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

1 item

Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£25M

+2.6% vs 2023

Employees

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

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.

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

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Financials median

MERRILL LYNCH EUROPE LIMITED·Financials median · n=631

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	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	—	—

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	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	—

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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.

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	PDF
2025-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-09-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-05-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-09-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-03-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
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	PDF
2018-10-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2018-03-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

—

Not reported
Net assets

+2.6%

£24,088,693 £24,715,647
Employees

0%

2 2
Operating profit

+15,325%

£5,417 £835,574
Profit before tax

+15,325%

£5,417 £835,574

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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