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The Mercantile Investment Trust PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 24

  1. Angus Charles Gordon Lennox 2015-2025 Director View profile
  2. Harry Michael Charles Morley 2014-2023 Director View profile
  3. Jeremy John Tigue 2012-2022 Director View profile
  4. Helen James 2011-2021 Director View profile
  5. Sir Richard Gervase Beckett 2009-2014 Director View profile
  6. The RT HON the Earl of Halifax 2007-2012 Corporate-director View profile
  7. Ian Simon Macgregor Russell 2007-2018 Director View profile
  8. Richard Alexander Hambro 2006-2009 Director View profile
  9. Charles Edward Willoughby Peel 2005-2012 Director View profile
  10. Dr Alasdair Gordon Mackenzie Nairn 2003-2018 Director View profile
  11. The Fourth Viscount Rothermere 2001-2007 Director View profile
  12. Ian Hamish Leslie Melville 1996-2017 Director View profile
  13. Nicholas William Berry 1995-2007 Director View profile
  14. The RT HON Viscount Younger of Leckie 1994-2002 Corporate-director View profile
  15. Laurence Edward Linaker 1994-2005 Director View profile
  16. David Ronald George Paterson 1999 Director View profile
  17. Simon Lindley Keswick 2007 Director View profile
  18. Raymond Percival St George Cazalet 1993 Director View profile
  19. Lord Peter Wynford Innes Rees 1997 Director View profile
  20. Peter Laurence Bowring Stoddart 1995 Director View profile
  21. Sir John Ferguson Denholm 1994 Director View profile
  22. William Lawrence Banks 2004 Director View profile
  23. Jpmorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited 2000-2014 Corporate-secretary View profile
  24. Fleming Investment Trust Management Limited 2000 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Incorporated
08/12/1884
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5 directors on the board

6y median 5.1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (5)

Also govern a charity

0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 7Professional services 6Property 3Tech and media 2Business services 1Other services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00020537
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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