---
title: "MERK (2016) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76d4f59c-bf65-5fc8-8547-0f5d48dddc0a
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/76d4f59c-bf65-5fc8-8547-0f5d48dddc0a
identifier: oo:GB-COH-OE004219
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MERK (2016) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-OE004219`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76d4f59c-bf65-5fc8-8547-0f5d48dddc0a  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/76d4f59c-bf65-5fc8-8547-0f5d48dddc0a  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **MERK (2016) LIMITED** — companies_house_bulk · `oo:GB-COH-14841182` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7afb5eb8-3ac4-501e-bfc8-31e4144ae239

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Michael Stapley** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/186aa1d5-d072-594b-bd79-23c6464d898d
- **Mrs Karen Wendy Stapley** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d6315b2-5de9-57ef-a900-0b74187b1939

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

A **6-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:** `OE004219`
- **Status:** registered
- **Type:** registered overseas entity
- **Incorporated:** 2022-11-17
- **Registered office:** PO BOX 142 Suite 2 Block C Hirzel Court, St Peter Port, GY1 3HT, Guernsey

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Michael Stapley — ownership of shares more than 25 percent registered overseas entity · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-08-30
- Mrs Karen Wendy Stapley — ownership of shares more than 25 percent registered overseas entity · individual PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-08-30

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OE004219
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OE004219

## 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 **MERK (2016) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76d4f59c-bf65-5fc8-8547-0f5d48dddc0a · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MERK (2016) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76d4f59c-bf65-5fc8-8547-0f5d48dddc0a · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/76d4f59c-bf65-5fc8-8547-0f5d48dddc0a._

_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"._