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Current profile
of the FTSE 350
The data presented below was obtained through voluntary census research of FTSE 350 companies and relates to Board memberships as of 31 December 2025.
Key Findings
0
companies responded — all of the FTSE 100 and 236 of the FTSE 250.
Board Findings
FTSE 100
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%
98 out of 100 companies (98%) met the target.
Of these 98 companies, 56 have exceeded the target by having more than one ethnic minority director on their Board.
FTSE 250
0
%
205 of the 231 companies who
submitted data (89%) currently meet the December 2024 target.
If considering the whole FTSE 250, including the companies that did not reply, the percentage meeting the target was 82% in 2025.
FTSE 100
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%
There were 188 ethnic minority directors, representing 208 director positions.
The number of positions held by ethnic minorities accounts for 20% of all 1063 positions. This is slightly ahead of the equivalent numbers in 2025 when there were 201 out of 1,050 positions in the FTSE 100 held by a director from an ethnic minority group.
FTSE 250
0
%
There were 245 ethnic majority directors, representing 274 director positions.
The number of positions held by ethnic minorities accounts for 16% all 1,730 positions. This represents a one percentage point increase from 2024 when there were 274 out of 1,789 positions in the FTSE 250 held by a director from an ethnic minority group (15%).
FTSE 100
0
%
68 out of the 188 ethnic minority
directorships are British citizens.
This represents 7% of all positions in the FTSE 100.
FTSE 250
0
%
138 out of the 245 ethnic minority directorships are British citizens.
This represents 9% of all positions in the FTSE 250.
FTSE 100
0
%
93 out of the 188 ethnic minority
directors are women.
This represents 9% of all positions in the FTSE 100 which is the same as last year.
FTSE 250
0
%
120 out of the 245 ethnic minority directorships are women.
This represents 7% of all positions in the FTSE 250.
Senior Management Findings
FTSE 100
0
%
11% of senior managers in the
FTSE 100 based in the UK are
ethnic minority, with women
being 42% of this population.
FTSE 250
0
%
10% of senior managers in the
FTSE 250 based in the UK are
ethnic minority, with women
being 40% of this population.
FTSE 100
0
%
Of the companies that shared a target with the Review, the average target for the proportion of ethnic minority executives in senior management in the UK to be achieved by 2027 is 15%.
FTSE 250
0
%
Of the companies that shared a target with the Review, the average target for the proportion of ethnic minority executives in senior management in the UK to be achieved by 2027 is 13%.
FTSE 100
0
%
349 out of the 834 ethnic minority directorships are women.
This represents 6% of all senior manager positions in the FTSE 100.
FTSE 250
0
%
206 out of the 513 ethnic minority directorships are women.
This represents 3% of all senior managerpositions in the FTSE 250.
Full report data is available on the Reports section