DerbyWheel has cut a further connection to former CEO James Pope, in the latest update to the corporate registration of its UK operating company.

Global Keirin reported last month that Pope had been removed from the company’s list of directors; but its registered office was still listed as an address with personal connection to Pope.

The registered office has now been changed to 5 Fleet Place in the City Of London, around the corner from City Thameslink train station.

The building houses a number of notable financial and legal businesses – and acts as the registered office for almost 700 active companies, most small or very small, but including a few standout names like PayPal UK.

There’s nothing unusual in the choice of an anonymous location like this: UK companies are required to designate a registered office for official communication purposes, and many people choose a third party such as an accountant in order to maintain a degree of privacy.

And it would be wrong to read anything, either positive or negative, into the move. In fact, we’re only surprised that it took them almost a month to make the change.

DerbyWheel’s website, however, remains stubbornly unchanged. It still lists Pope as the company CEO, and continues to quote the old company address.

The last news story on the website was very nearly 500 days ago. Its timeline, last updated on 20 June, still promises an exhibition race in the ‘2nd half of 2025 (TBC)’, with regular racing ‘Every 2 weeks from Jan.2026’.

Minor update: the company records were changed again on 22 August, registering the ‘cessation of Koru Sports Group Limited (Pope’s company) as a person with significant control’. But that doesn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know.