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Baxters Food Group Limited

Company SC023572 Active

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Board DNA

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4
directors on the board
20.4y median 21.1y
average tenure
37.2y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
0 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 4Manufacturing 3Arts and leisure 1Finance 1

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Company details

NumberSC023572
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated07/11/1945
Address12 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 4DJ
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up29/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

10320 - Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice10390 - Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables10850 - Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes10890 - Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100%

Officers (42)

  • Mcniven-Baxter, Catherine Mhari Director · appointed 2024
  • Strain, Terence Director · appointed 2019
  • Baxter, Audrey Caroline Director · appointed 1990
  • Baxter, Andrew Gordon Director · appointed 1989
  • Akehurst, Jonathan Firth Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
  • Slevin, Kieran Martin Joseph Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
  • Davis, Ronald Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
  • Strachan, Lucy Jill Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Ogilvie, Heather Margaret Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
  • Stewart, Alastair Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
  • Arthur, Kerr Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
  • Watson, James Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2008
  • Mcluckie, Peter Alexander Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2016
  • Hepburn, James Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2008
  • Field, Andrew Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2007
  • Wheater, Nicholas John Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2016
  • Mutton, Andrew Edwin Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
  • King, William Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Dickson, Alan Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
  • Mckelvie, Gordon Campbell Former Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2026
  • Sewell, George Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Ratcliffe, David Keith Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Soutar, Norman Graeme Scott Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • PIA, Paul Dominic Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Fisher, Mitchell Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
  • Carmichael, John Boyd Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
  • Anderson, Ian Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
  • Ware, Trevor David Oliver Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • Baxter, Robert Michael Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • Barnes, Joseph Harry George Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • King, David Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2004
  • Brand, William Former Director · appointed 1989 · resigned 1995
  • Henderson, William Innes Former Secretary · resigned 1998
  • Lagden, Ronald Gordon Former Director · resigned 2004
  • Baxter, George Ian Adam Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Baxter, Margaret Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Main, Peter Tester Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Baxter, William Gordon Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Smith, Robert Henderson Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Baxter, Euphemia Ellen Former Director · resigned 2004
  • Weir, James Finlay Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Lewando, Jan Former Director · resigned 1998

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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