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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 57

  1. Alan William Mitchell 2025–2025 Director View profile
  2. Michael David Scotland 2025–2026 Director View profile
  3. Sophie Roberte Hummer 2024–2025 Director View profile
  4. Joshua James Anderson 2024–2024 Director View profile
  5. Stuart Robert Harvey 2023–2025 Director View profile
  6. Julian Deering Patton 2020–2026 Director View profile
  7. Niall William James Mitchell 2020–2025 Director View profile
  8. Dr Alan Adrian Wright 2020–2020 Director View profile
  9. John Ricson Broadbridge 2019–2021 Director View profile
  10. Christopher Michael Teeley 2018–2024 Director View profile
  11. Alan John Stewart Kilpatrick 2016–2025 Director View profile
  12. Gordon William Buist 2014–2024 Director View profile
  13. Kevin Sanderson Handley 2014–2019 Director View profile
  14. Michael John Ord 2013–2021 Director View profile
  15. David Alexander Dennis Malcolm 2012–2019 Director View profile
  16. James Campbell Muir Stirrat 2011–2014 Director View profile
  17. Douglas William Reid 2008–2013 Director View profile
  18. Iain Macgregor Lochhead 2005–2019 Director View profile
  19. Ian Evans 2004–2019 Director View profile
  20. Ian Mackie 2003–2012 Director View profile
  21. Hutcheon, Graham Robert, Mr. 2003–2021 Director View profile
  22. Dr Martin John Leonard 2003–2023 Director View profile
  23. Andrew William Rankin 2002–2015 Director View profile
  24. Michael Colvin Keiller 2000–2002 Director View profile
  25. Robert Mcelroy 2000–2019 Director View profile
  26. Robert Boyle 2000–2002 Director View profile
  27. Ian Gordon Palmer 1999–2003 Director View profile
  28. Stuart Nickerson 1999–2004 Director View profile
  29. Jonathan Andrew Fuller 1998–2000 Director View profile
  30. Dr Peter Jonathon Nelson 1998–2025 Director View profile
  31. Gerard Vincent Welch 1997–1998 Director View profile
  32. Michael Anthony Webber 1996–1999 Director View profile
  33. William David Rae 1996–2015 Director View profile
  34. Dr Dennis Charles Watson 1995–2014 Director View profile
  35. David Gressick 1994–2000 Director View profile
  36. Roger John Walkey 1994–1995 Director View profile
  37. David John Halliday 1993–2000 Director View profile
  38. Dr Gordon Mark Steele 1993–2015 Director View profile
  39. Margaret Coull Mclean Telfer 1993–1994 Director View profile
  40. John Roscrow 1993–1999 Director View profile
  41. Henry Linkstone Cockburn 1992–1994 Director View profile
  42. Michael William Walker 1991–1996 Director View profile
  43. Ian Barrett Curle 1991–2003 Director View profile
  44. Alan Gordon Wolstenholme 1989–1996 Director View profile
  45. William Charles Henry Phillips 1996 Director View profile
  46. Donald Mackinlay 1993 Director View profile
  47. Ian Douglas Mackenzie 1996 Director View profile
  48. Iain Dever Wilson 1990 Director View profile
  49. John Mason Adam 1991 Director View profile
  50. Richard Jackson Arrol Hunter 1991 Director View profile
  51. William James Mcgregor 1998 Director View profile
  52. Alastair Buchanan Murray 1989 Director View profile
  53. Derek Richardson Hall 1994 Director View profile
  54. David William Alexander Macdonald 1997 Director View profile
  55. Alistair Fraser Ross 1992 Director View profile
  56. Lynne Bleakney 1990–2014 Secretary View profile
  57. Alistair James Graham Stevenson 1990 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
30/09/1974

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Scotch Whisky Research Institute on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

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

2 grants · £2,115 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £5,195
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £-3,080

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £5,1952023-06-28
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-3,0802022-04-01
Board analysis for researchers

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.

14 directors on the board

3.6y median 2.4y
average tenure
11.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Manufacturing 5Retail and trade 2Business services 1Dormant 1Professional services 1Property 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
SC056430
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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