Dejphon Chansiri company to be struck off - formal step away from Sheffield Wednesday continues
One of the small companies owned by former Sheffield Wednesday chairman Dejphon Chansiri has been hit with a compulsory strike-off as his grip on any UK business holdings continues to weaken.
The outgoing Owls owner put the club into administration last October as rising pressure from creditors including HMRC left him with little option. Correspondence sent to the club’s creditors from administrators at Begbies Traynor (BTG) last month detailed how the insolvency firm had acted as a negotiator to pool the administration of the company that owns Hillsborough Stadium in with the same process.
With work ongoing to put the club into new hands as US-based Arise Capital seek to press on with EFL negotiations and vetting processes, a micro company named Chansiri Limited has been served with a First Gazette notice following warnings of non-compliance sent to directors - in this case Dejphon Chansiri alone. If no valid objection or resolution occurs, the company is removed from the register and legally ceases to exist.
The purpose of the company is not known and it is certainly one of Chansiri’s least important holdings, with only micro accounts filed throughout its existence. It was incorporated in April 2015 shortly after his purchase of Wednesday and there is a suggestion it was used as a vehicle for club sponsorship, though its accounts wouldn’t point to that.
Companies House initiates compulsory strike-off action under Section 1000 of the Companies Act 2006 if the Registrar has ‘reasonable cause to believe’ that the company is no longer carrying on business or in operation. Records on Companies House suggest Chansiri Limited are long overdue the filing of its accounts, with nothing filed by the company since April 2025. Its most recent accounts filing was made in August 2024.
Sheffield Hallam sport finance lecturer Dr Dan Plumley said the news is indicative of where Chansiri’s business dealings on these shores is heading given his slow and steady removal from Sheffield Wednesday.
“I doubt there will be any objections I think given what we know now about the backstory and where it's all at, so you would expect that company to cease to exist in a couple of months time,” Plumley told The Star. “In the bigger picture there it aligns with the broader view of him being the outgoing owner of Sheffield Wednesday and ceasing some of those business interests that have UK addresses attached to them.
“The not filing of accounts means that it was probably been his intention to go down the road of winding this up given what's happened with him being removed as the owner of the football club. From what we can see, he’s not active in UK business beyond the stuff attached to Sheffield Wednesday, so this could be indicative of where things are moving.”
Chansiri is the club’s largest creditor and could still play a part in the immediate future of the club should Arise seek to do a deal that would encourage him to drop his claim and allow the club to avoid a 15-point deduction heading into next season. Sheffield Wednesday ‘directors and de facto directors’ are the subject of investigations into conduct at a time the Thai was the sole director at the club. He has been banned from becoming a director within English football for a period of three years.