MERRILL LYNCH EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25M
+2.6% vs 2023
Employees
2
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£836K
+15,325% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. In prior years, the Company has wound-down its activity and now holds intercompany balances with affiliates. As part of the legal entity rationalisation efforts, the intention of management is to liquidate the Company.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £5,417 | £835,574 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,417 | £835,574 | |
| Net profit | -£24,652 | £626,954 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,088,693 | £24,715,647 | |
| Net assets | £24,088,693 | £24,715,647 | |
| Equity | £24,088,693 | £24,715,647 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,379 | £1,450 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+2.6%
£24,088,693 £24,715,647
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Employees
0%
2 2
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Operating profit
+15,325%
£5,417 £835,574
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Profit before tax
+15,325%
£5,417 £835,574
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 8079.03x | 106.85x | |
| Interest cover | 10.34x | — |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MERRILL LYNCH EUROPE LIMITED 2008-11-03 → present
- MERRILL LYNCH EUROPE PLC 1984-07-04 → 2008-11-03
- ROYAL SECURITIES CORPORATION (CANADA) LIMITED 1929-03-23 → 1984-07-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. In prior years, the Company has wound-down its activity and now holds intercompany balances with affiliates. As part of the legal entity rationalisation efforts, the intention of management is to liquidate the Company.”
Significant events
- “As part of the legal entity rationalisation efforts, the intention of management is to liquidate the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-12-09 | — | — |
| MARTIN, Trevor Caleb | Director | 2003-03-28 | Aug 1960 | British |
| MERRIMAN, John | Director | 2021-09-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGHAM, Carol Ann | Secretary | — | 2000-05-11 |
| LEWIS, Bernadette | Secretary | 2000-09-29 | 2003-12-09 |
| SEARLE, Debra Anne | Secretary | 2000-05-11 | 2003-12-09 |
| ANGUS, John Andrew | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| BLIZARD, Christopher John | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2009-07-01 |
| CARLSON, Ronald Joseph | Director | 2001-12-19 | 2003-02-17 |
| CHIVERS, Ian | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2008-06-30 |
| CIRINCION, John Carl | Director | 1993-11-22 | 1995-03-03 |
| COWAN, Michael Richard | Director | 1992-07-18 | 1994-10-13 |
| DONLON, John Joseph | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| GENDRON, David Brooks | Director | 2001-12-19 | 2004-02-17 |
| GILES, James Michael | Director | — | 1995-12-18 |
| GREIG, Henry Justin | Director | 1994-08-17 | 1995-12-22 |
| HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton | Director | 1992-07-13 | 1995-12-22 |
| HAY, Carolyn Lesley | Director | 2001-07-05 | 2003-04-30 |
| ILKSON, Atilla Steven | Director | — | 1995-12-22 |
| JALVING, David Lee | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| JONES, Richard Ian | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2016-10-19 |
| KIRKMAN, Charles Richard | Director | — | 1995-12-27 |
| LEE, Jonathan Howard Redvers | Director | 2016-10-25 | 2021-09-01 |
| MACPHEE, Martyn George | Director | 1999-03-24 | 2001-04-09 |
| MACPHEE, Martyn George | Director | 1995-12-28 | 1996-01-05 |
| MARKS, Michael John Paul | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2003-02-13 |
| MCGOWAN, John Thomas | Director | — | 1992-07-17 |
| MICHAELIDES, Costas, Chair Of The Board Of Directors | Director | — | 1999-06-18 |
| OLLWERTHER, Robert Dennis | Director | 1994-09-16 | 1998-07-01 |
| PEARSON, Keith Lindsay | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2013-03-28 |
| REEVES, Christopher Reginald | Director | 1993-09-10 | 1999-03-24 |
| RENCKI, Christopher Mark | Director | 1993-12-23 | 1994-05-18 |
| SARANDACOS HUGHES, Isabella | Director | 1994-06-02 | 1995-12-22 |
| SIMPKINS, Launton Foulkrod | Director | 1995-04-10 | 1995-12-22 |
| SPIEGELBERG, Richard George | Director | — | 1995-12-28 |
| SWADBA, John Mark | Director | 1994-08-17 | 1995-12-27 |
| TATE, Justin Charles Benedict | Director | 1993-02-15 | 1993-02-15 |
| THOMSON, David Fraser | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2011-03-28 |
| THOMSON, David Fraser | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2008-11-29 |
| VON CLEMM, Michael, Dr | Director | — | 1993-04-21 |
| WILLETT, Joseph Timothy | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2001-12-19 |
| WOOD, David Anthony | Director | 1994-10-10 | 1995-12-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mleih Funding | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 459 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-12-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.