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The Merchants Trust PLC

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

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Previous officers 29

  1. Douglas Alexander Armstrong 2020-2020 Director View profile
  2. Nicholas Timon Drakesmith 2016-2025 Director View profile
  3. Mary Ann Sieghart 2014-2024 Director View profile
  4. Sybella Jane Stanley 2014-2024 Director View profile
  5. Paul Tennant Yates 2011-2020 Director View profile
  6. Simon John Fraser 2009-2019 Director View profile
  7. Henry Eric Staunton 2008-2014 Director View profile
  8. Michael James Edward Mckeon 2008-2017 Director View profile
  9. Sir James Meyer Sassoon 2006-2010 Director View profile
  10. Hugh Alexander Stevenson 1999-2010 Director View profile
  11. Richard Arthur Barfield 1999-2011 Director View profile
  12. Patrick Joseph Scott Plummer 1997-2009 Director View profile
  13. Sir Robert Paul Reid 1995-2008 Director View profile
  14. Anthony David Arnold William Forbes 1994-2002 Director View profile
  15. Sir John Michael Middlecott Banham 2007 Director View profile
  16. Sir Anthony Favill Tuke 1994 Director View profile
  17. Colin Hyndmarsh Black 2000 Director View profile
  18. David Hugh Laing Hopkinson 1999 Director View profile
  19. Sir Thomas Neilson Risk 1994 Director View profile
  20. Benjamin Charles Reid Siddons 1998 Director View profile
  21. Sir John Derek Birkin 1999 Director View profile
  22. Kelly Nice 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  23. Eleanor Emuss 2017-2022 Secretary View profile
  24. Tracey Anne Lago 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  25. Peter William Irving Ingram 2005-2015 Secretary View profile
  26. Nicola Jane Schrager Von Altishofen 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  27. Leonora Marian Frost 1995-1996 Secretary View profile
  28. Kathleen Rose Ascham 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  29. Peter Leonard Longcroft 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Incorporated
16/02/1889
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

3.8y median 2.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (4)

0
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 4Business services 1Hospitality 1Tech and media 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
00028276
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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