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Merrydown PLC

Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines

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

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Previous officers 23

  1. Damian Mccarney 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Elaine Birchall 2014-2023 Director View profile
  3. Arthur William Richmond 2010-2025 Director View profile
  4. Joseph Sloan 2005-2025 Director View profile
  5. William Geofrey Manderson Salters 2005-2009 Director View profile
  6. Kevin Ronald Bolt 1999-2000 Director View profile
  7. Nigel Rodney Freer 1998-2005 Director View profile
  8. John Andrew Jackson 1998-2005 Director View profile
  9. Robert Harry Beale Neame 1998-2004 Director View profile
  10. Andrew John Nash 1998-2005 Director View profile
  11. Alan Rutherford 1993-1997 Director View profile
  12. Christopher Philip Carr 2011 Director View profile
  13. Charles James Richard Purdey 1998 Director View profile
  14. Paul Edward Millman 1998 Director View profile
  15. Roy John Hooper 1995 Director View profile
  16. Ronald William Niblett 1995 Director View profile
  17. Peter Alexander Seton Monro 1998 Director View profile
  18. Robert Alexander Howie 1996 Director View profile
  19. Richard Michael Howard 2005-2014 Secretary View profile
  20. Michael John Dinnis 1997-2005 Secretary View profile
  21. Stephen Pierre Burke 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  22. Colin Digby Thomas Fitch 1993-1998 Secretary View profile
  23. Michael John O'Driscoll 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines; Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters
Incorporated
22/11/1946
Registered office
Gloucester

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Merrydown PLC is controlled by SHS Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by SHS Group Limited.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

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.

2 directors on the board

1.8y median 1.8y
average tenure
2.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
1
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.

Manufacturing 28Professional services 8Retail and trade 8Dormant 4Property 4Other 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
00424215
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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