---
title: "MERLIN BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/040cde6f-e04e-5c43-8f16-125f42579ea2
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/040cde6f-e04e-5c43-8f16-125f42579ea2
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03290727
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MERLIN BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03290727`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/040cde6f-e04e-5c43-8f16-125f42579ea2  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/040cde6f-e04e-5c43-8f16-125f42579ea2  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Christopher James Cooke** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe4637ac-e2ff-5b2c-8454-d1617e33ab3b
- **Mrs Hilary Jane Cooke** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4e0c2a52-8d99-5849-8c99-7d00b77a0c8b

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **Mr Christopher James Cooke** — beneficial owner 50% → *MERLIN BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED*
1. **Mrs Hilary Jane Cooke** — beneficial owner 50% → *MERLIN BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03290727`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-12-11
- **Registered office:** 37 Kenilworth Road, Ealing, London, W5 5PA
- **SIC:** 70229

### Officers

- COOKE, Hilary Jane — secretary · British · appointed 1997-12-02
- COOKE, Christopher James — director · British · appointed 1997-12-02
- COOKE, Hilary Jane — director · British · appointed 1997-12-02
- KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 1997-12-02
- LAWRENCE, Helen Julie — director · British · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2012-01-03
- TOD, Christopher James — director · British · appointed 2023-07-24 · resigned 2025-06-06
- KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 1997-12-02

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Christopher James Cooke — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- Mrs Hilary Jane Cooke — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03290727

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MERLIN BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/040cde6f-e04e-5c43-8f16-125f42579ea2 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/040cde6f-e04e-5c43-8f16-125f42579ea2._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._