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Blackrock Group Limited
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Who leads it
- Ruwan Upendra WeerasekeraDirector · since 2024
- Rachel LordDirector · since 2024
- Justine Clair AndersonDirector · since 2022
- Deborah ClarkeDirector · since 2021
- Matthieu Benoit DuncanDirector · since 2021
- Margaret Anne YoungDirector · since 2014
- Eleanor Judith De FreitasDirector · since 2014
- Charles Christopher PrideauxDirector · since 2011
- Blackrock Company Secretarial Services (UK) LimitedCorporate-secretary · since 2016
Previous officers 59
- Stephen Harold Cohen 2021-2024 View profile
- Christian Clausen 2018-2024 View profile
- Stacey Mullin Outhwaite 2018-2022 View profile
- Rudolph Andrew Damm 2016-2019 View profile
- Patrick Michael Olson 2015-2019 View profile
- David Jakob Blumer 2014-2017 View profile
- Kevin Robert Ironmonger 2014-2015 View profile
- Brenda Sue Sklar 2012-2014 View profile
- Timothy David Webb 2012-2014 View profile
- Mark Jeremy Melville Naylor 2012-2014 View profile
- James Edward Fishwick 2011-2022 View profile
- Maarten Frederik Slendebroek 2011-2012 View profile
- Edward Francis Hart 2011-2013 View profile
- Richard Michael Webb 2011-2017 View profile
- Scott Franklin Thiel 2011-2012 View profile
- Joseph Mark Linhares 2011-2013 View profile
- Colin Roy Thomson 2010-2020 View profile
- Nicholas James Charrington 2010-2025 View profile
- James Fenelon Desmarais 2009-2014 View profile
- John Richard Kushel 2009-2011 View profile
- Roger Clark Tooze 2008-2013 View profile
- Quintin Rupert Salter Price 2007-2014 View profile
- Fairbairn, Robert William, Vice Chairman 2007-2009 View profile
- Nicholas Charles Dalton Hall 2006-2017 View profile
- Christopher John Rimmer 2006-2007 View profile
- Katherine Marianne Shircliff 2006-2008 View profile
- Charles Bowen Farquharson 2003-2004 View profile
- Nicola Tracey Jones 1999-2007 View profile
- Stuart John Baxter 1998-2002 View profile
- John Parsloe 1998-1999 View profile
- James Trewin Stratford 1998-2007 View profile
- Ian Christopher Simon Barby 1998-2003 View profile
- John Charles Grayson Stancliffe 1996-1998 View profile
- David John Causer 1995-1998 View profile
- Charles Vivian Jackson 1993-1998 View profile
- Peter William Urquhart 1993-1996 View profile
- Leonard Samuel Licht 1992 View profile
- Andrew Searle Dalton 1998 View profile
- Robert Paul Brandon Michaelson 1993 View profile
- Leon Levy 1994 View profile
- Price, David William James, Exors of 1997 View profile
- Sir Alfred Joseph Shepperd 1996 View profile
- Frederick David Stewart Rosier 1998 View profile
- Peter Stormonth Darling 1998 View profile
- Stephen Anthony Zimmerman 1998 View profile
- Christopher Nigel Hurst Brown 1998 View profile
- Carol Galley 1998 View profile
- Hugh Alexander Stevenson 1998 View profile
- Hugh Jon Foulds 1998 View profile
- Paul Graham Bosonnet 1998 View profile
- Janet Taylor 2014-2015 View profile
- Agnieszka Caban 2012-2015 View profile
- Gregor Alexander Craig 2012-2014 View profile
- Adrian Brettell Dyke 2006-2012 View profile
- Merrill Lynch Corporate Services Limited 2003-2006 View profile
- Dipa Raivadera 2003-2003 View profile
- Bernadette Lewis 2003-2003 View profile
- Debra Anne Searle 1999-2003 View profile
- Helen Margaret Perkins 1998-1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of financial services holding companies; Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
- Incorporated
- 28/03/1969
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Limited (until 02/10/2006)
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.
- Blackrock Finco UK LTD
50-75% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Blackrock Group Limited
is controlled by Blackrock Finco UK LTD
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Blackrock Finco UK LTD.
23 other companies in this group
- Blackrock Fund Managers Limited
- Blackrock Asset Management Investor Services Limited
- Blackrock Executor & Trustee CO. Limited
- Grosvenor Alternate Partner Limited
- Blackrock Crane Limited
- Blackrock Company Secretarial Services (UK) Limited
- Blackrock UK Holdco Limited
- Blackrock International Limited
- Grosvenor Ventures Limited
- Blackrock Pensions Nominees Limited
- Blackrock Operational Hotels Birmingham Airport Limited
- Blackrock Advisors (UK) Limited
- 09978327
- Kreos Capital Management (UK) Limited
- Blackrock Investment Management (UK) Limited
- Blackrock Pensions Limited
- Blackrock Finance Europe Limited
- Blackrock Life Limited
- Blackrock Asset Management UK Limited
- Brshut Opco Limited
- Kreos Capital Viii (UK) LTD
- Saffron House Limited
- Blackrock Finco UK LTD
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.
8 directors on the board
- Charles Christopher Prideaux Director · appointed 2011
- Deborah Clarke Director · appointed 2021
- Justine Clair Anderson Director · appointed 2022
- Ruwan Upendra Weerasekera Director · appointed 2024
- Matthieu Benoit Duncan Director · appointed 2021
- Rachel Lord Director · appointed 2024
- Margaret Anne Young Director · appointed 2014
- Eleanor Judith De Freitas Director · appointed 2014
Directors past 6 years
- Charles Christopher Prideaux Director · appointed 2011
- Margaret Anne Young Director · appointed 2014
- Eleanor Judith De Freitas Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (8)
- Charles Christopher Prideaux Director · appointed 2011
- Deborah Clarke Director · appointed 2021
- Justine Clair Anderson Director · appointed 2022
- Ruwan Upendra Weerasekera Director · appointed 2024
- Matthieu Benoit Duncan Director · appointed 2021
- Rachel Lord Director · appointed 2024
- Margaret Anne Young Director · appointed 2014
- Eleanor Judith De Freitas Director · appointed 2014
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Nicholas James Charrington Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2025
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.
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00951043
- 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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