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Darlington Rugby Football Club Limited

Darlington Rugby Football Club Limited is an active UK company (number 03297654), incorporated 1996, with 8 current directors including Christopher Brian Anderson and Andrew Paul Gunnell. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 55

  1. Dr Alistair Bowden 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Adam James Walker 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Alan Irvin 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Daniel Thomas Miller 2020-2025 Director View profile
  5. Steven Thompson 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Darren Andrew Hoare 2020-2021 Director View profile
  7. Richard James Adams 2020-2022 Director View profile
  8. Neil Scullion 2020-2021 Director View profile
  9. Thomas Vaughan Miller 2020-2024 Director View profile
  10. John Angus Duncan Morrison 2019-2023 Director View profile
  11. Sonia Bowden 2019-2024 Director View profile
  12. Yousef Abdo 2019-2020 Director View profile
  13. Dermot Winters 2018-2020 Director View profile
  14. Andrew Fenner 2017-2020 Director View profile
  15. Jessica Clare Cheesman 2016-2020 Director View profile
  16. Anita Elisabeth Jane Fall Wilson 2016-2020 Director View profile
  17. Lynne Murphy 2016-2019 Director View profile
  18. Alison Bell 2016-2019 Director View profile
  19. Keith Allen Schaible 2016-2017 Director View profile
  20. Paul Constantine 2015-2016 Director View profile
  21. Graham Alexander Webster 2014-2019 Director View profile
  22. Peter Grey Young 2011-2014 Director View profile
  23. Frank Thornton Nelson 2010-2013 Director View profile
  24. Michael James Wilkinson 2010-2020 Director View profile
  25. Christopher Paul Barkes 2009-2010 Director View profile
  26. Jessica Cheeseman 2009-2010 Director View profile
  27. Bryan Baldwin 2009-2010 Director View profile
  28. Andrew Michael Bridger 2009-2010 Director View profile
  29. Brian Sunderland 2009-2014 Director View profile
  30. Brian Farrell 2009-2009 Director View profile
  31. Leigh Johnson 2009-2012 Director View profile
  32. David Till 2006-2010 Director View profile
  33. Michael William Hayes 2005-2010 Director View profile
  34. Anthony Wilkinson 2005-2010 Director View profile
  35. John Morgans 2003-2004 Director View profile
  36. William Robert Jones 2003-2009 Director View profile
  37. Peter Jonathan Griffin 2003-2014 Director View profile
  38. Ian William Taylor 2003-2006 Director View profile
  39. Robert Jackson 2003-2003 Director View profile
  40. Thomas Denys De La Motte 2002-2005 Director View profile
  41. Denise Anne Adams 2001-2003 Director View profile
  42. Dale Thomas Kelly 2001-2003 Director View profile
  43. Frederick Buddy Traice 1999-2001 Director View profile
  44. Mark Xavier Butler 1998-1999 Director View profile
  45. Barrie Hodgson 1996-2001 Director View profile
  46. Bill Robson 1996-1998 Director View profile
  47. Brian John Hall Richardson 1996-1997 Director View profile
  48. Charles Nicholas Carver 1996-1999 Director View profile
  49. Richard James Adams 2020-2022 Secretary View profile
  50. Michael James Wilkinson 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  51. Lynne Murphy 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  52. Graham Webster 2014-2018 Secretary View profile
  53. Anthony Michael Stowe 2009-2014 Secretary View profile
  54. Thomas Peter Sanderson 2001-2009 Secretary View profile
  55. Andrew Peter Fall Foster 1996-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
31/12/1996

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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 James Wilkinson ceased 2020-09-11
    significant influence · notified 2016-06-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. Darlington Rugby Football Club Limited is controlled by Michael James Wilkinson
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-06-01, ceased 2020-09-11 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Michael James Wilkinson.

2 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
£1,531,839
Total assets
£1,705,685
Cash
£29,602
Employees
32
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £75,000 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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

4.1y median 2.6y
average tenure
11.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Hospitality 3Finance 1Property 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03297654
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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