Company
Melos Publishing Services Limited
Melos Publishing Services Limited is an active UK company (number 09985298), incorporated 2016, with 5 current directors including Bobby O'Reilly and David Van Herwaarde. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 1
- Stuart Savidge 2016-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 03/02/2016
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.
- Richard Alan Cottrell ceased 2024-03-28
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Paul Michael Sims ceased 2024-03-28
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Melos Publishing Services Limited
is controlled by Richard Alan Cottrell
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-03-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Richard Alan Cottrell.
1 other company 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
- -£1,662,936
- Total assets
- -£394,560
- Cash
- £1,005
- Employees
- 0.02
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
4 directors on the board
- Bobby O'Reilly Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Michael Sims Director · appointed 2016
- David Van Herwaarde Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Alan Maurice George Cottrell Director · appointed 2016
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Michael Sims Director · appointed 2016
- Richard Alan Maurice George Cottrell Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Bobby O'Reilly Director · appointed 2025
- David Van Herwaarde Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Alan Maurice George Cottrell Director · appointed 2016
Portfolio (1)
- Paul Michael Sims Director · appointed 2016
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 09985298
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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