---
title: "MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f6b2eba-76d0-5d9e-9743-01437889cc84
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4f6b2eba-76d0-5d9e-9743-01437889cc84
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00670251
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00670251`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f6b2eba-76d0-5d9e-9743-01437889cc84  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4f6b2eba-76d0-5d9e-9743-01437889cc84  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:5493007P5X1K6U7RXY16` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/01458256-1990-5e22-b6e0-497461f4ff57

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Merrill Lynch International** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c23d77f8-d8a1-488d-9939-6c748d18ee60

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

A **1-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `00670251`
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1960-09-16
- **Registered office:** C/O Grant Thronton Uk Advisory & Tax Llp, 11th Floor Landmark St Peters Square, 1 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 4PB
- **SIC:** 64999

### Officers

- MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2003-11-28
- MERRIMAN, John — director · British · appointed 2021-09-01
- PETERS, Charles — director · British · appointed 2023-04-21
- GIRLING, Anne Christine — secretary · British · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2001-11-30
- LANGHAM, Carol Ann — secretary · Canadian · resigned 2000-03-23
- MCALL, Barbara Anne — secretary · British · appointed 2001-11-30 · resigned 2002-09-26
- SEARLE, Debra Anne — secretary · British · appointed 2000-03-23 · resigned 2003-12-01
- AMERI, Gian Andrea — director · Italian · appointed 1993-06-04 · resigned 1995-01-31
- ANAND, Indira — director · British · resigned 1995-06-01
- ARMSTRONG, Kevin John — director · British · appointed 1994-02-14 · resigned 1995-06-01
- BEAZLEY, Charles John Sherard — director · British · resigned 1994-02-02
- BELLOTTI, Stephen Maurice — director · Australian · appointed 1994-03-23 · resigned 1995-12-14
- BUTLER, Martin — director · British · appointed 2004-04-21 · resigned 2023-04-21
- CLACK, Michael Eric — director · British · appointed 1994-08-17 · resigned 1995-03-24
- COWAN, Michael Richard — director · U S Citizen · appointed 1992-07-18 · resigned 1994-10-13
- D'SOUZA, Michael Joseph Clarke — director · British · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2010-04-21
- D'SOUZA, Michael Joseph Clarke — director · British · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2012-01-09
- DECICCO, Joseph John — director · Us Citizen · appointed 1994-04-21 · resigned 1996-03-20
- DERX, Jeffrey Leonard — director · British · appointed 1993-10-22 · resigned 1995-06-05
- DEVINE, John — director · British · appointed 2000-02-29 · resigned 2001-11-30

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Merrill Lynch International](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c23d77f8-d8a1-488d-9939-6c748d18ee60) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00670251

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f6b2eba-76d0-5d9e-9743-01437889cc84 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4f6b2eba-76d0-5d9e-9743-01437889cc84 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4f6b2eba-76d0-5d9e-9743-01437889cc84._

_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"._