---
title: "GERLACH CUSTOMS SERVICES UK LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f85fe9da-9b92-5035-aebe-1b3542b925fe
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f85fe9da-9b92-5035-aebe-1b3542b925fe
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08214408
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GERLACH CUSTOMS SERVICES UK LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08214408`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f85fe9da-9b92-5035-aebe-1b3542b925fe  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f85fe9da-9b92-5035-aebe-1b3542b925fe  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Thomas Edward William Holton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/696d478c-7510-5583-a6b3-17d2b3c888eb
- **Mr Antoine Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Kuppens** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/722905a0-2ce4-5c3c-b342-0ebc6e33e0b2
- **Mr Andrew Leslie May** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5dc71325-2d64-51e9-9563-669123467ca3
- **Mr Frederik Reinhart Labaere** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/081ae75a-cfad-555e-8548-e1fe5d168c42
- **Mr Thomas Mercuri** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/982afb01-71a1-504d-b046-9c3dc7489180
- **Ms Elouise Glencastle** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0b098b49-5b62-585e-a57f-56e74478a558
- **Mr Robert Alexander Ziegler** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86f1f217-16b9-5cd2-b61c-9d53f7694708
- **Mr William Ian Worth** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/927bec61-e2fd-5fa7-aa7d-e0df1293006d
- **Mr Christopher Richard Middleton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c5de01a1-fe73-5a18-a2c3-b1a891621d54
- **Mr Martin John Johnston-Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/895df076-7c3f-5a72-b85d-9dfe46be7b83
- **Mr Andrew Leslie May** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2daa0c6-b1b8-4e3e-8dd5-868216b2023a
- **Mr Christopher Richard Middleton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02e45d90-8f2e-4ec3-87cd-6e307d689ac6
- **Mr Martin John Johnston-Smith** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8682a60e-8ecb-4eba-9e48-f8bd2bac23c3
- **Mr Robert Alexander Ziegler** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a57edf9f-a724-4b34-9e6c-9db1d5cdd9f9
- **Mr William Ian Worth** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b04a2e1-2db8-4f5b-a132-b4cabe8e24ac
- **Mr Frederik Reinhart Labaere** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f49b2cd7-a7a7-40b4-9180-9773d99b566d
- **Ms Elouise Glencastle** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ddc351c8-ba2b-41fb-a16f-05d552f8c62b
- **Mr Thomas Edward William Holton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e9918a1f-7d79-4db1-85ff-43228382bcc1
- **Mr Antoine Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Kuppens** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/922e3ea0-5031-4246-9f04-5d184f1a2223
- **Mr Thomas Mercuri** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e284bc68-bfd1-406b-9a32-2f3ef8f9f597
- **Deutsche Post International Bv** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a3050e56-0a94-4e35-a1ae-9dd80d6464a1

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

A **21-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:** `08214408`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2012-09-14
- **Registered office:** 2 Pine Trees, First Floor, Chertsey Lane, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 3HR, England
- **SIC:** 52290

### Officers

- LYON, Paul David — director · British · appointed 2025-12-01
- MEIER, Coelestin Ignaz — director · Swiss · appointed 2025-12-01
- LI, Jane — secretary · appointed 2015-11-04 · resigned 2018-12-31
- [EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a1ca2124-7444-485a-9d34-5190157e2d05) — corporate secretary · appointed 2012-09-14 · resigned 2015-11-04
- DAVIES, Russell Adam — director · British · appointed 2012-09-14 · resigned 2014-03-14
- GLENCASTLE, Elouise — director · British · appointed 2019-08-01 · resigned 2024-01-25
- GREGOIR, Serge — director · Belgian · appointed 2014-03-14 · resigned 2015-03-06
- HOLTON, Thomas Edward William — director · British · appointed 2018-10-16 · resigned 2021-01-29
- JOHNSTON-SMITH, Martin John — director · British · appointed 2017-03-27 · resigned 2018-10-16
- KUPPENS, Antoine Gijsbertus Wilhelmus — director · Dutch · appointed 2021-01-01 · resigned 2023-01-01
- LABAERE, Frederik Reinhart — director · Belgian · appointed 2018-07-10 · resigned 2021-01-01
- MAY, Andrew Leslie — director · Irish · appointed 2014-06-17 · resigned 2017-03-31
- MERCURI, Thomas — director · British · appointed 2022-01-01 · resigned 2025-02-01
- MIDDLETON, Christopher Richard — director · British · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2017-03-31
- MUMFORD, Kane Daniel — director · British · appointed 2024-02-01 · resigned 2025-12-01
- NIVEN, Tim — director · British · appointed 2012-09-14 · resigned 2014-06-17
- PEETERS, John — director · Dutch · appointed 2012-09-14 · resigned 2015-07-30
- PERRAUT, Elizabeth Jane — director · British · appointed 2015-07-30 · resigned 2016-04-01
- SMITH, Heath Douglas — director · British · appointed 2025-02-01 · resigned 2025-12-01
- STEENLANT, Liesbeth Katrien Suzanne Jeanine — director · Belgian · appointed 2023-02-01 · resigned 2025-04-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Deutsche Post International B.V.](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a3050e56-0a94-4e35-a1ae-9dd80d6464a1) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Netherlands — since 2025-02-01
- Mr Thomas Mercuri — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2025-02-01
- Mr Antoine Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Kuppens — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2023-09-06
- Ms Elouise Glencastle — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2024-01-25
- Mr Thomas Edward William Holton — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2021-01-29
- Mr Frederik Reinhart Labaere — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2021-01-01
- Mr Martin John Johnston-Smith — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2018-07-10
- Mr Robert Alexander Ziegler — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2018-07-10
- Mr William Ian Worth — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2018-02-27
- Mr Andrew Leslie May — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2017-03-31
- Mr Christopher Richard Middleton — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2017-03-31

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08214408
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08214408

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GERLACH CUSTOMS SERVICES UK LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f85fe9da-9b92-5035-aebe-1b3542b925fe · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f85fe9da-9b92-5035-aebe-1b3542b925fe._

_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"._