Companies House filings show Nottingham Forest changes as Evangelos Marinakis listed again with significant control | OneFootball

Evangelos Marinakis is once again listed as a person with significant control of Nottingham Forest’s parent company after Companies House filings.

According to Nottingham Post, Forest moved the NF Football Investments Limited shares into a blind trust earlier this year to ensure UEFA compliance if the Champions League beckoned.

UEFA multi-club rules bar one individual from influencing two teams in the same competition. Winning the Europa League would have put Forest in the 2026/27 Champions League with Olympiacos, also owned by Marinakis.

Vitor Pereira’s side lost in the Europa League semi-finals to eventual winners Aston Villa, so there will be no European football this season.

A 18 June filing lists Marinakis as a person with significant control of NF Football Investments Limited, with a confirmation date of 10 June 2026. It says he holds at least 75% of shares and voting rights and can appoint or remove a board majority.

Separate filings show Pittville Four Limited ceasing as a person with significant control and Janet Lucy Gibson leaving the NF Football Investments Limited board.

Gibson, Eleanor Catherine Walsh and Henry Peter Hickman had joined under the blind trust and have now been removed as club directors via termination notices.

Michael Dugher, Simon Forster and Jonny Owen were taken off the board during the trust’s creation. As last year, confirmation of any reappointments may follow later.

The filings indicate the blind trust has been unwound, with Marinakis influential as Pereira targets a quick return to Europe.

Source: Nottingham Post