Company · Lichfield
Merlin Business Software Limited
Business and domestic software development
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Previous officers 21
- Justin Neil Clarke 2020-2021 View profile
- Neil Lawrence Jowsey 2018-2022 View profile
- Horace Vincent Draa Iii 2017-2020 View profile
- David Lee Rawlinson Ii 2016-2016 View profile
- Paul Joseph Stanukinas 2016-2017 View profile
- Michael Kerins 2013-2017 View profile
- Gary Mortiboys 2013-2016 View profile
- Elizabeth Wilson 2012-2013 View profile
- Judith Baxter 2012-2013 View profile
- David Jonathan Wilson 2009-2011 View profile
- Steven David Fowler 2009-2013 View profile
- Clive Michael Mallender 2006-2022 View profile
- Andrew Geoffrey Wilson 2006-2013 View profile
- Ashley David Jones 2006-2013 View profile
- David George Strafford 1993-1994 View profile
- Denis Coggon 1993 View profile
- Clive Baxter 2007 View profile
- Simon Charles Parker 2006-2021 View profile
- Judith Mary Baxter 1999-2006 View profile
- George Geoffrey Crawford 1994-1999 View profile
- Michael John Wheeldon 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Business and domestic software development
- Incorporated
- 26/08/1976
- Registered office
- Lichfield
- Previous names
- Chatsworth Computers and Business Systems LTD (until 16/05/2012)
Coggon Computers (North Midlands) Limited (until 19/10/2007)
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Aptean Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-10-22 - Cromwell Group (Holdings) Limited ceased 2022-10-21
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-26
Group
- Merlin Business Software Limited
is controlled by Aptean Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-10-22 · source: Companies House PSC register - Aptean Limited
is controlled by Robert Smith
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2019-04-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
The individual named as ultimate controller on the PSC register for this chain is a known formation agent or data-quality flag, not a confirmed beneficial owner - not shown as fact.
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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
- Hellen Maria Stein Director · appointed 2022
- Nicola Marrison Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Hellen Maria Stein Director · appointed 2022
- Nicola Marrison Director · appointed 2022
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01274874
- 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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