---
title: "TRADE FINANCE MERCHANTS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e006aaa8-9cd2-5ef6-927b-0243b3d4abe5
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e006aaa8-9cd2-5ef6-927b-0243b3d4abe5
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09411356
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# TRADE FINANCE MERCHANTS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09411356`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e006aaa8-9cd2-5ef6-927b-0243b3d4abe5  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e006aaa8-9cd2-5ef6-927b-0243b3d4abe5  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Emilio Castelbolognesi** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/511d700e-39c2-42cc-b19a-da26a99a8b69
- **Mr Luca Cesare Armando Ceretti** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8314597e-cc56-4b43-9e05-dca01954d660

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

A **2-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:** `09411356`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2015-01-28
- **Registered office:** Montpelier House, 106 Brompton Road, London, SW3 1JJ, England
- **SIC:** 64999

### Officers

- CASTELBOLOGNESI, Emilio — director · Italian · appointed 2015-01-28
- CERETTI, Luca Cesare Armando — director · Italian · appointed 2015-01-28
- GARDNER, Andrew John — secretary · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2016-10-21
- DE PICCIOTTO, Edmondo Roberto — director · Italian · appointed 2015-01-28 · resigned 2016-05-25
- GARDNER, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2017-03-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Emilio Castelbolognesi — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Switzerland — since 2016-04-06
- Mr Luca Cesare Armando Ceretti — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · Monaco — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09411356
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09411356

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **TRADE FINANCE MERCHANTS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e006aaa8-9cd2-5ef6-927b-0243b3d4abe5 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e006aaa8-9cd2-5ef6-927b-0243b3d4abe5._

_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"._