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Company · Stoke-on-Trent

Port Vale Football Club Foundation

Sports and recreation education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 11

  1. Lucy Camilla Forrest 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Bloore 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Rachel Beckett 2018-2026 Director View profile
  4. Colin Garlick 2017-2023 Director View profile
  5. Christopher Wood 2017-2020 Director View profile
  6. Tony Fradley 2017-2022 Director View profile
  7. Michael Francis Higgins 2015-2020 Director View profile
  8. Norman Smurthwaite 2015-2017 Director View profile
  9. Chris John Taylor 2015-2020 Director View profile
  10. Philip James Potts 2017-2023 Secretary View profile
  11. Lorraine Smurthwaite 2015-2017 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Sports and recreation education
Incorporated
27/01/2015
Registered office
Stoke-on-Trent
Also a registered charity
Port Vale Football Club Foundation

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.

Group

  1. Port Vale Football Club Foundation is controlled by Norman Smurthwaite
    Evidence
    ceased appoints directors · notified 2016-04-23, ceased 2017-09-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Norman Smurthwaite.

17 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

6 grants · £300,602 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £290,682 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,920

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £262,7402023-03-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5142022-11-25
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £9,9202020-09-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7462020-01-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,3922019-02-27
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.

11 directors on the board

4.3y median 3y
average tenure
8.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (7)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 6Arts and leisure 4Other services 3Health and social care 2Business services 1Dormant 1Education 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
09408894
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/05/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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