Company
Gateshead Football Club Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 32
- Neil Pinkerton 2019-2025 View profile
- Trevor Clark 2019-2020 View profile
- Stefano Franciosa 2019-2019 View profile
- Nigel Martin Harrop 2019-2019 View profile
- Michael David Williams 2018-2019 View profile
- Ranjan Varghese 2018-2019 View profile
- Richard Stephen Bennett 2015-2018 View profile
- Julie Bennett 2015-2018 View profile
- Gary James Davidson 2014-2015 View profile
- Graham Steward Wood 2006-2016 View profile
- Paul Maclennan 2004-2007 View profile
- Michael John Harland 2004-2004 View profile
- Michael Coulson 2004-2004 View profile
- Thomas William Bone 1998-2002 View profile
- Mark Donnelly 1998-2001 View profile
- Arthur Waggott 1998-2001 View profile
- John Thomas Waugh 1995-1998 View profile
- Alan Rooney 1995-1998 View profile
- Peter Lees Ratcliffe 1993-1993 View profile
- Clive Nicholson Thirkell 1992-1994 View profile
- Peter Robinson 1998 View profile
- Santo Tomasso Annino Cuscani 1992 View profile
- Michael David Williams 2018-2019 View profile
- Julie Bennett 2015-2018 View profile
- Brian Waites 2006-2018 View profile
- Gerard Crow 2004-2005 View profile
- Derek Stuart Bell 2004-2008 View profile
- Douglas John Corbitt 2004-2004 View profile
- Anne Marie Armstrong 2004-2004 View profile
- Ann-Marie Armstrong 2002-2004 View profile
- John Gibson 1993-2002 View profile
- Jason Maxwell Davies 1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 13/09/1977
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- Bernard Mcwilliams
significant influence · notified 2025-05-06 - Julie Bennett ceased 2018-06-23
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Ranjan Varghese ceased 2019-05-30
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2019-01-31 - Neil Pinkerton ceased 2025-05-05
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-05-30 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
- Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Gateshead Football Club Limited
is controlled by Bernard Mcwilliams
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2025-05-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Bernard Mcwilliams.
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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
- Cash
- £27,286
- Employees
- 31
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. 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.
3 directors on the board
- Laurence Dinning Director · appointed 2019
- Mark Royal Nellist Director · appointed 2019
- Bernard Mcwilliams Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Laurence Dinning Director · appointed 2019
- Mark Royal Nellist Director · appointed 2019
- Bernard Mcwilliams Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Laurence Dinning Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Mark Royal Nellist Director · appointed 2019
- Bernard Mcwilliams Director · appointed 2020
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.
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01329847
- 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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