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Merchants' Place LTD

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 20

  1. Barbara Baggaley 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Philip Search 2018-2020 Director View profile
  3. Geoff Leversedge 2017-2024 Director View profile
  4. Icarus Julian Stanley Hines 2015-2025 Director View profile
  5. Hilary Cox 2013-2025 Director View profile
  6. Ian Stormont Doughty 2013-2014 Director View profile
  7. Juliet Allen 2013-2013 Director View profile
  8. Nigel Allard Tompkins 2011-2017 Director View profile
  9. Keith Edward Johnson 2011-2012 Director View profile
  10. John Turner Sansby 2007-2013 Director View profile
  11. Dr Vivienne Catherine Lennox 2007-2013 Director View profile
  12. Nigel Pickard Ripley 2006-2011 Director View profile
  13. Anthony Stuart Shipp 2004-2012 Director View profile
  14. John Gaston Morgan 2004-2007 Director View profile
  15. Mary Granville-White 2004-2006 Director View profile
  16. Daniel Mark Peter Platton 2004-2005 Director View profile
  17. Anthony John Nash 2004-2012 Director View profile
  18. Peter John Randall Stibbons 2004-2012 Director View profile
  19. Tracey Jane Khalil 2004-2012 Director View profile
  20. Catherine Wendy Plewman 2004-2012 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/10/2004

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.

  • Nigel Allard Tompkins ceased 2017-04-05
    appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • John Patrick Morgan ceased 2022-03-23
    appoints directors · notified 2017-04-05 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. Merchants' Place LTD is controlled by Nigel Allard Tompkins
    Evidence
    ceased appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-04-05 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Nigel Allard Tompkins.

4 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.

Financials

Net assets
£110,233
Total assets
£467,170
Cash
£173,666
Employees
4
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

12 grants · £132,562 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £102,499 (9 grants)
  • CAF · £17,568
  • Sport England · £9,995
  • Postcode Places Trust · £2,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9002026-02-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £17,4782024-01-26
  • Postcode Places Trust £2,5002023-11-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9902022-05-06
  • CAF £17,5682021-01-18
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.

5 directors on the board

5.9y median 4.7y
average tenure
13.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
05262556
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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