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The Wigan Subscription(Park Road)Bowling Green 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 42

  1. John Tabern 2019-2026 Director View profile
  2. Gerald Prior 2016-2019 Director View profile
  3. Carl Parker 2013-2016 Director View profile
  4. John Grady 2013-2020 Director View profile
  5. Douglas Edward Melling 2013-2016 Director View profile
  6. Michael Elston 2013-2016 Director View profile
  7. David Fleming 2008-2013 Director View profile
  8. Stanley Fairclough 2008-2025 Director View profile
  9. James Butterworth 2008-2013 Director View profile
  10. Francis Bennett 2008-2010 Director View profile
  11. David Mullen 2005-2009 Director View profile
  12. Stephen Dunn 2005-2006 Director View profile
  13. Terence Andrew Butler 2004-2007 Director View profile
  14. Peter Forshaw 2003-2025 Director View profile
  15. Ernest Bedworth 2003-2010 Director View profile
  16. Aubrey Fairclough 2003-2009 Director View profile
  17. John David Cockrell 2001-2008 Director View profile
  18. Owen Forrest 2001-2004 Director View profile
  19. Anthony Dunn 2000-2003 Director View profile
  20. Geoffrey Winstanley 1999-2000 Director View profile
  21. Thomas Alfred Halsall 1999-2019 Director View profile
  22. Thomas Winstanley 1999-2003 Director View profile
  23. George Alan Cunliffe 1999-2011 Director View profile
  24. Irvine Watson 1997-1997 Director View profile
  25. Eric Burns 1997-2006 Director View profile
  26. William Ralph Kearsley 1996-1999 Director View profile
  27. Robert Charles Hodges 1994-2003 Director View profile
  28. Martin Anthony Howarth 1993-1997 Director View profile
  29. Francis Gregory 2003 Director View profile
  30. Ronald Molyneux 1994 Director View profile
  31. John Speed 1938 Director View profile
  32. Kenneth Lawrence Gaskell 1994 Director View profile
  33. Jack Melling 1999 Director View profile
  34. Derek George Unsworth 1997 Director View profile
  35. Kenneth Richard Holgate 1997 Director View profile
  36. Eric Aspinall 1992 Director View profile
  37. Graham Carl Mcfarlane 2004 Director View profile
  38. Eric Whittle 1993 Director View profile
  39. David Michael Clough 1999-2008 Secretary View profile
  40. Trevor Andrew Lowe 1951-1999 Secretary View profile
  41. Alan Cartwright 1999 Secretary View profile
  42. Thomas Heaton 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
12/03/1924
Registered office
Wigan

Ownership

Owned by (8) 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.

  • Michael Robert Gray
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Malcolm Preston
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-01
  • David Topping
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Peter Edward Benson ceased 2021-01-29
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-01
  • John Grady ceased 2020-03-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Thomas Alfred Halsall ceased 2019-12-19
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-01
  • Gerald Prior ceased 2020-06-14
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • John Tabern ceased 2026-05-19
    significant influence · notified 2020-07-01

Group

  1. The Wigan Subscription(Park Road)Bowling Green Limited is controlled by Michael Robert Gray
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Michael Robert Gray.

1 other company 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

Total assets
£186,421
Employees
2
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-01-31. 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.

8 directors on the board

13.4y median 11.8y
average tenure
28.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Dormant 2Other services 1Transport 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00196347
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/10/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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