Kerr 2011-2013 Director View profile
  30. Debra-Lynn Lynn Stuart 2011-2015 Director View profile
  31. Jonathan Bradley Cleland 2011-2011 Director View profile
  32. Ian Jeffrey Kendall 2010-2011 Director View profile
  33. Heather Jane Frankham 2009-2013 Director View profile
  34. Nicola Jane Keene 2009-2011 Director View profile
  35. John William Gamble 2009-2012 Director View profile
  36. Robin Gardner Johnson 2008-2011 Director View profile
  37. Anthony Gerard Majakas 2008-2014 Director View profile
  38. Blane Norman Dodds 2008-2011 Director View profile
  39. Neil Graham King 2008-2011 Director View profile
  40. Graeme John Hinde 2008-2014 Director View profile
  41. Scott Anthony Lloyd 2007-2014 Director View profile
  42. Rosemary Jill Prescott 2006-2009 Director View profile
  43. Richard Anthony John Durrant 2004-2011 Director View profile
  44. Andrew David Jackson 2004-2012 Director View profile
  45. Stewart Miller 2004-2005 Director View profile
  46. Michael John Dickenson 2004-2008 Director View profile
  47. Thurso, John Archibald, the Right Honourable Viscount 2003-2006 Director View profile
  48. Helen Elizabeth Whitrod Brown 2003-2006 Director View profile
  49. Clare Margaret Kennedy 2003-2005 Director View profile
  50. Fred Turok 2003-2015 Director View profile
  51. Paul Victor Harvey 2002-2004 Director View profile
  52. Jeremy Taylor 2002-2003 Director View profile
  53. John Marsden 2002-2003 Director View profile
  54. Christopher Robert O'Connor 2002-2005 Director View profile
  55. Carlyle Beverley Ward 2002-2003 Director View profile
  56. Sean Phillips 2002-2003 Director View profile
  57. Arthur Mccoll 2001-2002 Director View profile
  58. Barry John Cronin 2001-2002 Director View profile
  59. Robert James Barker 2001-2014 Director View profile
  60. Nicholas James Smith 2001-2004 Director View profile
  61. Martin Skivington 2001-2004 Director View profile
  62. Martin Timothy Oliver 2000-2001 Director View profile
  63. Kristine Tynan 2000-2003 Director View profile
  64. Lynne Briggs 2000-2002 Director View profile
  65. Andree Denise Deane 2000-2003 Director View profile
  66. Michael Charles Rollason 1999-2006 Director View profile
  67. Craig William Ahern 1999-2002 Director View profile
  68. Brent William Hallo 1999-2001 Director View profile
  69. Stuart Paul Broster 1999-2001 Director View profile
  70. Stuart Douglas Parker 1998-2000 Director View profile
  71. Cynthia Ann Robinson 1998-1999 Director View profile
  72. Harm Bartholomew Tegelaars 1998-2010 Director View profile
  73. Pauline Muldoon 1997-1998 Director View profile
  74. Stephen John Randall Philpott 1997-2003 Director View profile
  75. Elizabeth Katherine Dicker 1996-2000 Director View profile
  76. Timothy William Webster 1995-1999 Director View profile
  77. Paul Douglas Hanson 1994-1996 Director View profile
  78. John William Gamble 1994-1996 Director View profile
  79. Patrick Henchoz 1993-1998 Director View profile
  80. Carol Lesley Pearce 1993-1996 Director View profile
  81. Robert Carr 1992-1993 Director View profile
  82. Jennifer Ann Lawrence 1992-1998 Director View profile
  83. David Howell 1991-1998 Director View profile
  84. John Edward Staniland 1991-1992 Director View profile
  85. Ronald Kenneth Edward Bradney 1991-1994 Director View profile
  86. Michael William Balfour 1991-2006 Director View profile
  87. David Anthony Giampaolo 1991-2002 Director View profile
  88. Stephen Geoffrey Lewis 1991-1998 Director View profile
  89. Kenneth Heathcote 1991-1996 Director View profile
  90. David Sheriff 1991-1993 Director View profile
  91. Nicholas John Cramp 1993 Director View profile
  92. Christopher Peter Lane 1993 Director View profile
  93. Tracey Talbot 2025-2025 Secretary View profile
  94. Christopher Martin Jonathan Halliday 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  95. Benjamin Andrew Shepherd 2017-2023 Secretary View profile
  96. Leah Walland 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  97. Stephen Richard Williams 2005-2016 Secretary View profile
  98. Kevin Moore 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  99. Helen Mary Marais 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  100. Mark Ian Bremner 1996-2004 Secretary View profile
  101. Robert James Paton 1992-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of business and employers membership organizations
Incorporated
07/03/1991
Registered office
London
Previous names
Fitness Industry Association Limited (until 27/02/2013)

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.

  • Steven John Ward ceased 2019-06-30
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. Ukactive is controlled by Steven John Ward
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2019-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Steven John Ward.

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.

Grants received

31 grants · £11,837,168 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Sport England · £10,602,499 (21 grants)
  • Spirit of 2012 · £804,090 (2 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £190,533 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £187,596 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £50,000

Most recent

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.

9 directors on the board

5.8y median 3.8y
average tenure
28.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (9)

Also govern a charity

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.

Arts and leisure 6Finance 2Tech and media 2Business services 1Dormant 1Education 1Health and social care 1Manufacturing 1

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
02589238
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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