Present majority shareholders Bond Group, led by businessman Whittingham, bought Morecambe in Could 2018. By September 2022, Whittingham had put the membership up on the market.
The membership has since been relegated twice, and no takeover has been accomplished in that point.
Whittingham has been a director at 25 corporations throughout his profession, in line with Firms Home. Of these 25 corporations, 18 have been both dissolved, voluntarily dissolved, put into administration, put into liquidation, or put into receiver motion (the precursor stage to liquidation).
Two of Whittingham's corporations had been dissolved by obligatory strike-off previous to his takeover of Morecambe – however he nonetheless handed the EFL's homeowners' and administrators' take a look at.
At lots of the corporations, Whittingham was joint director with enterprise associate Colin Goldring – a authorized employee turned entrepreneur – together with at Morecambe till Goldring's resignation in August 2022.
Whittingham and Goldring have been disqualified as firm administrators for 12 months following a courtroom listening to in 2022.
Goldring has additionally been barred by the Solicitors Regulation Authority from working for any legislation agency with out clearance.
The pair additionally ran Worcester Warriors rugby membership, which went into liquidation in 2022.
