A code for sports governance

The code has three tiers and will apply to any organisation seeking funding from us or UK Sport, regardless of size and sector, including national governing bodies of sport, clubs, charities and local authorities.

The code is proportionate, expecting the highest standards of good governance from organisations requesting the largest public investments, including:

• Increased skills and diversity in decision making, with a target of at least 30 per cent gender diversity on boards
• Greater transparency, for example publishing more information on the structure, strategy and financial position of the organisation
• Constitutional arrangements that give boards the prime role in decision making.