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Scottish Adoption

Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 61

  1. James O'Brien 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Anness Brown 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr Ariane Critchley-Morris 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Paul Martin Brennan 2019-2026 Director View profile
  5. Kirstie Maclean 2017-2022 Director View profile
  6. Neil Graham 2015-2021 Director View profile
  7. Ravinder Kaur 2012-2021 Director View profile
  8. Lisa Davidson 2012-2022 Director View profile
  9. Lucy Ann Metcalf 2011-2021 Director View profile
  10. Sheila Jackson 2011-2019 Director View profile
  11. Helen Marjorie Mercer 2009-2015 Director View profile
  12. Kenneth James Hogg 2009-2019 Director View profile
  13. Nichola Martine Pritchett-Brown 2009-2018 Director View profile
  14. Dr Doreen Steele 2008-2010 Director View profile
  15. Debra-Ann Cooke 2008-2012 Director View profile
  16. Marjorie Susan Donnelly 2008-2016 Director View profile
  17. Christopher Gregory Creegan 2008-2015 Director View profile
  18. Jolene Campbell 2008-2012 Director View profile
  19. Freedman, Gerald Stephen, C/Cllr 2008-2010 Director View profile
  20. Maria Fernanda Marwick 2006-2008 Director View profile
  21. Marissa Lippiatt 2004-2004 Director View profile
  22. Christina Margaret Paulson-Ellis 2003-2010 Director View profile
  23. Susan Mary Gillingham 2003-2007 Director View profile
  24. Helen Vuyisile Haddow 2003-2004 Director View profile
  25. James Francis Paul Black 2003-2008 Director View profile
  26. Joe Francis 2003-2009 Director View profile
  27. Gerald Joseph O'Hara 2000-2006 Director View profile
  28. Janet Anne Rust 2000-2009 Director View profile
  29. Peter Graham Hamilton Ashe 1996-2002 Director View profile
  30. David Ralph Johnson 1995-2006 Director View profile
  31. Thomas Matthew Ballantine 1995-2002 Director View profile
  32. David William Pomfret 1994-2001 Director View profile
  33. Susan Kristeen Rutherford 1994-1995 Director View profile
  34. Peter Frederick Lindsay Batchelor 1993-1993 Director View profile
  35. Celia Kenny 1992-1994 Director View profile
  36. Lindsey Anne Kirkhill 1992-1997 Director View profile
  37. Fiona Boyd Guest 1990-1994 Director View profile
  38. Camilla Henrietta Grizel Cowie 1990-1992 Director View profile
  39. Dorothy Morgan 1995 Director View profile
  40. Janet Anne Peters 1995 Director View profile
  41. Thomas Macgill 1992 Director View profile
  42. Dr Alexander John Keay 1994 Director View profile
  43. Anne Urquhart Shaw 1993 Director View profile
  44. Dr Eve Renee Halson 2003 Director View profile
  45. Susan Isobel Elliott 1994 Director View profile
  46. Amy Drummond 1990 Director View profile
  47. Neil Roderick Johnston 1990 Director View profile
  48. Nansi Hosula Mansbridge 1993 Director View profile
  49. Basil Gathorne Hardy 1990 Director View profile
  50. Margaret Hilda Brewster 1992 Director View profile
  51. David Hugh Aird Boyd 1994 Director View profile
  52. George Robertson 2000 Director View profile
  53. Iona Laird Leggat 2004 Director View profile
  54. Margaret Moyes 2008-2022 Secretary View profile
  55. Elizabeth Anne Crow 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  56. Janis Fairbairn Lyell 1997-2008 Secretary View profile
  57. Catherine Anne Dewar 1995-2006 Secretary View profile
  58. Diana Juliet Land 1993-2000 Secretary View profile
  59. Ruth Jellinek 1991-1994 Secretary View profile
  60. Elizabeth Anne Crow 1990-2003 Secretary View profile
  61. Margaret Morwenna Cochrane 1990 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated
17/06/1982
Registered office
Edinburgh
Previous names
Scottish Adoption Association Limited (until 29/03/2011)

Grants received

11 grants · £526,222 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £270,625 (8 grants)
  • Henry Smith Foundation · £214,940 (2 grants)
  • R S Macdonald Charitable Trust · £40,657

Most recent

  • Henry Smith Foundation £4,9402025-03-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £15,4702024-10-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £73,0802024-04-16
  • Henry Smith Foundation £210,0002024-02-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,6502018-03-26
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.

9 directors on the board

4.2y median 4.3y
average tenure
10.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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.

Finance 1Other services 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
SC079152
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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