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First Scottish Searching Services Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 23

  1. Thomas Gray 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Sarah Julie Lowe 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Conor Thomas Clarke 2018-2018 Director View profile
  4. Joe Bennett 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Ian James Fraser 2011-2024 Director View profile
  6. Alastair Graham 2009-2014 Director View profile
  7. Malcolm Noble 2003-2018 Director View profile
  8. Beryl Anne Tough 2000-2009 Director View profile
  9. James Francis Campbell 2000-2006 Director View profile
  10. Keith William Horlock 1994-2000 Director View profile
  11. Michael Anthony Mew 1993-1997 Director View profile
  12. John Stearn Scott 1993-2000 Director View profile
  13. John Wood Yorkston 1992-2012 Director View profile
  14. Philip Anthony George 2000 Director View profile
  15. David Francis Cowham 1997 Director View profile
  16. Michael Thomas James Horton 1994 Director View profile
  17. John Francis Woods 2000 Director View profile
  18. Thomas James Borgen Wrigley 1993 Director View profile
  19. Josef Ingo Kamiel 1994 Director View profile
  20. Lindsays LLP 2000-2007 Corporate-secretary View profile
  21. Stephen Mark Lock 2000-2000 Secretary View profile
  22. Abbey National Secretariat Services Limited 1998-2000 Corporate-secretary View profile
  23. Stanley Joseph Clayman 1993-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
11/10/1971

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. First Scottish Searching Services Limited is controlled by First Scottish Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. First Scottish Group Limited is controlled by John Wood Yorkston
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-08-21 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Wood Yorkston.

2 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£5,483,970
Total assets
£5,483,970
Cash
£1,896,817
Employees
0.88
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£3,932,110

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

4 directors on the board

5.8y median 1.8y
average tenure
18.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 21Business services 18Finance 11Education 4Tech and media 4Other services 2Dormant 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01026946
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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