# Merit Group Limited ## Details - **Company number:** [04267888](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04267888) - **Status:** Active - **Type:** Private Limited Company - **Incorporated:** 9 Aug 2001 - **Registered office:** 5TH FLOOR, 150 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 1LB - **Nature of business:** [64209](/sic/64209) Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. ## Previous names - Dods (Group) PLC (until 17 May 2016) - Dods Group PLC (until 22 Apr 2021) - Huveaux PLC (until 17 Jun 2010) - Merit Group PLC (until 3 Mar 2025) ## Officers | Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | |---|---|---|---| | ROBERTSON, Julia | director | 24 Jun 2025 | | | MACHRAY, Philip James | director | 17 Nov 2021 | | | FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 6 Jun 2019 | | | ENTWISTLE, Angela Elizabeth | director | 29 Nov 2017 | | | SMITH, Mark William | director | 29 Nov 2017 | 30 Sep 2026 | | LEES, Diane Elizabeth, Dame | director | 5 Sep 2016 | 31 Jul 2025 | | BRIANT, Timothy | director | 28 Feb 2024 | 31 May 2025 | | CONLON, Cornelius Anthony | director | 1 Jul 2020 | 31 Mar 2025 | | ASHCROFT, Michael, Lord | director | 13 Dec 2022 | 26 Apr 2024 | | BECK, David Clive | director | 6 Sep 2021 | 26 Jan 2024 | | VAGHELA, Vijay Kumar Lakhman Meghji | director | 26 Nov 2020 | 31 Jan 2023 | | BOON, Richard James | director | 14 Aug 2018 | 31 Jan 2023 | | IBRAHIM, Munira | director | 1 Jul 2020 | 1 Dec 2022 | | BULLOCK, Simon Charles | director | 1 Jun 2020 | 17 Nov 2021 | | HAMMOND, David Bruce, Dr | director | 1 Aug 2018 | 17 Jun 2020 | | PATEL, Nitil | director | 5 Sep 2016 | 24 Feb 2020 | | PRESSWELL, Simon Paul Thomas | director | 9 Jul 2018 | 22 Jan 2020 | | REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 1 Aug 2018 | 6 Jun 2019 | | BRABNERS LLP | corporate-secretary | 31 Mar 2015 | 1 Aug 2018 | | JONES, Cheryl Christine | director | 22 May 2014 | 1 Aug 2018 | | CLEAVER, Edward Guy | director | 4 Aug 2016 | 29 Nov 2017 | | ADONIS, Andrew, Lord | director | 21 Jan 2011 | 29 Nov 2017 | | WELLS, William Henry Weston, Sir | director | 1 Dec 2010 | 29 Nov 2017 | | BECK, Martin | director | 26 Nov 2013 | 24 Mar 2016 | | SADLER, Keith John | secretary | 18 Apr 2012 | 31 Mar 2015 | | MARSH, Henrietta Elizabeth | director | 20 Apr 2012 | 19 Nov 2014 | | HIGGINS, Michael James | director | 7 Apr 2014 | 25 Sep 2014 | | SADLER, Keith John | director | 19 Apr 2012 | 25 Sep 2014 | | WILSON, Andrew Stephen | director | 1 Dec 2010 | 15 May 2014 | | HAND, Kevin Lawrence | director | 1 Nov 2004 | 6 Jan 2014 | | GORNALL, Alastair Charles | director | 3 Sep 2013 | 25 Nov 2013 | | FLAYE, Richard Michael | director | 1 Sep 2006 | 19 Oct 2012 | | MURRAY, Gerard | director | 1 Nov 2004 | 28 Jun 2012 | | LEVY, Rupert James | secretary | 25 Nov 2008 | 18 Apr 2012 | | LEVY, Rupert James | director | 22 Apr 2008 | 18 Apr 2012 | | DE CESARE, Sue | secretary | 1 Jan 2008 | 25 Nov 2008 | | DE BLOCQ VAN KUFFELER, John Philip | director | 19 Oct 2001 | 5 Nov 2008 | | CLARKE, John Leonard | director | 19 Oct 2001 | 5 Nov 2008 | | O'BRIEN, Daniel Philip | director | 1 Jan 2006 | 4 Mar 2008 | | ARNAOUTI, Michael | secretary | 1 Jan 2006 | 31 Dec 2007 | | BENN, Timothy John | director | 19 Oct 2001 | 7 Apr 2006 | | BENN, Christina Grace | director | 19 Oct 2001 | 7 Apr 2006 | | SIMON, Jean Marie | director | 1 Nov 2004 | 3 Mar 2006 | | HORNE, David Bowen | director | 1 Jan 2004 | 31 Dec 2005 | | HORNE, David Bowen | secretary | 1 Jan 2004 | 31 Dec 2005 | | CLARKE, John Leonard | secretary | 19 Oct 2001 | 1 Jan 2004 | | PECK, Edward Richmond | director | 1 Aug 2002 | 30 Jun 2003 | | EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | corporate-director | 9 Aug 2001 | 19 Oct 2001 | | EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED | corporate-director | 9 Aug 2001 | 19 Oct 2001 | | EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 9 Aug 2001 | 19 Oct 2001 | | YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-director | 9 Aug 2001 | 9 Aug 2001 | | YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-secretary | 9 Aug 2001 | 9 Aug 2001 | | YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-director | 9 Aug 2001 | 9 Aug 2001 | ## Control | Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased | |---|---|---|---| | Lord Michael Anthony Ashcroft | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 24 Jul 2017 | | ## Controls - 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