---
title: "MEL RESEARCH LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f00822ca-4938-5400-97f0-827c874bb5f6
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f00822ca-4938-5400-97f0-827c874bb5f6
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03000946
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MEL RESEARCH LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03000946`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f00822ca-4938-5400-97f0-827c874bb5f6  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f00822ca-4938-5400-97f0-827c874bb5f6  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mrs Ching Yi Chen** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/975c8ca3-35a2-5e13-8d57-89bddcb86d3b
- **ASTON RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af4840ba-0df5-53fe-9ce6-d13c6fb737f7
- **Mrs Karen Etheridge** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bdaf4ee8-3afa-5b3e-949e-b191d19a31fb
- **MEL RESEARCH GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2240aadc-2481-5c8a-a5a3-75e0624fba5f
- **MEL RESEARCH GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2240aadc-2481-5c8a-a5a3-75e0624fba5f
- **Mrs Karen Etheridge** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31b8e9b6-4419-47d1-8713-efaddd71771d
- **Mrs Ching Yi Chen** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d7c915be-a5a9-44c8-b96c-13ec527c98df
- **ASTON RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af4840ba-0df5-53fe-9ce6-d13c6fb737f7

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **MEL WASTE INSIGHTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ccdd8ab-5e18-5c1d-8e09-6c2c00ba2585
- **PC PROPERTIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/55b80450-edea-5972-a8dd-2dd41aedb2ad
- **MEL WASTE INSIGHTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ccdd8ab-5e18-5c1d-8e09-6c2c00ba2585
- **PC PROPERTIES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/55b80450-edea-5972-a8dd-2dd41aedb2ad

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

A **13-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:** `03000946`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1994-12-13
- **Registered office:** Somerset House, 37 Temple Street, Birmingham, B2 5DP, England
- **SIC:** 74909

### Officers

- ETHERIDGE, Karen — secretary · appointed 2014-10-08
- CHEN, Ching-Yi — director · Taiwanese · appointed 2015-05-13
- CHONG PING, David — director · British · appointed 2020-01-01
- ETHERIDGE, Karen — director · British · appointed 2014-10-08
- SIMMONDS, Elliot Thomas — director · British · appointed 2025-10-13
- BEECH, Patricia — secretary · British · appointed 1994-12-14 · resigned 1998-11-01
- COWELL, Alecstair Morton — secretary · British · appointed 1998-11-01 · resigned 1999-11-28
- GALLAGHER, Anthony Gerald — secretary · British · appointed 2000-11-22 · resigned 2003-06-05
- JESSON, Catherine — secretary · British · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2014-10-08
- SEMKEN LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1994-12-13 · resigned 1994-12-14
- BROWN, Michael — director · British · appointed 1995-05-26 · resigned 2003-04-14
- GREEN, Malcolm Dennis — director · British · appointed 1995-05-26 · resigned 2008-10-07
- JESSON, Catherine — director · British · appointed 1995-05-26 · resigned 2014-10-08
- POCOCK, Robert Leonard — director · British · appointed 1994-12-14 · resigned 2016-03-03
- LUFMER LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1994-12-13 · resigned 1994-12-14

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Mel Research Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2240aadc-2481-5c8a-a5a3-75e0624fba5f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2021-11-05
- Mrs Karen Etheridge — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-11-05
- Mrs Ching Yi Chen — significant influence or control as trust · individual PSC · England — ceased 2021-11-05
- [Aston Research Enterprises Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af4840ba-0df5-53fe-9ce6-d13c6fb737f7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2018-04-16

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03000946
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03000946

## 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 **MEL RESEARCH LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f00822ca-4938-5400-97f0-827c874bb5f6 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MEL RESEARCH LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f00822ca-4938-5400-97f0-827c874bb5f6 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f00822ca-4938-5400-97f0-827c874bb5f6._

_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"._