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The Blackpool Football Club Limited

The Blackpool Football Club Limited is an active UK company (number 00048409), incorporated 1896, with 2 current directors, David Robert Downes and Simon Peter Sadler. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 32

  1. Julian Winter 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Benjamin Mansford 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Brett Gerrity 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Michael James Bolingbroke 2019-2019 Director View profile
  5. Ian William Currie 2019-2019 Director View profile
  6. Ben Hatton 2019-2019 Director View profile
  7. Natalie Christopher 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Kaspars Varpins 2013-2019 Director View profile
  9. Norhunds Malnacs 2009-2013 Director View profile
  10. Normunds Malnacs 2006-2008 Director View profile
  11. Valery Belokon 2006-2017 Director View profile
  12. Gavin Steele 2005-2010 Director View profile
  13. Peter John Whitehead 2000-2005 Director View profile
  14. Peter Brian Smith 2000-2003 Director View profile
  15. Karl Oyston 1998-2018 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Boyack Muir 1996-2004 Director View profile
  17. Allan Robin Oakley 1996-1998 Director View profile
  18. Rebecca Beatrice May Bingham 1996-1997 Director View profile
  19. Michael Herbert Joyce 1996-1999 Director View profile
  20. Kenneth Chadwick 1996-2001 Director View profile
  21. Gillian Bridge 1994-1999 Director View profile
  22. William Laurie Bingham 1993-1997 Director View profile
  23. Vicki Oyston 2018 Director View profile
  24. Julian Bernard Allitt 1992 Director View profile
  25. David John Whiteley Hatton 1999 Director View profile
  26. James Wilde 1997 Director View profile
  27. William Ayre 1993 Director View profile
  28. Geoffrey Warburton 2004 Director View profile
  29. John Owen Oyston 2019 Director View profile
  30. John Hilton Crowther 1992 Director View profile
  31. Roderick John Dyer 2001-2018 Secretary View profile
  32. Carol Banks 1998-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/06/1896

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Blackpool Football Club Holdings LTD
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2019-07-10
  • Possible match - 6 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 6 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - 87 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 87 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. The Blackpool Football Club Limited is controlled by David Rubin
    Evidence
    ceased appoints directors · notified 2019-04-26, ceased 2019-06-13 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by David Rubin.

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
-£14,786,318
Total assets
-£14,623,492
Cash
£1,336,740
Employees
1.27
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£4,309,993

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

3.9y median 3.9y
average tenure
7.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Hospitality 3Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1Property 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00048409
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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