Company
The Queen's Hall (Edinburgh) Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Katharine Mairi SimpsonDirector · since 2026
- James Douglas A MitchellDirector · since 2026
- John David HughesDirector · since 2026
- Margaret Arma GrahamDirector · since 2026
- Emma Jane MortimoreDirector · since 2025
- Russell William BairdDirector · since 2025
- Jessica GuoDirector · since 2025
- Rosamund Claire WestDirector · since 2022
- Paul Robert FennDirector · since 2021
- Moira Ramsay SibbaldDirector · since 2021
- Stephen David BrownDirector · since 2018
- Andrew Wylie OrmstonDirector · since 2018
- Stephen Charles AllanDirector · since 2018
Previous officers 52
- Elisabeth Ann Blackburn 2023–2024 View profile
- Valerie Margaret Walker 2022–2025 View profile
- Grant William Mackenzie 2018–2022 View profile
- Sally Louise Dyson 2018–2026 View profile
- Anna Sweet 2018–2019 View profile
- Wilson, Donald, Cllr 2017–2022 View profile
- Evan John Henderson 2017–2024 View profile
- David Hume 2015–2017 View profile
- Fiona Salzen 2015–2022 View profile
- Peter Malcolm Cannell 2015–2025 View profile
- Armida Gemma Louise Taylor 2015–2021 View profile
- Doran, Karen, Councillor 2015–2017 View profile
- Allan James Smith 2015–2025 View profile
- Nicholas Robert Pellew Groves-Raines 2015–2021 View profile
- Nigel Griffiths 2013–2022 View profile
- Ramsay Alexander Urquhart 2012–2014 View profile
- Christine Elizabeth Mary May 2012–2016 View profile
- Gordon William Dewar 2012–2013 View profile
- Mark Andrew Williamson 2012–2014 View profile
- Norma May Austin Hart 2012–2015 View profile
- William Alister Steele 2010–2019 View profile
- John O'Driscoll Preston 2010–2016 View profile
- Louise Amanda Lang Young 2008–2012 View profile
- Stuart Campbell Whyte 2007–2013 View profile
- Richard Alan Finlayson 2007–2012 View profile
- David John Wilkinson 2005–2005 View profile
- Lilian Goretti D'Mello 2004–2011 View profile
- Mark Joseph Mackie 2003–2016 View profile
- Lawrence Marshall 2003–2007 View profile
- Robert Cairns 2001–2003 View profile
- Margaret Anne Wright 2000–2014 View profile
- John Anthony Mcculloch 2000–2003 View profile
- Mark Summers Hunter 1999–2000 View profile
- Maxwell Eric Harper Gow 1999–2006 View profile
- Professor Robert Gavin Loudon Mccrone 1999–2002 View profile
- David Kenneth Mclellan 1993–2010 View profile
- Kenneth Dick 1993–2001 View profile
- John David Bingham Younger 1992–2001 View profile
- Carol Colburn Hogel 1989–2001 View profile
- Dr Joan Smith 1989 View profile
- Arthur Percival Jenkins 1990 View profile
- Kenneth Newis 1991 View profile
- James Martin Haldane 2001 View profile
- Rosemary Elizabeth Havelock Ellison 2004 View profile
- Barry Edward Sealey 1999 View profile
- Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie 2012 View profile
- Patrick William Simpson 1995 View profile
- Adrian Walter Anthony Bornet 2004 View profile
- Norman Alexander Mackintosh Macdonald 1998 View profile
- Adrian Hugh Harris 2007–2016 View profile
- Roderick James Wylie 2001–2013 View profile
- Patrick Joseph Kinluch Campbell Penney 2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/03/1978
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.
- Nigel Griffiths ceased 2017-03-31
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Nigel Griffiths ceased 2018-11-07
significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-11-07 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- The Queen's Hall (Edinburgh) Limited
is controlled by Nigel Griffiths
Evidence
ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Nigel Griffiths.
4 other companies 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.
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.
13 directors on the board
- Margaret Arma Graham Director · appointed 2026
- Katharine Mairi Simpson Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Jane Mortimore Director · appointed 2025
- Stephen David Brown Director · appointed 2018
- Paul Robert Fenn Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew Wylie Ormston Director · appointed 2018
- James Douglas A Mitchell Director · appointed 2026
- John David Hughes Director · appointed 2026
- Moira Ramsay Sibbald Director · appointed 2021
- Stephen Charles Allan Director · appointed 2018
- Rosamund Claire West Director · appointed 2022
- Russell William Baird Director · appointed 2025
- Jessica Guo Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Stephen David Brown Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew Wylie Ormston Director · appointed 2018
- Stephen Charles Allan Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Katharine Mairi Simpson Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Jane Mortimore Director · appointed 2025
- Stephen David Brown Director · appointed 2018
- James Douglas A Mitchell Director · appointed 2026
- John David Hughes Director · appointed 2026
- Stephen Charles Allan Director · appointed 2018
- Jessica Guo Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (6)
- Margaret Arma Graham Director · appointed 2026
- Paul Robert Fenn Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew Wylie Ormston Director · appointed 2018
- Moira Ramsay Sibbald Director · appointed 2021
- Rosamund Claire West Director · appointed 2022
- Russell William Baird Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Peter Malcolm Cannell Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
- Sally Louise Dyson Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
- Allan James Smith Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- SC064372
- 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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