The Olympians

Company 02855736 Active

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

directors on the board

6.8y median 6.7y

average tenure

13.6y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

8 vs 0 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Education 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.

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Related organisations

Snowsport England Limited 1 shared director
Enable Leisure and Culture 1 shared director
Wenlock Olympian Society Limited 1 shared director

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	02855736
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated	22/09/1993
Address	101 NEW CAVENDISH STREET, LONDON, W1W 6XH
Accounts next due	30/11/2026
Accounts last made up	28/02/2025

Industry (SIC)

93199 - Other sports activities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

Officers (63)

Eckersley, Neil Director · appointed 2025
Lewis OBE, Sarah Jane Director · appointed 2024
Leatherdale, Paul Henry Francis Director · appointed 2024
LEE, Roland George Director · appointed 2021
Porter, Maria Director · appointed 2019
Mcveigh, Elizabeth Director · appointed 2019
Jennings-Summers, Jo Director · appointed 2018
Baillieu, Christopher Latham Director · appointed 2018
Mcmahon, Linda Ann Director · appointed 2017
Collins, Katharine Louise Director · appointed 2013
Long, David Director · appointed 2012
Fraser, Louise Marion Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
Harris, Ben Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
Conaghan, Alison Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
Conaghan, William Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2023
Wright, Sandra Marie Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
Okoro, Marilyn Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
Addison, Shirley Catherine Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
Johnson, Ralph Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
Whitehead, Adam James Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2018
Stewart, Gavin Blakeley Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
Hudson, Edward Philip Kempthorne Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
Johnson, William Ralph Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
Vaughan, Richard Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
Bailey, Marcia Maureen Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
Fraser, Donna Karen Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
Forbes, Alexa Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
Hoyte Smith MBE, Joslyn Yvonne Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2025
Tancred, William Raymond, Professor Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
Marot, Marie-Veronique Antoinette Colette Jeannine Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2016
Batten, Guinevere Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
Boothe, Lorna Marie Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2014
Luckes, David James Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2013
Palmer, Paul Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
Carroll, June Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2013
Court, John Raymond Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2015
Hall, Eric William Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2013
Philbin, Hilary Fredricke Cawthorne Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2020
Berry, Shirley Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2013
Batten, Miriam Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
Disley, John Ivor Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2013
Jameson, Helen Kay Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
Clark, Gillian Margaret Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2007
Anderson, Paul Richard Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2013
Halsted, Nicolas Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2007
Farrell, Michael Arthur Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
Lerwill, Sheila Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
Dickenson, Derek Paul Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
Rawlings, Charmian Isobel Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
Smeeth, Christine Ann Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1995
Brinkley, Brian Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
Burns, Ronnie Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1995
Harmsworth, Paul Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
Mahony, Dominic John Grehan Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
Anthony, Donald William James Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
Parker, Michael Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
Ferris, Elizabeth Anne Esther Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
Smith, Janet Margaret Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
Kennedy-Rose, Alastair Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
Wilson, Douglas Gordon Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2010
Metcalfe, Adrian Peter Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
Vale, Philip Bryn Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
Glen-Haig, Mary Alison, Dame Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009

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