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

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Previous officers 47

  1. Benjamin Woolf 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Kathy Fortmann 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. Martin Cubbon 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. Christiane Kuehne 2015-2026 Director View profile
  5. Guy Rufus Chambers 2015-2022 Director View profile
  6. Dr David James Johnston 2015-2019 Director View profile
  7. Julian Davies 2014-2019 Director View profile
  8. James Edward Hughes-Hallett 2012-2018 Director View profile
  9. Merlin Bingham Swire 2008-2017 Director View profile
  10. Ronald James Mathison 2008-2015 Director View profile
  11. Neville Vincent Davies 2008-2011 Director View profile
  12. Martin John Hudson 2008-2015 Director View profile
  13. Paul Robert Henson 2007-2013 Director View profile
  14. Timothy Joseph Blackburn 2007-2009 Director View profile
  15. James Wyndham John Hughes Hallett 2005-2013 Director View profile
  16. Simon Richard St John Large 2004-2009 Director View profile
  17. Isabella Alethea Wemyss 2002-2015 Director View profile
  18. Rupert Bruce Grantham Trower Hogg 2002-2008 Director View profile
  19. Simon George Hill 2001-2001 Director View profile
  20. Peter Andre Johansens 2000-2008 Director View profile
  21. Michael John Benjamin Todhunter 2000-2009 Director View profile
  22. Stuart Strathdee 2000-2025 Director View profile
  23. Michael Stuart Ferguson 1999-2006 Director View profile
  24. Duncan James Gilmour 1996-2016 Director View profile
  25. Christopher Giles Herron Weaver 1996-2015 Director View profile
  26. Dr William Byran Eyton 1996-2002 Director View profile
  27. Patrick Gordon Lockett 1995-2006 Director View profile
  28. Sir Alick Michael Rankin 1994-1999 Director View profile
  29. Glen Douglas William Swire 1992-1998 Director View profile
  30. David William Forsyth 1992-1995 Director View profile
  31. Edward John Rankin Scott 1991-2002 Director View profile
  32. Robert Lindsay Stone-Wigg 1990-1997 Director View profile
  33. Robert Fraser 1990-1992 Director View profile
  34. Sir John Anthony Swire 1992 Director View profile
  35. Andrew Graham Stewart Mccallum 1991 Director View profile
  36. John Mungo Ingleby 1994 Director View profile
  37. Lord Peter Wynford Innes Rees 1992 Director View profile
  38. Richard Gerald Capper 1995 Director View profile
  39. Sir Colin Moffat Campbell 1992 Director View profile
  40. John Murray 1991 Director View profile
  41. William Lamond 1991 Director View profile
  42. Richard James Kay Muir 2001 Director View profile
  43. Stuart Robert Stephens 1991 Director View profile
  44. Andreas Costa Afxentiou 1995 Director View profile
  45. Ann Marie Dibben 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  46. David Charles Morris 2016-2016 Secretary View profile
  47. Robert White Mccracken 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/05/1909

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. James Finlay Limited is controlled by John Swire & Sons Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-12-20 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. John Swire & Sons Limited is controlled by Merlin Bingham Swire
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-08-02 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Merlin Bingham Swire.

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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.

Grants received

1 grant · £-144 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £-144

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-1442022-04-01
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.

5 directors on the board

6.2y median 3.9y
average tenure
13.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 5Manufacturing 5Business services 2Dormant 2Professional services 2Property 2Retail and trade 2

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
SC007139
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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