Who Owns Crystal Palace?

Crystal Palace is owned by a group of American investors and its British chairman. Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets, bought roughly 43% from John Textor in July 2025 for a reported £190m — a sale forced by multi-club ownership rules, because Textor also controlled Lyon. Josh Harris and David Blitzer hold around 18% each, alongside Steve Parish. Companies House records the club under CPFC 2010 Limited. Ownership verified 6 September 2026.

Who owns Crystal Palace?

The club is CPFC LIMITED (07270793), incorporated 1 June 2010 and registered at Selhurst Park. Its person with significant control is CPFC 2010 LIMITED (07206409), incorporated 29 March 2010, at 75% or more of shares and votes with the right to appoint and remove directors.

The year in that company’s name is not decoration. Palace went into administration in 2010, and CPFC 2010 Limited was the vehicle the rescuing consortium formed to buy it. The club’s escape from collapse is preserved in a company name, exactly as it is at Leeds United — Leeds United 2007 Limited — covered elsewhere on this site.

The stadium sits in a separate company, CPFC SELHURST PARK LIMITED (07334675). Club and ground being held apart is common and consequential: buying the club does not necessarily buy the ground.

Current owners and shareholding structure

Reported holdings after the 2025 transaction:

• Woody Johnson — around 43%, bought from Eagle Football in July 2025
• Josh Harris — around 18%
• David Blitzer — around 18%
• Steve Parish — chairman, with the balance held alongside the original consortium members

None of those percentages is a Companies House figure. The register names CPFC 2010 Limited and stops — it establishes the corporate structure and nothing about how the shares within it are divided.

That is a recurring limit on football club profiles. The PSC register is designed to reveal who controls a company, and at Palace it reveals a holding company whose own shareholders are the answer.

Key controlling people and entities

Steve Parish is the chairman and the continuity in Palace’s ownership — a Palace supporter who was part of the 2010 rescue and has run the club since.

Josh Harris and David Blitzer bought in during 2015. Both are American investors with unusually broad sporting portfolios: Harris co-owns the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Devils and the Washington Commanders; Blitzer holds interests across a string of clubs in several countries.

Woody Johnson, the newest partner, owns the New York Jets and was US ambassador to the United Kingdom.

The departure is the instructive part. John Textor‘s Eagle Football Holdings held around 43% of Palace and a controlling position at Olympique Lyonnais in France. When both clubs qualified for the same UEFA competition, that combination ran into the rules restricting clubs under common ownership from competing in the same tournament — and Palace’s European place was put at risk by an ownership arrangement rather than by anything on the pitch.

Textor sold to resolve it. This site has flagged multi-club ownership rules on the Manchester United, Chelsea and Leeds profiles as a live constraint; at Palace it is the constraint that actually forced a change of owner.

Ownership history

Palace has been rescued from financial collapse more than once, and the register carries the marks.

• 2010 — the club enters administration. CPFC 2010 Limited is incorporated on 29 March and CPFC Limited on 1 June; a consortium including Steve Parish, Stephen Browett, Jeremy Hosking and Martin Long buys club and ground.
• 2015 — Josh Harris and David Blitzer acquire a substantial minority.
• 2021 — John Textor buys a stake of around 40%.
• July 2025 — Textor sells to Woody Johnson for a reported £190m, resolving the multi-club conflict.

Reporting in 2026 indicated the owners had appointed bankers to explore a full sale of the club. That is a process, not a transaction, and this page does not assert that Palace is being sold — only that a sale has been reported as under consideration.

Related clubs or investment group

Palace’s shareholders hold interests across a remarkable range of sport: the Jets, the 76ers, the Devils, the Commanders, and Blitzer’s holdings in clubs across Europe. What they do not do is hold those interests through a single group that also owns Palace — they are individual investors in one club, which is precisely why Palace does not fall foul of the rules that caught Textor.

The distinction matters. Eagle Football controlled two clubs; Palace’s current shareholders hold minority positions in a club and separate interests elsewhere. UEFA’s rules turn on control, not on shared investors.

Sources and verification

The company numbers, the March and June 2010 incorporations, the separate stadium company and the CPFC 2010 PSC entry are Companies House records for 07270793 and can be checked by number.

Two limits, and the first is substantial. No shareholding percentage on this page comes from Companies House. The register names one holding company; the split between Johnson, Harris, Blitzer and Parish is established by the parties’ announcements and press reporting. Searching the register is no help either — “Crystal Palace” returns thousands of unrelated businesses across south London, and the club is registered under its initials.

UEFA’s multi-club ownership rules are administered by UEFA, not by any UK registry, and its published decisions are the authoritative source on that episode. Companies House does not verify most filed information.