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Houghton Rugby Union Football Club Limited
Other sports activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 12
- David Ryan Graham 2025-2025 View profile
- Marc Watchman-Atkinson 2022-2023 View profile
- Ralph Johnson 2021-2024 View profile
- Christopher John Simpson 2019-2021 View profile
- David Fernley Keast 2016-2025 View profile
- Kaye Louise Robson 2016-2024 View profile
- John Hart Simpson 2013-2021 View profile
- Ian Kitching 2013-2022 View profile
- Walter Belgian 2013-2015 View profile
- Stewart Webster 2013-2022 View profile
- Julie Crowther 2021-2024 View profile
- Ralph Johnson 2013-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other sports activities
- Incorporated
- 06/11/2013
- Registered office
- Houghton-le-Spring
Financials
- Net assets
- £283,233
- Total assets
- £296,221
- Cash
- £39,918
- Employees
- 9
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
2 grants · £8,765 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
- Sport England · £8,765 (2 grants)
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.
6 directors on the board
- Robert William Middlemass Director · appointed 2019
- Neil Macknight Director · appointed 2024
- Richard James Lydiatt Director · appointed 2019
- Keith Andrew Birtley Director · appointed 2022
- Glen Martin Crowther Director · appointed 2025
- John Forester Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- Robert William Middlemass Director · appointed 2019
- Richard James Lydiatt Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Robert William Middlemass Director · appointed 2019
- Richard James Lydiatt Director · appointed 2019
- Keith Andrew Birtley Director · appointed 2022
- Glen Martin Crowther Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Neil Macknight Director · appointed 2024
- John Forester Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- David Fernley Keast Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08764447
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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