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The Mercantile Investment Trust PLC

Active 141 years old · 15th oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s

Company number00020537
StatusActive
Incorporated08/12/1884
Accounts last made up to31/01/2026
Next accounts due31/07/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Legal Entity Identifier549300BGX3CJIHLP2H42
Charges outstanding2

Registered office

60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, EC4Y 0JP

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Online

No website could be identified for this company.

Filing history

This company has 773 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 20/04/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 27/05/2026.

Filings: share capital87
Filings: officer changes4
Filings: accounts4
Filings: resolutions2
Filings: confirmation statements2

The most recent filings

Share capital change 28/08/2026
Share capital change 28/08/2026
Share capital change 17/08/2026
Share capital change 17/08/2026
Share capital change 17/08/2026
Share capital change 17/08/2026
Share capital change 17/08/2026
Share capital change 17/08/2026
Share capital change 17/08/2026
Director appointed 04/08/2026

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 7 current officers and 24 who have resigned.

JPMORGAN FUNDS LIMITED Corporate secretaryappointed 01/07/2014
Rachel Anne Beagles Directorappointed 01/06/2021
Julia Goh Directorappointed 01/01/2023
Heather Anne Hopkins Directorappointed 01/07/2018
Graham John Kitchen Directorappointed 01/07/2018
Damien Patrick Scott Maltarp Directorappointed 01/06/2021
Richard Charles Wilson Directorappointed 03/08/2026

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 11 registered charges, of which 2 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A trust deed
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation PLC as Trustee for the Holders of the Bonds
Outstanding, created 25/02/2000
A floating charge
Robert Fleming & Co.Limited (The "Trustee)
Fully satisfied, created 25/02/2000
Deed of security
Robert Fleming and Co.Limited
Fully satisfied, created 20/08/1992
Mortgage of shares.
Tkb Trustees Limitediated Fisheries PLC.as Agent and Trustee for Chemical Bank and Assoc
Fully satisfied, created 03/11/1989
Trust deed
The Law Debenture Corporation LTD.
Fully satisfied, created 05/09/1968
Series of debentures
The Law Debenture Corporation LTD.
Outstanding, created 01/02/1960
Trust deed
Law Debenture Corp. LTD., (Trustee)
Fully satisfied, created 08/05/1913
Trust deed.
Law Debenture Corp LTD., (Trustee)
Fully satisfied, created 04/09/1911

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

On the register

  • 15th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1880s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)