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Company · Gillingham

Merck Life Science UK Limited

Wholesale of chemical products

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 26

  1. Victor Mark Jackson 2017-2024 Director View profile
  2. Peter Biro 2017-2023 Director View profile
  3. David Richard Jeans 2015-2017 Director View profile
  4. Stefan Kratzer 2012-2017 Director View profile
  5. Barry Ewen 2012-2013 Director View profile
  6. Sascha Becker 2011-2012 Director View profile
  7. Richard Andrew Johnson 2011-2018 Director View profile
  8. Dr Mark Andrew Verrall 2011-2015 Director View profile
  9. Sarah Elizabeth Turner 2010-2011 Director View profile
  10. Klaus Reinhard Bischoff 2008-2011 Director View profile
  11. Jose Octavio Diaz Lelevier 2006-2010 Director View profile
  12. Walter Galinat 2006-2008 Director View profile
  13. Justus Dietrich Krause Harder 2006-2008 Director View profile
  14. Joachim Szebel 2003-2005 Director View profile
  15. Dr Udo Heider 2003-2006 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Rhys Burgess 2002-2006 Director View profile
  17. Bernd Reckmann 2002-2002 Director View profile
  18. John Gerald Mcgough 2002-2004 Director View profile
  19. John Raymond Vass 1998-2004 Director View profile
  20. Christopher Neil Palmer 1998-2002 Director View profile
  21. Detlef Treusch 1996 Director View profile
  22. David Herbert Durant 1998 Director View profile
  23. Wolfgang Honn 1998 Director View profile
  24. Robert Bartholomew Oconnell 1998 Director View profile
  25. Nicholas Guy Fraser 2005-2014 Secretary View profile
  26. Jonathan Mark Dove 2004-2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • CSP26630 - Service contract Buyer: UK Research and Innovation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    ***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, serv…

About

What it does
Wholesale of chemical products
Incorporated
25/05/1960
Registered office
Gillingham
Previous names
Merck Chemicals LTD (until 25/06/2020)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Merck Life Science UK Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies in this group

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

2.7y median 2.7y
average tenure
3.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Professional services 6Manufacturing 4Retail and trade 3Business services 1Finance 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
00660457
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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