Registered Interests
Registered Interests for Lord Botham.
Category 1: Directorships
- Director, Newschoice Limited (sports promotions company) (clients are Actegy Ltd (trading as Revitive), The Daily Telegraph, Channel 7 (Australia) and Triple M (Australian radio station))
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Member has commercial agreement with Benchmark Drinks Ltd; the wine brand Ian Botham and all sub brands are jointly owned
- Member is endorsing several products including Ethica CBD Sports Gel and will perform an ambassadorial role for Medicanna Ltd (creates natural, organic hemp products)
- Member is promoting Caduceus (blockchain dedicated to metaverse development) and his brand of non-fungible token (NFT) on the light cycle platform powered by Caduceus (interest ceased 6 December 2024)
- Payment received, 11 April 2024, for voice over on children’s cartoon called Snick and Willow, XentrixStudios, Australia
- Speaking engagement, 25 March 2024, Lord’s Dressing Room for Essex Cricket Foundation, London
- Speaking engagement, 14 May 2024, event for Sporting Experience, Potters Bar
- Speaking engagement, 15 May 2024, event for Sporting Experience, Southend-on-Sea
- Fee received for hosting Uniworld river cruise in Venice, 21-28 April 2024
- Speaking engagement, 10 June 2024, motivational speech with Q and A for Context Consulting, London
- Midwicket Stories podcast for Arth Pvt Ltd, 1 August 2024
- Fee received, 12 August 2024, from Bevvy Ltd and White Peak Distillery for launch in October 2024 of limited edition whisky
- Ambassador, TSG Tech Limited (trading as Token Sports Global) (Guernsey registered cricket app producer)
- Fee received for work with Triple M Radio covering Australia v India Test Cricket series in Australia (6 December 2024 - 7 January 2025)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
- Newschoice Limited (sports promotions company)
- Botham Wines Limited (alcohol business)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
- Newschoice Limited (sports promotions company)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Chairman, Durham County Cricket Club (interest ceased 16 October 2024)
- Director, Durham Cricket C.I.C. (interest ceased 16 October 2024)
- Director, Botham Wines Limited (alcohol business)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Australia (interest ceased 5 July 2024)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Ambassador, Hendy Motor Group (unremunerated but member has use of a car)