---
title: "OXFORD GENETICS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/442a29c4-2015-514b-940b-a25f1fe92907
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/442a29c4-2015-514b-940b-a25f1fe92907
identifier: oo:GB-COH-07617346
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# OXFORD GENETICS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-07617346`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/442a29c4-2015-514b-940b-a25f1fe92907  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/442a29c4-2015-514b-940b-a25f1fe92907  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MERCIA (GENERAL PARTNER) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98641701-2992-5acf-9d09-a89eb4785ddc
- **MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aca4f67c-406c-5934-bebd-50cb3aac6c40
- **MERCIA (GENERAL PARTNER) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98641701-2992-5acf-9d09-a89eb4785ddc
- **MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aca4f67c-406c-5934-bebd-50cb3aac6c40
- **AVANT UK BUYER LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec5502ff-0b07-5d52-b13e-470eea1def8d

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

1. **MERCIA (GENERAL PARTNER) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 50% → *OXFORD GENETICS LTD*
1. **MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED** — beneficial owner → *OXFORD GENETICS LTD*
1. **MERCIA (GENERAL PARTNER) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *OXFORD GENETICS LTD*
1. **MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED** — beneficial owner → *OXFORD GENETICS LTD*
1. **AVANT UK BUYER LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *OXFORD GENETICS LTD*
2. **MERCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC** — ultimate parent → *MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
2. **MERCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC** — parent → *MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
2. **MERCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *MERCIA (GENERAL PARTNER) LIMITED*
2. **MERCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED*
2. **Mr George Aitken-Davies** — beneficial owner → *AVANT UK BUYER LIMITED*
2. **Mr Daniel G. Tully** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *AVANT UK BUYER LIMITED*
3. **Invesco Ltd.** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *MERCIA ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `07617346`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2011-04-28
- **Registered office:** 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TW, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 72110

### Officers

- [TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8144395-6c32-5684-8b8f-cb960e86ce0d) — corporate secretary · appointed 2021-03-01
- BAIRD, Iain — director · British · appointed 2025-03-07
- RICHARDSON, Darwin — director · American · appointed 2025-03-07
- BAKER, Matthew Paul — director · British · appointed 2016-08-24 · resigned 2021-03-01
- BECKMAN, Joseph Jeffrey — director · American · appointed 2023-03-28 · resigned 2025-03-07
- BRISTOW, Albert Christopher — director · American · appointed 2023-03-28 · resigned 2025-03-07
- BROOKS, Paul — director · British · appointed 2016-08-08 · resigned 2018-09-26
- CAWOOD, Ryan, Dr — director · British · appointed 2021-03-01 · resigned 2023-03-01
- CAWOOD, Ryan, Dr — director · British · appointed 2011-04-28 · resigned 2021-03-01
- CHANG, Yu-Hsiang David — director · American · appointed 2021-03-01 · resigned 2024-02-22
- HALL, Martin Gerald — director · British · appointed 2021-03-01 · resigned 2024-07-31
- HALL, Martin Gerald — director · British · appointed 2017-11-15 · resigned 2021-03-01
- HAMES, Barry David, Dr — director · British · appointed 2016-03-15 · resigned 2021-03-01
- HU, Edward — director · American · appointed 2021-03-01 · resigned 2022-03-01
- LEE, Lennart — director · Chinese · appointed 2021-03-01 · resigned 2021-11-26
- MAXWELL, Andrew Robert — director · British · appointed 2013-11-21 · resigned 2016-06-09
- MEANEY, Keith Martin — director · Irish · appointed 2024-03-27 · resigned 2025-10-31
- QUINN, Martin — director · British · appointed 2025-03-07 · resigned 2025-08-27
- SEYMOUR, Leonard Charles William, Dr — director · British · appointed 2015-09-30 · resigned 2021-03-01
- WINTER, Jennifer Ann Julia — director · British · appointed 2020-09-30 · resigned 2021-03-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Avant Uk Buyer Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec5502ff-0b07-5d52-b13e-470eea1def8d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-03-07
- [Mercia (General Partner) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/98641701-2992-5acf-9d09-a89eb4785ddc) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2021-03-01
- [Mercia Fund Management Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aca4f67c-406c-5934-bebd-50cb3aac6c40) — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2021-03-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07617346
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07617346

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **OXFORD GENETICS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/442a29c4-2015-514b-940b-a25f1fe92907 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/442a29c4-2015-514b-940b-a25f1fe92907._

_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"._