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The National Football Museum
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Leigh Sophie GellDirector · since 2025
- Karan Singh RaiDirector · since 2025
- Stephen James WilsonDirector · since 2025
- Ritchie John HumphreysDirector · since 2024
- Virginia Lee Khim KhooDirector · since 2023
- Samantha PattersonDirector · since 2023
- Stephen Richard GraceDirector · since 2022
- Catherine Annie ForshawDirector · since 2022
- Matthew Harry PilkingtonDirector · since 2022
- Laura Jane PyeDirector · since 2022
- Thomas Erickson WattDirector · since 2022
- Dr Wanda Michelle WyporskaDirector · since 2022
- Professor John BrewerDirector · since 2022
- Jane Elizabeth BatemanDirector · since 2020
- Neil Christopher FairlambDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 51
- Rikki Singh 2022-2024 View profile
- Stogia, Angeliki, Cllr 2022-2025 View profile
- Professor Paul Castle 2022-2026 View profile
- David John Moutrey 2021-2022 View profile
- Luthfur Rahman 2016-2022 View profile
- Sara Maria Todd 2016-2019 View profile
- Paul Edward Mainds 2014-2019 View profile
- Eamonn Peter O'Rourke 2014-2016 View profile
- Battle, Rosa May, Cllr 2012-2016 View profile
- Nicholas Jon Paske 2012-2021 View profile
- Hadley Piers Swain 2011-2014 View profile
- Faulkner, Richard Oliver, Lord Faulkner of Worcester 2011-2016 View profile
- Professor Steven John Broomhead 2011-2021 View profile
- Victoria Susan Rosin 2011-2014 View profile
- Michael Lee Amesbury 2010-2012 View profile
- Sir Howard Bernstein 2010-2017 View profile
- Stephen Michael Mycio 2010-2011 View profile
- Sir Howard Joseph Newby 2008-2013 View profile
- Ian Richard Penrose 2007-2022 View profile
- Geoffrey Thompson 2007-2016 View profile
- Clive Allan James Memmott 2007-2024 View profile
- William Frederick Tyson 2007-2010 View profile
- Fayyaz Ahmed Ali 2007-2021 View profile
- Simon Harris Johnson 2006-2008 View profile
- Kevin Robert Ellard 2006-2010 View profile
- John Alan Farquharson 2005-2018 View profile
- Alasdair Russell Mcnee 2005-2013 View profile
- Madeleine Joy Digby 2005-2021 View profile
- Simon Barker 2004-2023 View profile
- David Houston Will 2004-2007 View profile
- Paul Bernard Dermody 2004-2017 View profile
- Cliff Elliott 2004-2007 View profile
- Moira Helen Stevenson 2003-2023 View profile
- Marcus Robert Bluett Johnstone 2003-2005 View profile
- Harold Parker 2002-2007 View profile
- Catharine Ann Long 2002-2009 View profile
- Michael Edward Burns 2002-2004 View profile
- Leslie William Dawson 2002-2003 View profile
- David Johnston Davies 2000-2002 View profile
- Keith David Cooper 1998-2002 View profile
- Christopher James Newbery 1996-2002 View profile
- Brian George Booth 1996-2004 View profile
- Dr David Fleming 1996-2003 View profile
- Bryan Mark Gray 1995-2003 View profile
- David James Martland 2005-2022 View profile
- Margaret Eva Seed 2004-2005 View profile
- Brian Howard Stott 2002-2004 View profile
- Colin Higginson 1999-2002 View profile
- Anthony John Scholes 1996-1999 View profile
- Stephen James Caunce 1995-1996 View profile
- Laurence King 1995-1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/06/1995
- Also a registered charity
- The National Football Museum
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The National Football Museum on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
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.
Grants received
13 grants · £11,481,828 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,726,142 (11 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £755,686 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
15 directors on the board
- Professor John Brewer Director · appointed 2022
- Stephen Richard Grace Director · appointed 2022
- Catherine Annie Forshaw Director · appointed 2022
- Virginia Lee Khim Khoo Director · appointed 2023
- Matthew Harry Pilkington Director · appointed 2022
- Laura Jane Pye Director · appointed 2022
- Leigh Sophie Gell Director · appointed 2025
- Neil Christopher Fairlamb Director · appointed 2019
- Ritchie John Humphreys Director · appointed 2024
- Karan Singh Rai Director · appointed 2025
- Samantha Patterson Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Erickson Watt Director · appointed 2022
- Stephen James Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Elizabeth Bateman Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Wanda Michelle Wyporska Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Neil Christopher Fairlamb Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Professor John Brewer Director · appointed 2022
- Stephen Richard Grace Director · appointed 2022
- Virginia Lee Khim Khoo Director · appointed 2023
- Leigh Sophie Gell Director · appointed 2025
- Ritchie John Humphreys Director · appointed 2024
- Karan Singh Rai Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Wanda Michelle Wyporska Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (8)
- Catherine Annie Forshaw Director · appointed 2022
- Matthew Harry Pilkington Director · appointed 2022
- Laura Jane Pye Director · appointed 2022
- Neil Christopher Fairlamb Director · appointed 2019
- Samantha Patterson Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Erickson Watt Director · appointed 2022
- Stephen James Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Elizabeth Bateman Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Paul Castle Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03070670
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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