Company
The Football League (Community) Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher John Robert BaileyDirector · since 2025
- Lauren Jane O'SullivanDirector · since 2025
- Philip James WoodwardDirector · since 2025
- Daniel James PlumleyDirector · since 2024
- Roger Alan ShepherdDirector · since 2024
- Caroline Elizabeth ArtisDirector · since 2023
- Liam ScullyDirector · since 2021
- Carol ShanahanDirector · since 2021
- Trevor Nigel BirchDirector · since 2021
- Nicholas John PerchardDirector · since 2015
- Andrew Paul SellersSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 30
- Ashley Dale Hackett 2024-2025 View profile
- David Philip Palmer 2022-2025 View profile
- Uma Cresswell 2021-2026 View profile
- Louise Gear 2020-2025 View profile
- David Baldwin 2020-2020 View profile
- Roger Davidson 2018-2025 View profile
- Deborah Ann Jevans 2018-2023 View profile
- Robbie Drye 2018-2022 View profile
- Christopher John Hudson 2018-2022 View profile
- Shaun Antony Harvey 2018-2019 View profile
- Steven Martin Day 2018-2020 View profile
- Andrew Williamson 2016-2024 View profile
- Katie Reed 2015-2019 View profile
- Peter David Ackerley 2015-2017 View profile
- Charlotte Emily Jane Hill 2015-2024 View profile
- Donald Gilbert Kerr 2013-2021 View profile
- Michael Farrar 2012-2017 View profile
- Colin Leslie Sexstone 2012-2014 View profile
- Simon Charles Morgan 2012-2015 View profile
- John Lee Nixon 2011-2021 View profile
- Peter David Powell 2010-2011 View profile
- Norman William Denis Howells 2009-2013 View profile
- Jonathan Patrick Bracebridge Hall 2008-2013 View profile
- Dame Heather Victoria Rabbatts 2008-2010 View profile
- Gordon Taylor 2008-2018 View profile
- Malachy Brannigan 2008-2017 View profile
- Patrick Anthony Nelson 2008-2009 View profile
- Mark Alexander Arthur 2008-2011 View profile
- Catherine Abraham 2020-2024 View profile
- Tadeusz Stephen Detko 2008-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
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Training Services for Adults
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Framework
About
- Incorporated
- 10/01/2008
- Also a registered charity
- The Football League (Community) Limited
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.
- The Football League Limited
75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- The Football League (Community) Limited
is controlled by The Football League Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by The Football League Limited.
6 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.
Grants received
12 grants · £6,279,437 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
- Department for Work and Pensions · £4,919,139 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £810,000
- Department for Education · £350,569 (2 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £135,129
- Sport England · £64,600 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Work and Pensions
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.
10 directors on the board
- Roger Alan Shepherd Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Elizabeth Artis Director · appointed 2023
- Trevor Nigel Birch Director · appointed 2021
- Christopher John Robert Bailey Director · appointed 2025
- Nicholas John Perchard Director · appointed 2015
- Lauren Jane O'Sullivan Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel James Plumley Director · appointed 2024
- Liam Scully Director · appointed 2021
- Philip James Woodward Director · appointed 2025
- Carol Shanahan Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- Nicholas John Perchard Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Philip James Woodward Director · appointed 2025
- Carol Shanahan Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (8)
- Roger Alan Shepherd Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Elizabeth Artis Director · appointed 2023
- Trevor Nigel Birch Director · appointed 2021
- Christopher John Robert Bailey Director · appointed 2025
- Nicholas John Perchard Director · appointed 2015
- Lauren Jane O'Sullivan Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel James Plumley Director · appointed 2024
- Liam Scully Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
- Caroline Elizabeth Artis The Keepers and Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon, Within the Town of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Prostate Action, Friends of Eortc, Prostate Cancer UK
- Trevor Nigel Birch The Football League Jubilee Benevolent Fund
- Christopher John Robert Bailey The Sheffield Football Trust
Left in the last 12 months
- Uma Cresswell Director · appointed 2021 · 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
- 06469948
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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