# Octopus Money Unit Trust Managers Limited ## Details - **Company number:** [03000482](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03000482) - **Status:** Active - **Type:** Private Limited Company - **Incorporated:** 12 Dec 1994 - **Registered office:** 6TH FLOOR, 33 HOLBORN, LONDON, EC1N 2HT - **Nature of business:** [64302](/sic/64302) Activities of unit trusts, [64999](/sic/64999) Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified - **Corporate group:** [GMV Nominees Ltd](/group/4) (48343 companies) ## Previous names - Virgin Direct Unit Trust Managers Limited (until 4 Feb 2002) - Virgin Direct Personal Financial Service Limited (until 17 May 1996) - Speed 4720 Limited (until 5 Jan 1995) - Virgin Money Unit Trust Managers Limited (until 18 Nov 2025) ## Officers | Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | |---|---|---|---| | WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-director | 12 Dec 1994 | 16 Dec 1994 | | PARKER, David Ernest | secretary | 3 Jan 1995 | 3 May 1995 | | WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-secretary | 12 Dec 1994 | 13 May 1995 | | RAMSAY, Roger Bryan Pointer | director | 16 Dec 1994 | 2 Feb 1996 | | SCOTT, Philip Gordon | director | 16 Dec 1994 | 2 Feb 1996 | | WHITE, Alastair David | secretary | 4 May 1995 | 7 Feb 1996 | | SKELLERN, Jodie | director | 16 Sep 1996 | 9 Sep 1997 | | ABBOTT, Trevor Michael | director | 3 May 1995 | 9 Dec 1997 | | CREESE, Neville Charles | director | 23 Apr 1997 | 21 Jan 1998 | | WOOD, Antony Michael | director | 16 Dec 1994 | 25 Mar 1998 | | WATSON, Anthony | director | 24 Jul 1996 | 12 Aug 1998 | | SCHWARTZ, Jonathan Eliot | director | 2 Feb 1996 | 12 Aug 1998 | | KING, Michael David | director | 23 Apr 1997 | 25 Aug 1999 | | TRUMBULL III, George Rea | director | 2 Feb 1996 | 24 Sep 1999 | | CLEGG, Simon John | director | 18 Nov 1998 | 13 Oct 1999 | | GORMLEY, Rowan | director | 16 Dec 1994 | 11 Feb 2000 | | LEGGE, Diana Patricia | secretary | 8 Mar 1996 | 17 Mar 2000 | | JOHNSON, Peter Thomas | director | 5 Nov 1999 | 9 Sep 2000 | | MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | director | 3 May 1995 | 9 Sep 2000 | | THOMPSON, Trevor James | director | 12 Aug 1998 | 23 Nov 2000 | | MELLER, Craig Duncan | director | 14 Jan 2000 | 25 Jul 2001 | | GADHIA, Jayne-Anne | director | 16 Dec 1994 | 27 Jul 2001 | | ANDERSON, Philip John | director | 17 Mar 2000 | 31 Oct 2001 | | BOWKER, Steven Richard | director | 11 Jan 2001 | 30 Nov 2001 | | WADE, Timothy Cardwell | director | 11 Jan 2001 | 14 Oct 2002 | | BATCHELOR, Paul John | director | 5 Nov 1999 | 21 Oct 2002 | | GORMAN, William Richard | director | 12 Aug 1998 | 21 Oct 2002 | | MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas | director | 28 Jan 1999 | 5 May 2004 | | BRANSON, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir | director | 16 Dec 1994 | 6 May 2004 | | LARKIN, Ian David | director | 18 Apr 2002 | 1 Jul 2005 | | PESTER, Paul David, Doctor | director | 9 Jul 1999 | 1 Jul 2005 | | TYLER, William Ker | director | 12 Apr 2005 | 8 Sep 2005 | | GRAM, Peter Gerardus | secretary | 17 Mar 2000 | 31 Aug 2006 | | BAYLISS, Joshua | secretary | 31 Aug 2006 | 1 Mar 2007 | | HODGKINSON, Mark Philip | director | 9 Jul 2003 | 4 Jun 2007 | | FAIRMAN, Richard William Mark | director | 12 Apr 2005 | 25 Jul 2007 | | MOODY, Annette Sheila | director | 15 Nov 2005 | 31 Jul 2007 | | LEEMING, Simon Edward | director | 25 Sep 2001 | 14 Sep 2007 | | GADHIA, Jayne-Anne | director | 30 Mar 2007 | 12 Feb 2009 | | CLIFFORD, Robert Martin | director | 12 Feb 2009 | 8 May 2009 | | DYER, David Norman | director | 16 Aug 2007 | 22 Feb 2010 | | RUSSELL, Roland John | director | 22 May 2009 | 31 Aug 2011 | | SELBY, Mark Edward | director | 9 Nov 2011 | 16 Feb 2012 | | GERRARD, Barry Alexander Ralph | secretary | 1 Mar 2007 | 16 Feb 2012 | | SELBY, Mark Edward | director | 1 Mar 2012 | 1 Mar 2012 | | FITZPATRICK, Jasan | secretary | 16 Feb 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | PEARSON, William Stephen | secretary | 23 May 2012 | 1 Oct 2013 | | WILLIAMSON, Finlay Ferguson | director | 22 Feb 2010 | 15 Apr 2014 | | PARKER, Mark Ashley | director | 1 Mar 2012 | 23 Sep 2015 | | EVANS, Darrell Paul | director | 22 Jun 2015 | 9 Dec 2015 | | HULL, Gordon Robert | director | 6 May 2016 | 24 Jan 2017 | | LYALL, Grant Alexander | director | 4 Jan 2016 | 24 Jan 2017 | | MORENO, Glen Richard | director | 25 Jan 2017 | 31 Mar 2018 | | KEOGH, Colin Denis | director | 25 Jan 2017 | 15 Oct 2018 | | GADHIA, Jayne-Anne | director | 17 Nov 2016 | 15 Oct 2018 | | MARTIN, Marian Macdonald | director | 22 Aug 2007 | 1 Jan 2019 | | BOLE, Peter Douglas | director | 25 Jan 2017 | 26 Feb 2019 | | GRACE, Adrian Thomas | director | 15 Oct 2018 | 27 Feb 2019 | | MARSHALL, Katie Jane | secretary | 1 Oct 2013 | 1 Mar 2019 | | DUFFY, David Joseph | director | 15 Oct 2018 | 31 Jul 2019 | | THUNDERCLIFFE, Mark John | director | 1 Jan 2019 | 28 Aug 2019 | | POPE, Darren Scott | director | 11 Mar 2019 | 24 Oct 2019 | | FENNESSY, Sinead Aine | director | 13 Dec 2019 | 29 Sep 2020 | | SMITH, Ian Stuart | director | 27 Feb 2019 | 14 Oct 2020 | | SCOTT, Julie Frances | director | 13 Dec 2019 | 4 Dec 2020 | | TU, Thi Nhuoc Lan | director | 1 Aug 2019 | 24 May 2021 | | MCMILLAN, Lorna Forsyth | secretary | 1 Mar 2019 | 22 Oct 2021 | | PEARSON, Kye | secretary | 22 Oct 2021 | 17 Jun 2022 | | BRUCE, Stephanie Jane | director | 29 Sep 2020 | 30 Jun 2022 | | MOUILLE, David Patrick Denis Marie | director | 30 Jun 2022 | 2 Apr 2024 | | WEMYSS, Stuart Russell | director | 8 Dec 2020 | 2 Apr 2024 | | MURPHY, Fergus John | director | 19 Oct 2020 | 2 Apr 2024 | | CHATER, Hugh Leathley | director | 15 Aug 2019 | 9 Apr 2024 | | TAYLOR, David Jonathan | director | 29 Sep 2020 | 30 Apr 2024 | | PHIBBS, Mary Catherine | director | 16 Oct 2019 | 2 Jul 2024 | | PATRIZI, Allegra Cristina | director | 10 Apr 2024 | 28 Oct 2024 | | BYRNE, Jonathan Lee | director | 24 May 2021 | 1 Jul 2025 | | SENIOR, Karen | secretary | 20 Jun 2022 | 8 Aug 2025 | | MACLEAN, Jennifer Marion | secretary | 8 Aug 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | | RHODES, Christopher Stuart | director | 29 Oct 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 | | TITTERTON, Paul James | director | 30 Nov 2025 | | | OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 30 Nov 2025 | | | MARSH, Daniel | director | 30 Nov 2025 | | | MILNE, Richard John | director | 1 Jul 2025 | | | MOORE, Paula Marion | director | 16 Apr 2024 | | | HYNES, Simon Andrew | director | 11 Mar 2024 | | ## Control | Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased | |---|---|---|---| | Virgin Money Holdings (Uk) Plc | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 10 Dec 2020 | | Abrdn Holdings Limited | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 31 Jul 2019 | 24 Jun 2024 | | Clydesdale Bank Plc | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 10 Dec 2020 | 30 Nov 2025 | | Opv 1 Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 30 Nov 2025 | | ## Owned by Octopus Money Unit Trust Managers Limited → [OPV 1 Limited](/company/14069055) → [Octopus Money Holdings Limited](/company/14059322) → [Octopus Capital Limited](/company/03981143) → [Octopus Group Holdings Ltd](/company/14002583) ## Controls - [Octopus Money Trustee Limited](/company/13521339) (13521339) ## Directors' other companies - [HYNES, Simon Andrew](/person/5803907) - director at [Nedgroup Investments (UK) Limited](/company/02627187) - [MOORE, Paula Marion](/person/6594241) - director at [Allianz Global Investors UK Limited](/company/11516839) - [OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED](/person/5862563) - corporate-secretary at [Fern Connect Limited](/company/15173787) - [OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED](/person/5862563) - corporate-secretary at [Oval Fibre Limited](/company/17392044) - [OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED](/person/5862563) - corporate-secretary at [Oval Newco Limited](/company/17392047) - [OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED](/person/5862563) - corporate-secretary at [Y Corporation Limited](/company/14232896) - [TITTERTON, Paul James](/person/7037489) - director at [OPV 5 Limited](/company/16626928) - [TITTERTON, Paul James](/person/7037489) - director at [OPV 6 Limited](/company/16627482) - [TITTERTON, Paul James](/person/7037489) - director at [OPV 4 Limited](/company/16662794) ## Registered address 287 companies are registered at this address - likely a registration agent.