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Company · Benfleet

The Southend United Football Club Limited

Operation of sports facilities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 30

  1. Danny Macklin 2016-2017 Director View profile
  2. Stephen Andrew Kavanagh 2012-2016 Director View profile
  3. Gary James Lockett 2012-2026 Director View profile
  4. Stewart Myles Till 2011-2012 Director View profile
  5. Tara Christopher Brady 2010-2011 Director View profile
  6. Ian William Riddoch 2010-2010 Director View profile
  7. Nigel Peter Brunning 2009-2013 Director View profile
  8. Garry Michael Adamson 2009-2009 Director View profile
  9. Anita Vine 2003-2004 Director View profile
  10. Paul Anthony Robinson 2001-2010 Director View profile
  11. Franklin Van Wezel 2000-2024 Director View profile
  12. Ronald Martin 2000-2024 Director View profile
  13. Peter Storrie 1999-2000 Director View profile
  14. Derek Arthur John Wilshire 1999-2009 Director View profile
  15. Geoffrey King 1998-2019 Director View profile
  16. John James William Robert Main 1998-2000 Director View profile
  17. Colin Wooldridge 1994-1996 Director View profile
  18. Raymond John Osborne 1993-2010 Director View profile
  19. Brian Richard Gunner 1993-1999 Director View profile
  20. William Richard Kelleway 1993-2000 Director View profile
  21. John Alan Bridge 2000 Director View profile
  22. John Nicholson Foster 1993 Director View profile
  23. Colin Victor Murphy 1994 Director View profile
  24. David Michael Markscheffel 2024 Director View profile
  25. Victor Thomas Jobson 1998 Director View profile
  26. Norman John Woodcock 1999 Director View profile
  27. Patrick Carl Van Der Waag 2017-2022 Secretary View profile
  28. Helen Norbury 2000-2015 Secretary View profile
  29. John Walter Adams 1994-1999 Secretary View profile
  30. Patrick Richard Curtis 1992-1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of sports facilities
Incorporated
03/08/1906
Registered office
Benfleet

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

Group

  1. The Southend United Football Club Limited is controlled by Cosu FC Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-07-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Cosu FC Limited is controlled by Justin Alexander Rees
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2023-10-07 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Justin Alexander Rees.

3 other companies in this group

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
-£6,970,928
Total assets
-£6,970,928
Cash
£760,239
Employees
59
Turnover
£5,101,100
Profit/loss
-£1,344,800

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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.

5 directors on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (5)

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.

Education 6Arts and leisure 5Property 5Business services 3Construction 2Professional services 2Tech and media 2Dormant 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
00089767
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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