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Previous officers 129

  1. Lorraine Davidson 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Martin Edward Bain 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Margaret Ann Mcmahon 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Shoeb Abdul R Sarguroh 2023-2024 Director View profile
  5. Anthony Cunningham Glasgow 2023-2024 Director View profile
  6. Mark Duncan Mortimer 2023-2024 Director View profile
  7. Colin Gambles 2022-2023 Director View profile
  8. Anthony Simpson 2022-2024 Director View profile
  9. Barry Crawford Mcmaster 2022-2025 Director View profile
  10. Stuart Provan 2022-2023 Director View profile
  11. Guy Gibbon Cartwright 2019-2024 Director View profile
  12. Philippa Claire Axon 2019-2020 Director View profile
  13. Paul Andrew Fairclough 2019-2024 Director View profile
  14. Nathan Evan Davies 2019-2024 Director View profile
  15. Pamela Anne Muir 2018-2022 Director View profile
  16. Elaine Logan 2017-2024 Director View profile
  17. Jeremy Harper 2017-2022 Director View profile
  18. Matthew Dominic Bartlett 2017-2022 Director View profile
  19. Alan James Hartley 2017-2024 Director View profile
  20. John Ferguson Gilmour 2017-2022 Director View profile
  21. Simon Pengelley 2017-2023 Director View profile
  22. Jacqueline Mcinnes 2017-2024 Director View profile
  23. Laura Marie Battles 2017-2020 Director View profile
  24. Michael John Howie Carslaw 2016-2020 Director View profile
  25. Kieron O'Brien 2015-2024 Director View profile
  26. Simon Peter Johnson 2015-2022 Director View profile
  27. Melvyn David Shanks 2015-2022 Director View profile
  28. Dr Laura Janette Murphy 2015-2020 Director View profile
  29. Armorel Katharine Robinson 2015-2016 Director View profile
  30. Melvyn Westley Roffe 2015-2019 Director View profile
  31. Richard William John Harvey 2014-2015 Director View profile
  32. John Ledingham Broadfoot 2014-2015 Director View profile
  33. Anne Christine Everest 2014-2016 Director View profile
  34. Guy Gibson Cartwright 2014-2017 Director View profile
  35. Colin David Robertson Mair 2013-2015 Director View profile
  36. Jennifer Ann Alexander 2013-2019 Director View profile
  37. Justin St. John Wilkes 2013-2019 Director View profile
  38. Jonathan Benedict Molloy 2013-2019 Director View profile
  39. Simon James Mills 2012-2015 Director View profile
  40. Innes Kenneth Macaskill 2012-2013 Director View profile
  41. Professor Brian Owen Williams 2012-2015 Director View profile
  42. Richard Geoffrey Hellewell 2012-2017 Director View profile
  43. Elizabeth Lister 2012-2018 Director View profile
  44. Richard Mark Toley 2012-2019 Director View profile
  45. Kathleen Sweeney 2011-2017 Director View profile
  46. Andrew Robin Rathborne 2010-2012 Director View profile
  47. Thomas David Mghee 2009-2014 Director View profile
  48. Iain Wilson Kilpatrick 2009-2012 Director View profile
  49. Lesley Douglas 2009-2011 Director View profile
  50. Gillian Craig Kirkland Stobo 2009-2014 Director View profile
  51. Gareth Huw Edwards 2009-2014 Director View profile
  52. Alistair Gordon Hector 2009-2013 Director View profile
  53. Jennifer Wallace Harper 2008-2012 Director View profile
  54. Colin Alexander Bell Crosby 2008-2013 Director View profile
  55. Wendy Ann Bellars 2007-2014 Director View profile
  56. Jane Christine Arrowsmith 2007-2011 Director View profile
  57. Gerard Francis Brown 2007-2013 Director View profile
  58. Dr John Dixon Halliday 2007-2013 Director View profile
  59. Jeremy Michael Chittleburgh 2007-2014 Director View profile
  60. James Gordon Jack 2006-2012 Director View profile
  61. Gordon Campbell Woods 2005-2014 Director View profile
  62. James Northey David Gray 2004-2010 Director View profile
  63. Lynwen Ann Mckay 2004-2007 Director View profile
  64. Mark Ninian John Becher 2004-2024 Director View profile
  65. Michael Edwin Beale 2003-2005 Director View profile
  66. Marco Luigi Autimio Chiappelli 2003-2008 Director View profile
  67. Eileen Norah Dorothy Robertson 2003-2009 Director View profile
  68. Bruce Kevin Thompson 2003-2009 Director View profile
  69. John Brian Leggat 2002-2008 Director View profile
  70. Derek Stevens Mason 2002-2003 Director View profile
  71. Angus Macdonald 2002-2009 Director View profile
  72. John Andrew Brett 2001-2010 Director View profile
  73. Fraser Simm 2001-2008 Director View profile
  74. Audrey Anderson 2001-2007 Director View profile
  75. Hamish Noble Buchan 2001-2004 Director View profile
  76. Halliday, John Dixon, Ba Phd 2000-2001 Director View profile
  77. Dr Ronald Eckford Mill Irving 2000-2006 Director View profile
  78. Rachel Mary Brass 2000-2003 Director View profile
  79. Iain Mcewan Gotts 2000-2003 Director View profile
  80. William James Martin Mowat 1999-2003 Director View profile
  81. Alan Michael Duncan 1999-2010 Director View profile
  82. Colin Michael Atkinson 1998-2000 Director View profile
  83. Monica Cameron 1998-2001 Director View profile
  84. Angus William Mcphail 1998-2000 Director View profile
  85. Sheena Barbara Taylor 1998-1999 Director View profile
  86. Neil James Crichton 1997-2000 Director View profile
  87. George Alexander Allan 1997-2002 Director View profile
  88. John William Caithness 1997-2003 Director View profile
  89. Robert Mcintosh Leggate 1997-2007 Director View profile
  90. Mark Anson Millington Adams 1997-2002 Director View profile
  91. Ian Boyd Tainsh 1996-2001 Director View profile
  92. Anne Clarke Ritchie 1996-2001 Director View profile
  93. Priscilla Margaret Gordon-Duff 1996-1999 Director View profile
  94. Lorna Margaret Ogilvie 1996-1998 Director View profile
  95. Mary Charlotte James 1996-1999 Director View profile
  96. Dr Robin Gardner Easton 1996-2004 Director View profile
  97. Frank Eric Gerstenberg 1995-2001 Director View profile
  98. Dr Judith Mcclure CBE 1995-2007 Director View profile
  99. William Paul Maxwell 1995-1998 Director View profile
  100. Gillian Robertson Burt 1995-2003 Director View profile
  101. John Mackenzie 1995-1997 Director View profile
  102. Evelyn Veronica Christian Crombie 1994-1997 Director View profile
  103. Michael John Eaton Wareham 1994-1995 Director View profile
  104. James Shaw Macphail 1994-1996 Director View profile
  105. FOX, Michael Charles, Commander 1994-1997 Director View profile
  106. Matthew Allan Heath 1993-1996 Director View profile
  107. Robert William Byth 1993-1995 Director View profile
  108. Nicholas Whitaker Musson 1993-1996 Director View profile
  109. Keith Philip Pearson 1993-1998 Director View profile
  110. Professor Andrew Macdonald Mccosh 1992-1993 Director View profile
  111. Leslie Clark 1992-1995 Director View profile
  112. Alison Margaret Maitland Thompson 1992-1995 Director View profile
  113. Leslie Gay Egginton 1992-1994 Director View profile
  114. Duncan Mccorquodale 1992-1993 Director View profile
  115. Dr Bartholomew John Mcgettrick 1991-1997 Director View profile
  116. David Paris Clark 1991-1993 Director View profile
  117. Dr Sarah Craig Orr 1990-1992 Director View profile
  118. Patrick Francis Tobin 1990-1995 Director View profile
  119. James Bell Hume 1990-1992 Director View profile
  120. Dr Calum Alexander Macleod 1990-1992 Director View profile
  121. Christopher David Pighills 1990-1993 Director View profile
  122. Isobel W Mcneillie 1990-1930 Director View profile
  123. Brian Head 1990-1991 Director View profile
  124. Robert Nimmo 1990-1998 Director View profile
  125. Gilbert Baird Archer 1990-1991 Director View profile
  126. Helen Mary Laird 1990-1998 Director View profile
  127. Janette Walker Dobson 1990-1993 Director View profile
  128. John Edward 2010-2023 Secretary View profile
  129. Judith Sischy 1990-2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/06/1990

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.

  • John David Edward ceased 2023-04-10
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2016-05-03

Group

  1. Scottish Council of Independent Schools is controlled by John David Edward
    Evidence
    ceased appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2016-05-03, ceased 2023-04-10 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John David Edward.

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.

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

5y median 4.1y
average tenure
14.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

1
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.

Education 10Other services 3Arts and leisure 1Retail and trade 1Tech and media 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
SC125368
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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