Company file
The Pools
UKGC
United Kingdom · 16k visits / day
Legal The Football Pools Limited / UKGC online entity · The Football Pools
CEO Pools operating leadership
Founders John Moores (original Football Pools)
Founded 1923
Parent The Football Pools
The historic British football pools. A century-old brand with a modern UKGC sportsbook on thepools.com. Not a Flutter skin.
1923 Liverpool pools. Online sportsbook is the current consumer product. Appears on Oddsportal new-sites roundups because the digital book is a revival, not because the company is new.
Licences UK Gambling Commission
Register UKGC / Companies House — The Football Pools
Payments Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer
Currencies EUR, USD, GBP
Languages English
Products Sportsbook · Horse racing · Casino
Odds formats Fractional · Decimal · US / American · Implied probability
Related companies The Football Pools (Parent)
Public officers / staff
- John Moores (origin) · Founder (historic)
Trust matrix — categories, not the published weight
- MetVerified owners — Named private owners on the public record.
- PartialNamed officers / staff — John Moores (origin) (Founder (historic))
- MetAddress on a register — UKGC / Companies House — The Football Pools
- MissingPhone number on file — No published corporate or support telephone.
- MissingEmail address on file — No published corporate email — contact form only, or none.
- MetLongevity — Operating since 1923 (103 years).
- PartialRelated businesses — The Football Pools (Parent)
- MetLicence stringency — 1 jurisdiction. Strongest on file: UKGC. Extra countries add weight; they do not wash out a weak home licence.
Sanctions / record
2025-03-27 UKGC — Football Pools Limited £375,000. Football Pools Limited £375k, 27 Mar 2025.
Official website thepools.com