# Stoke City Foundation

## Details

- **Company number:** [04875877](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04875877)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- **Incorporated:** 22 Aug 2003
- **Registered office:** BET365 STADIUM, STANLEY MATTHEWS WAY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 4EG
- **Nature of business:** [93199](/sic/93199) Other sports activities


## Previous names

- Stoke City Community Trust (until 9 Oct 2025)
- Stoke City Football In The Community (until 20 Oct 2011)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEATH, David Thomas | director | 23 May 2025 |  |
| MORRIS, Josepha Hannah | director | 24 Jun 2022 |  |
| KING, Simon Richard | director | 13 Jun 2022 |  |
| COATES, John Fitzgerald | director | 18 Jan 2022 |  |
| IWELUMO, Christopher Robert | director | 11 Mar 2019 |  |
| SMITH, Denis | director | 10 Aug 2011 |  |
| MELLOR, Gary Neil | director | 12 Mar 2010 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Goodman | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 1 Jan 2017 |
| Mr Anthony John Scholes | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 12 Jan 2022 |
| Mr Robert Charles Douglas Flello | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 11 Nov 2022 |
| Mr John David Pelling | significant-influence-or-control | 15 Feb 2017 | 23 May 2025 |
| Mr David Thomas Heath | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 23 May 2025 |  |
| Mr Christopher Robert Iwelumo | significant-influence-or-control | 8 Aug 2022 |  |
| Miss Josepha Hannah Morris | significant-influence-or-control | 24 Jun 2022 |  |
| Mr Simon Richard King | significant-influence-or-control | 13 Jun 2022 |  |
| John Fitzgerald Coates | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 18 Jan 2022 |  |
| Mr Gary Neil Mellor | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 |  |
| Mr Dennis Smith | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 |  |






## Directors' other companies

- [COATES, John Fitzgerald](/person/6498519) - director at [Hillside (Leisure) Limited](/company/03218880)
- [COATES, John Fitzgerald](/person/6498519) - director at [Stoke City Holdings Limited](/company/05807776)
- [COATES, John Fitzgerald](/person/6498519) - director at [Hillside (New Media Holdings) Limited](/company/04130869)
- [COATES, John Fitzgerald](/person/6498519) - director at [Denise Coates Foundation](/company/08191619)
- [COATES, John Fitzgerald](/person/6498519) - director at [Bet365 Group Limited](/company/04241161)
- [COATES, John Fitzgerald](/person/6498519) - director at [Stoke City Football Club Limited](/company/00099885)
- [IWELUMO, Christopher Robert](/person/7005209) - director at [Lumo Property Limited](/company/09398425)
- [MELLOR, Gary Neil](/person/7005208) - llp-designated-member at [Beswicks Solicitors LLP](/company/OC322184)
- [MORRIS, Josepha Hannah](/person/7005225) - director at [Hortiwool Limited](/company/12838187)
- [MORRIS, Josepha Hannah](/person/7005225) - director at [Freightguardian Limited](/company/12839145)



## Companies at the same address

- [Stoke City (Property) Limited](/company/03200051) (03200051)
- [Stoke City Football Club Limited](/company/00099885) (00099885)
- [Stoke City Holdings Limited](/company/05807776) (05807776)