The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

John Smith & SON Group Limited

Company SC006905 Active

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Board DNA

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6
directors on the board
12.8y median 12.3y
average tenure
24.6y
longest tenure
4
directors past 6 years
2 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 3Tech and media 3Finance 2Construction 1Property 1Retail and trade 1Utilities 1

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Company details

NumberSC006905
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated24/09/1908
AddressBUILDING 1, 9 HAYMARKET SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH3 8RY
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up01/06/2025

Industry (SIC)

62012 - Business and domestic software development85590 - Other education n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)

  • Js Aspire Group Holdings Ltd
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
  • Mr Peter Leigh Gray ceased British
    significant influence or control significant influence or control as firm
  • Cubit Group Ltd ceased
    ownership of shares 75-100%

Officers (28)

  • Mahoney, Richard Hugo Wyndham Director · appointed 2025
  • Dale, Nicholas Siegfried Director · appointed 2023
  • Marshall, David Craig Director · appointed 2016
  • Fooks, Matthew Guy Secretary · appointed 2015
  • Lake, Peter William Director · appointed 2011
  • Lindsay, Stuart Robert Director · appointed 2003
  • Gray, Peter Leigh Director · appointed 2001
  • Bursey, Sam Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Adams, Edward Laurence John Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2015
  • Gray, Robert William Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Moore, Andrew John Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
  • Leitch, Alan James Melville Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2015
  • Holloway, David John Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2004
  • Field, Terence Frederick Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
  • Jeyes, Peter Martin Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2014
  • Anderson, William Taylor Campbell Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2011
  • Gray, James Richard Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2019
  • Hill, Robin Gordon Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Sugden, Christopher Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Williamson, David Robert Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
  • Shearer, Robert Coutts Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
  • Hardinge, Julian Alexander, Lord Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Douglas, Joan Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • Notarangelo, Pietro Raffaele Former Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 2000
  • Turner, David J Former Secretary · resigned 1997
  • Graham, John Michael Denning Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Hunter, Robert Wishart Former Director · resigned 1989
  • Clow, Robert George Menzies Former Director · resigned 2000

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