The Crown Estate

The Crown Estate owns and manages land, coastline, seabed and property across the UK, including the Windsor Estate. Its website describes work in marine and offshore energy, land and farming, and property and places, plus a 16,000-acre estate at Windsor. It states that it enables 13GW of grid-connected offshore wind capacity and has committed £20 million to woodland and hedgerow planting.

It describes itself as an independent business that sits between the public and private sectors. It says it returns all of its net profit to the Treasury, and the website reports £5 billion generated for the nation's finances over the last decade. Its customers and partners are not itemised on the pages reviewed, beyond references to farmers, communities and the wider energy sector.

The company was established as a modern commercial body by the Crown Estate Act in 1961, and its headquarters are at 1 St James's Market, London. The website lists nine open roles, mostly in its Marine and Urban divisions as well as Finance, Operations and Legal, all based at the London office. Its leadership page lists a Chief Executive, a Chief Financial Officer and several managing directors for Marine, Real Estate, Development and Windsor and Rural.

Product: Ownership, management and leasing of UK seabed, coastal, rural and urban property assets.