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MERLYN ADVISORS LTD
Profile
- Company number
- 11433583
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2018-06-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-06-30
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64999
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. The Company has sufficient financial resources to cover ongoing liabilities and therefore the directors are of the opinion that the going concern basis should be adopted in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Merlyn Special GP LLP · 0.99% held · Scotland
Significant events
- “Geopolitical events in Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East continue to create an unstable environment for investors and may impact fundraising efforts.”
- “The subsidiary Merlyn Special GP LLP was dissolved on 5 August 2025.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCS COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-02-21 | — | — |
| BARNABA, Alessandro | Director | 2022-11-07 | Feb 1973 | Italian |
| PETERMANN, Maarten Phillippe | Director | 2019-07-31 | Jun 1978 | Dutch |
| SCHIRMER, Maren | Director | 2019-07-31 | Feb 1989 | German |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEBENEDETTI, Charles David | Director | 2018-06-26 | 2021-09-06 |
| DIAMOND, Genia, Dr | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2020-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Barnaba | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-10-18 | Active |
| Ms Maren Schirmer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-31 | Ceased 2022-10-18 |
| Mr Maarten Philippe Petermann | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-31 | Active |
| Mr Charles David Debenedetti | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-26 | Ceased 2019-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | RP01AP01 | officers | replacement filing of director appointment with name |
| 2026-03-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-03-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-09-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-09-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-07-30 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-03-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-11-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2022-11-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2022-11-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-11-09 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2022-10-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2022-07-13 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-10
21.2
COLD
/ 100
- Filings velocity 25
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 0
- Headcount trajectory 50
- Accounts trajectory 50
- 3 filing(s) in last 12 months