---
title: "MERCHANT BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bb2cf17-6819-592a-9add-bb93cf43aabe
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8bb2cf17-6819-592a-9add-bb93cf43aabe
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01757932
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MERCHANT BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01757932`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bb2cf17-6819-592a-9add-bb93cf43aabe  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8bb2cf17-6819-592a-9add-bb93cf43aabe  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MERCHANT SYSTEMS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3bcb352b-3cfe-5741-afe5-b523551708bd
- **Merchant Systems Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1536543f-1e4f-4c52-8cec-4be4fd399074

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

A **7-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:** `01757932`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1983-10-03
- **Registered office:** Computacenter, Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9TW
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- PEREIRA, Simon — secretary · appointed 2021-12-09
- MCINERNEY, Karen Linda — director · British · appointed 2024-12-18
- PEREIRA, Simon — director · English · appointed 2021-12-09
- BENADE, Stephen John — secretary · South African · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2013-04-05
- GRAY, Raymond John — secretary · appointed 2016-09-14 · resigned 2021-12-09
- PEREIRA, Simon — secretary · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2016-09-14
- POTTINGER, Alan James — secretary · British · resigned 2005-10-04
- BENADE, Stephen John — director · South African · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2013-04-05
- CONOPHY, Francis Anthony — director · Irish · appointed 2002-06-07 · resigned 2023-06-01
- GRAY, Raymond John — director · British · appointed 2016-09-14 · resigned 2021-12-09
- HULME, Philip William — director · British · resigned 2002-06-07
- JEHLE, Marcus Christian — director · German · appointed 2023-06-01 · resigned 2024-12-16
- OGDEN, Peter James, Sir — director · British · resigned 2002-06-07
- PEREIRA, Simon — director · English · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2016-09-14
- POTTINGER, Alan James — director · British · appointed 2002-06-07 · resigned 2005-10-04

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Merchant Systems Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1536543f-1e4f-4c52-8cec-4be4fd399074) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01757932
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01757932

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MERCHANT BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bb2cf17-6819-592a-9add-bb93cf43aabe · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8bb2cf17-6819-592a-9add-bb93cf43aabe._

_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"._