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The Whithorn Trust

The Whithorn Trust is an active UK company (number SC109966), incorporated 1988, with 10 current directors including Aiden James Axtell and Emily Katharine Nicholson. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 86

  1. Paul Tarling 2020-2026 Director View profile
  2. Jane Anne Gordon 2019-2020 Director View profile
  3. Senga Hill 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Katie Elise Hagmann 2017-2022 Director View profile
  5. Fergusson, Alexander Charles Onslow, Sir Rt.Hon 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. Mary Alison Heather Nicholson 2015-2019 Director View profile
  7. Nicol, Graham, Councillor 2014-2019 Director View profile
  8. Reverend Peter Marks 2014-2020 Director View profile
  9. Bhupendra Amin 2014-2026 Director View profile
  10. Gillian Bailey 2014-2025 Director View profile
  11. Glenn Bryan Cooksley 2013-2020 Director View profile
  12. James Mccolm 2013-2020 Director View profile
  13. Charles Richard Tucker 2013-2014 Director View profile
  14. Thomas Alexander Smillie 2012-2014 Director View profile
  15. Winifred Wallace Cooper 2012-2014 Director View profile
  16. Dr Valentina Bold 2012-2014 Director View profile
  17. Sandra Margaret Turner 2012-2014 Director View profile
  18. Stephen Alan Mcgarva 2012-2013 Director View profile
  19. Andrew Colin Wilson 2012-2013 Director View profile
  20. Jack Faulds Sloan 2012-2014 Director View profile
  21. Douglas Bruce Sparks 2012-2013 Director View profile
  22. Christopher Howard Ballance 2007-2007 Director View profile
  23. Alasdair Morgan 2007-2010 Director View profile
  24. Moira Elizabeth Mccarty 2005-2010 Director View profile
  25. George Campbell Pattison 2005-2012 Director View profile
  26. Cunningham, John, Bishop 2004-2016 Director View profile
  27. John Valentine Mcculloch Jameson 2003-2009 Director View profile
  28. Dorothy Fitton 2002-2003 Director View profile
  29. Robert James Mckinnel 2000-2013 Director View profile
  30. Dr Jane Bridget Murray 1999-2015 Director View profile
  31. Alistair Geddes 1999-2024 Director View profile
  32. Alexandra Mcdowall 1999-2012 Director View profile
  33. George Wilson Simpson 1998-2002 Director View profile
  34. William John Forsyth Vance 1997-2000 Director View profile
  35. Michael Alister Noble 1996-2003 Director View profile
  36. Rev Andrew Ramsay Murray Patterson 1996-1999 Director View profile
  37. John Graham Marshall 1996-1999 Director View profile
  38. Dr Joan Mitchell 1996-2007 Director View profile
  39. Anthony William Albert Graham 1996-2004 Director View profile
  40. Francis Moffat Gammell Gourlay 1996-1999 Director View profile
  41. Robert Wallace 1995-1996 Director View profile
  42. Neale Anthony Lawson 1995-2008 Director View profile
  43. Victor Cameron 1995-2003 Director View profile
  44. Christine Hutchison 1994-1996 Director View profile
  45. David William Dutton 1994-1996 Director View profile
  46. John Mowat Cameron 1994-1998 Director View profile
  47. Donna Lee Brewster 1994-2013 Director View profile
  48. Rev Ian Davidson 1993-1994 Director View profile
  49. Archibald Stewart Chalmers 1993-1994 Director View profile
  50. Lionel James Masters 1993-1996 Director View profile
  51. Thomas John Hydes 1993-1995 Director View profile
  52. David Paterson Brown 1993-1995 Director View profile
  53. Alexander Iain Currie 1993-2019 Director View profile
  54. Sir Michael Young-Herries 1993-1995 Director View profile
  55. Richard Nigel Bailey 1993-1996 Director View profile
  56. William Service 1993-2005 Director View profile
  57. Right Reverend Maurice Taylor 1993-2005 Director View profile
  58. Isobel Agnew Melville 1993-1994 Director View profile
  59. Peter Bryce Walker 1992-1996 Director View profile
  60. Francis Johnstone Findlay 1992-1994 Director View profile
  61. Robert Moncrieff Martin 1992-1993 Director View profile
  62. John Cameron 1991-1996 Director View profile
  63. Cecilia Anne Johnston-Stewart 1990-1993 Director View profile
  64. Elisabeth Marianne Mckay Graham 1990-2010 Director View profile
  65. Alexander Thomson Nisbet 1990-1993 Director View profile
  66. Gordon Stirling Henderson 1990-1993 Director View profile
  67. Knox, Ian Swanston Cran, Reverand 1990-1990 Director View profile
  68. John Neilson Kerr 1988-1990 Director View profile
  69. John May Reid 1988-1990 Director View profile
  70. John Wyllie Forteath 1988-1992 Director View profile
  71. Professor John Robert Hume 1988-1990 Director View profile
  72. Douglas Robert Robinson 1988-1994 Director View profile
  73. Brodie, Peter Philip, Doctor 1988-1990 Director View profile
  74. John Mccolm 1988-1996 Director View profile
  75. Randolph Ernest Caughie 1988-1991 Director View profile
  76. Stephen Frederick Norris 1988-1990 Director View profile
  77. Leslie Alcock 1988-1990 Director View profile
  78. William Phillips 1988-1991 Director View profile
  79. Kenneth William Morton 1990 Director View profile
  80. Alan Bridgewood Scott 1990 Director View profile
  81. Frederick William Oakes 2015-2020 Secretary View profile
  82. Sarah-Jane Bannerman 1995-1996 Secretary View profile
  83. Janet Margaret Butterworth 1994-2013 Secretary View profile
  84. Anderson Strathern 1988-1990 Corporate-secretary View profile
  85. Christine Liddell Wilson 1988-1995 Secretary View profile
  86. John Walker Hunter 1988-1990 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/03/1988

Grants received

13 grants · £115,042 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

  • Foundation Scotland · £85,842 (9 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,600 (3 grants)
  • Architectural Heritage Fund · £9,600

Most recent

  • Foundation Scotland £5002025-04-14
  • Foundation Scotland £3,0002024-04-18
  • Foundation Scotland £5,0002024-02-29
  • Foundation Scotland £14,3492023-04-07
  • Architectural Heritage Fund £9,6002022-03-28
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.

10 directors on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
7.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Construction 1Health and social care 1Other 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.

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
SC109966
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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