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

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Previous officers 65

  1. Pedetin Femi-Olekanma 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. John Ernest Birrell Hebson 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Nigel Murray Ferguson 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Amanda Jane Laurie 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Gwen Currie 2013-2020 Director View profile
  6. Ian Williams 2012-2026 Director View profile
  7. John Kenneth Rutherford 2012-2014 Director View profile
  8. Chris Dunlop 2012-2012 Director View profile
  9. Chris Murphy 2012-2013 Director View profile
  10. John Darge Dalrymple 2011-2017 Director View profile
  11. David Ronald Giffin 2011-2019 Director View profile
  12. David Joseph Amers 2010-2012 Director View profile
  13. Samantha Elizabeth Folcarelli 2008-2012 Director View profile
  14. Jan Cochran 2008-2011 Director View profile
  15. Raymond Harland 2008-2010 Director View profile
  16. Dr Marilyn Lois Mcneill 2007-2009 Director View profile
  17. Stephen Bradley 2007-2008 Director View profile
  18. Julia Patricia Fitzpatrick 2007-2012 Director View profile
  19. James Watt 2007-2008 Director View profile
  20. Solveig D'Aloya Hoy 2006-2010 Director View profile
  21. Diana Paton 2005-2019 Director View profile
  22. Derek O'Carroll 2005-2007 Director View profile
  23. Jane Marie Ballantine 2005-2012 Director View profile
  24. Patricia Ann Black 2004-2006 Director View profile
  25. Bruce Rae Tait 2003-2005 Director View profile
  26. Robert Bruce Mclaren Graham 2002-2006 Director View profile
  27. Alan Stuart Nussey 2001-2002 Director View profile
  28. William Bethune Gray MBE 2000-2008 Director View profile
  29. Colin Douglas Browning 2000-2008 Director View profile
  30. Professor Cherry Rowlings 2000-2007 Director View profile
  31. Theresa Fyffe 1996-2000 Director View profile
  32. Brenda Frances Holmes 1995-2002 Director View profile
  33. Donald Munro Henderson 1995-2002 Director View profile
  34. Needham, David Arthur, Group Captain 1994-2001 Director View profile
  35. Livesay, Michael Howard, Admiral Sir 1994-1999 Director View profile
  36. Edward Hasell Mccosh 1994-1999 Director View profile
  37. George Wardlaw Burnet 1994-1999 Director View profile
  38. Lady Dorothy Belch 1994-1999 Director View profile
  39. Michael Bruce Paul 1993-2004 Director View profile
  40. Kenneth Ryden 1989-1994 Director View profile
  41. Richard Farnsworth Tudsbery 1999 Director View profile
  42. David, Archibald, the Marquess of Ailsa 1992 Director View profile
  43. Jane Meriel Grosvenor 1996 Director View profile
  44. Philip Harris 1999 Director View profile
  45. Colin Dunlop Donald 1999 Director View profile
  46. Jean Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott 1999 Director View profile
  47. Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry 1999 Director View profile
  48. Lady Suzanne Risk 1999 Director View profile
  49. Ian Fowler Baillie 1994 Director View profile
  50. Robert James Mackay Sutherland 1993 Director View profile
  51. William Berry 1999 Director View profile
  52. Dutton, John, Commodore Sir 1995 Director View profile
  53. David Honeyman Brown 1999 Director View profile
  54. Sir Richard Wakeford 1992 Director View profile
  55. Bryce Knox Mccosh 1992 Director View profile
  56. Deirdre, Alison Mary, the Rt Hon the Countess of Rosebery 1999 Director View profile
  57. Gary William Kernahan 2018-2022 Secretary View profile
  58. Nicola Park 2017-2023 Secretary View profile
  59. Diana Christine Noel-Paton 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  60. John Alexander Campbell 2011-2016 Secretary View profile
  61. Diana Noel-Paton 2011-2011 Secretary View profile
  62. Sandra Howells 2008-2011 Secretary View profile
  63. Susan Jill Kirkman 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
  64. James Anderson 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
  65. Pricewaterhousecoopers 2003 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/08/1946

Grants received

2 grants · £40,490 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

  • R S Macdonald Charitable Trust · £30,540
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,950

Most recent

  • R S Macdonald Charitable Trust £30,5402017-05-31
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9502006-09-15
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.

6 directors on the board

5.6y median 5.4y
average tenure
12.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (6)

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.

Health and social care 7Other services 7Education 1Finance 1Utilities 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
SC024409
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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