The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Pontefract Park Race Company Limited(the)

Company 00159754 Active

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6
directors on the board
16.7y median 19.1y
average tenure
31y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
2 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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Finance 3Arts and leisure 2Construction 2Property 2Dormant 1Professional services 1Utilities 1

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Company details

Number00159754
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated18/10/1919
AddressTHE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE PONTEFRACT RACECOURSE, PONTEFRACT PARK, PARK ROAD, PONTEFRACT, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF8 4QD
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

93110 - Operation of sports facilities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (20)

  • Mullin, Jonathan Director · appointed 2025
  • Ferguson, Jacqueline May Director · appointed 2023
  • Gilpin, Anthony Craven Director · appointed 2007
  • Bethell, William Anthony Director · appointed 1997
  • Wrigley, Nicholas Hugh Tremayne Director · appointed 1995
  • Morton, Christopher John Director
  • Gundill, James Norman Secretary
  • Hammill, Richard George Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Shaw, Leslie Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
  • BOX CBE, Peter Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Halifax, Camilla Anne, the Countess of Halifax Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2019
  • Halliday, Ronald William Arthur Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Holmes, Brian Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Kershaw, Jack Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Devine, John Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
  • Scrope, Simon Egerton Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2010
  • Wrigley, Michael Harold Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Bethell, Richard Anthony Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Newton, Alfred Charles Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Ward, Frank Former Director · resigned 2002

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