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Forestry Publications Limited

Publishing of learned journals

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

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Peter Geraint Richards 2021-2025 Director View profile
Sharon Maria Durdant Hollamby 2019-2023 Director View profile
Alastair John Sandels 2017-2021 Director View profile
David Vaughan Edwards 2015-2019 Director View profile
David Barclay Henderson-Howat 2013-2017 Director View profile
Professor Julian Evans 2011-2015 Director View profile
Fenning John Welstead 2009-2013 Director View profile
William Ian Draper Macdonald 2007-2011 Director View profile
Shireen Grace Chambers 2007-2024 Director View profile
Richard Stephan Domanski Ogilvy 2006-2009 Director View profile
James Fredrick Ogilvie 2005-2007 Director View profile
Wilma Carol Grant Harper 2002-2005 Director View profile
Martin Frank Gale 2000-2005 Director View profile
Timothy Rollinson 1998-2002 Director View profile
George Murray Mcrobbie 1996-2000 Director View profile
Roger Thubron Bradley 1994-1998 Director View profile
Professor Hugh Graham Miller 1992-1995 Director View profile
John Robert Fletcher 1990-1992 Director View profile
Margaret Dick 1990-2004 Director View profile
David William Grenville Taylor 1990-1994 Director View profile
Norman Robert Oliver 1989-1990 Director View profile
Alan Maitland Dewar Mcwilliam 1989-1990 Director View profile
Peter Henry Wilson 2004-2007 Secretary View profile
Biggart Baillie 1989-1997 Corporate-nominee-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Publishing of learned journals
Incorporated: 26/06/1989
Registered office: Edinburgh

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.

Bailford Trustees Limited ceased 2021-02-12
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2019-01-23

Group

Forestry Publications Limited is controlled by Bailford Trustees Limited
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2019-01-23, ceased 2021-02-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
Bailford Trustees Limited is controlled by DWF LLP
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
DWF LLP is controlled by DWF LAW LLP
Evidence
active right to appoint and remove members (LLP) · notified 2019-03-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
DWF LAW LLP is controlled by Andrew Richard Leaitherland
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting (LLP), 25-50% surplus assets (LLP) · notified 2018-07-12, ceased 2019-03-09 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Andrew Richard Leaitherland.

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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.

5 directors on the board

Andrew Sowerby Director · appointed 2023
Dr Helen Mary Mckay Director · appointed 2005
Dr Gary Kerr Director · appointed 2005
Dr Victoria Jane Stokes Director · appointed 2024
Louise Emma Simpson Director · appointed 2023

10.1y median 3.1y

average tenure

20.9y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Dr Helen Mary Mckay Director · appointed 2005
Dr Gary Kerr Director · appointed 2005

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Dr Helen Mary Mckay Director · appointed 2005
Dr Victoria Jane Stokes Director · appointed 2024

Portfolio (3)

Andrew Sowerby Director · appointed 2023
Dr Gary Kerr Director · appointed 2005
Louise Emma Simpson Director · appointed 2023

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.

Agriculture 1Business services 1Professional 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

Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: SC118758
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 30/09/2027
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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