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Company · Kingswells

North Star Shipping (Aberdeen) Limited

Service activities incidental to water transportation

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

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Previous officers 23

  1. James Bradford 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Matthew James Gordon 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Donald Buick 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Neil O'Hara 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Alan Holden 2019-2024 Director View profile
  6. Holt William John Hanna 2017-2019 Director View profile
  7. Wil Jones 2017-2022 Director View profile
  8. Steven Lowry 2017-2022 Director View profile
  9. Graham Payton 2010-2017 Director View profile
  10. David George Coultas 2008-2022 Director View profile
  11. David Gordon Wallace 2002-2020 Director View profile
  12. Brian Lamb 1999-2019 Director View profile
  13. Henry John Lints 1990-2006 Director View profile
  14. Callum Bruce 1990-2020 Director View profile
  15. James Douglas Craig 2017 Director View profile
  16. David Baxter Craig 2010 Director View profile
  17. Patrick Lynch 2001 Director View profile
  18. George Craig 2000 Director View profile
  19. Lydia Baxter Bell 2013 Director View profile
  20. George Bell 2000 Director View profile
  21. Robin Noel Smith 2008 Director View profile
  22. Ledingham Chalmers LLP 2006-2019 Corporate-secretary View profile
  23. A C Morrison & Richards 1996 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Service activities incidental to water transportation
Incorporated
30/04/1962
Registered office
Kingswells

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. North Star Shipping (Aberdeen) Limited is controlled by North Star Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2022-12-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. North Star Holdco Limited is controlled by James Douglas Craig
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% voting, 25-50% voting (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-11-02 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by James Douglas Craig.

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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.

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

3.2y median 3.3y
average tenure
5.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Transport 15Finance 12Business services 3Other services 3

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
SC037566
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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