---
title: "GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db7c2d8a-9550-5fa3-9b5a-e6d6abc64ab7
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/db7c2d8a-9550-5fa3-9b5a-e6d6abc64ab7
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01329847
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01329847`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db7c2d8a-9550-5fa3-9b5a-e6d6abc64ab7  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/db7c2d8a-9550-5fa3-9b5a-e6d6abc64ab7  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Neil Pinkerton** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/374351f4-7684-5b0e-bc8c-569616dd8648
- **Mrs Julie Bennett** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3841660f-9a3b-52aa-b7ff-93bddee22a9d
- **Mr Richard Stephen Bennett** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1289f7a9-f0e9-5375-9058-3ae6e54e14fe
- **Mr Ranjan Varghese** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ee139ec-f30c-551e-b010-e37f0d925453
- **Mr Neil Pinkerton** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/89846faf-2b5f-4ed9-8e71-c856caa86374
- **Mr Ranjan Varghese** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e96aacfb-7161-4a2d-b9c8-9da50636cc9c
- **Mr Richard Stephen Bennett** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c204d918-78ca-4894-9b9b-25e477ec6740
- **Mrs Julie Bennett** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb8ee34c-dc1c-486d-819a-48e8c1f77600
- **Mr Bernard Mcwilliams** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f17839b-ebda-4911-bb24-81d8a1e426a9
- **Mr Mark Royal Nellist** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a1735c1-f516-4296-a91c-f8b8d445df2c

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **10-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01329847`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1977-09-13
- **Registered office:** The International Stadium, Neilson Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE10 0EF, England
- **SIC:** 93199

### Officers

- DINNING, Laurence — director · British · appointed 2019-08-01
- MCWILLIAMS, Bernard — director · British · appointed 2020-06-29
- NELLIST, Mark Royal — director · British · appointed 2019-08-01
- ARMSTRONG, Ann Marie — secretary · British · appointed 2002-08-31 · resigned 2004-03-27
- ARMSTRONG, Anne Marie — secretary · British · appointed 2004-03-27 · resigned 2004-05-28
- BELL, Derek Stuart — secretary · British · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2008-05-29
- BENNETT, Julie — secretary · appointed 2015-06-02 · resigned 2018-07-23
- CORBITT, Douglas John — secretary · British · appointed 2004-05-28 · resigned 2004-08-09
- CROW, Gerard — secretary · British · appointed 2004-09-16 · resigned 2005-12-21
- DAVIES, Jason Maxwell — secretary · British · resigned 1993-02-03
- GIBSON, John — secretary · British · appointed 1993-02-03 · resigned 2002-08-31
- WAITES, Brian — secretary · British · appointed 2008-05-30 · resigned 2015-06-02
- WILLIAMS, Michael David — secretary · appointed 2018-07-23 · resigned 2019-01-31
- BELL, Derek Stuart — director · British · appointed 2004-09-16 · resigned 2008-05-29
- BENNETT, Julie — director · British · appointed 2015-06-02 · resigned 2018-07-23
- BENNETT, Richard Stephen — director · British · appointed 2015-06-02 · resigned 2018-07-23
- BONE, Thomas William — director · British · appointed 1998-07-31 · resigned 2002-06-18
- CLARK, Trevor — director · British · appointed 2019-05-30 · resigned 2020-05-15
- CLARK, Trevor — director · British · appointed 2019-04-29 · resigned 2019-05-16
- COULSON, Michael — director · British · appointed 2004-03-27 · resigned 2004-05-28

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Mark Royal Nellist — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2025-06-30
- Mr Bernard Mcwilliams — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — since 2025-05-06
- Mr Neil Pinkerton — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-05-05
- Mr Ranjan Varghese — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2019-05-30
- Mrs Julie Bennett — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-06-23
- Mr Richard Stephen Bennett — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-06-23

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01329847
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01329847

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/db7c2d8a-9550-5fa3-9b5a-e6d6abc64ab7 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/db7c2d8a-9550-5fa3-9b5a-e6d6abc64ab7._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._