Merchant Retail Group Limited

Company 01465195 Active

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

directors on the board

10.1y median 6.6y

average tenure

21y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

0 vs 7 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 31Dormant 18Finance 15Transport 10Retail and trade 9Business services 5Other services 2

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

Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

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Joplings Financial Services Limited 4 shared directors

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	01465195
Status	Active
Type	Private Limited Company
Incorporated	06/12/1979
Address	HUTCHISON HOUSE, 5 HESTER ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 4AN
Accounts next due	30/09/2026
Accounts last made up	31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

70100 - Activities of head offices

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

As Watson (P&C Uk) Ltd
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (31)

Ngai, Malina Man Lin Director · appointed 2024
Blakemore, Scott John Director · appointed 2022
Salbaing, Christian Nicolas Roger Director · appointed 2019
Ghosh, Asim Director · appointed 2019
Dines, Claire Nicole Director · appointed 2015
Smith, Gillian Greig Director · appointed 2006
Shih, Edith Director · appointed 2005
Tonks, Joanne Elaine Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
Heaton, Alan John Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2022
Ying, Kenneth Tze Man Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
LAI, Dominic Kai Ming Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2024
Wade, Ian Frances Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
SO, Aloysius Martin Yirk Yu Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
Wadeley, Melanie Jane Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
Dobson, Diana Margaret Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
O'Callaghan, Brian Anthony Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
Keys, David Chaloner Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
Lamont, Christopher Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2006
Seigal, Jeremy Paul Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2012
Heath, Reginald Frank Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2005
Piasecki, Jerzy Stanislaw Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
Gaisford, James Dominic Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
Jones, Michael John Former Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
Swan, Michael Hedley Former Director · resigned 1995
Clarke, George Francis Former Director · resigned 1993
Wallis, David William Former Director · resigned 1998
Johns, Michael Stephen Mackelcan Former Nominee-director · resigned 2005
Kinder, Eric Former Director · resigned 1994
Power, James Francis Former Director · resigned 1995
Newton, Philip Former Director · resigned 2006
Joyce, Timothy John Former Secretary · resigned 1992

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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