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Bibliographic Data Services Limited

Bibliographic Data Services Limited is an active UK company (number SC154602), incorporated 1994, with 3 current directors including Colin Robert Grier and Gerald Michael Mcgill. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 13

  1. Christopher Graham Head 2018-2020 Director View profile
  2. Andrew Sugden 2013-2018 Director View profile
  3. Richard Denys Knight 2007-2013 Director View profile
  4. Jonathan Bennett Windus 2006-2020 Director View profile
  5. Michael Joseph Healy 2006-2006 Director View profile
  6. Christopher John Ostrom 2006-2007 Director View profile
  7. Cleveland Francis Jack Vine 2003-2020 Director View profile
  8. Ralph Francis Meyler Bennett 2003-2006 Director View profile
  9. John Neilson Kerr 1994-1994 Director View profile
  10. Kenneth Robert Grimston 1994-1994 Nominee-director View profile
  11. Alan William Reeves 1994-1995 Director View profile
  12. Anderson Strathern 1994-1994 Corporate-secretary View profile
  13. Leslie Macrurie Jack 1994-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • BSP-20-011 - CATALOGUE RECORDS FOR LIBRARIES NI Buyer: Education Authority NI Value not published Date not published CPV 72500000 Source: Find a Tender

    BSP-20-011 - CATALOGUE RECORDS FOR LIBRARIES NI for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (with an option to extend for 3 further 12 month periods)

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About

Incorporated
30/11/1994

Ownership

Owned by (7) 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.

  • Lesley Craig Whyte ceased 2022-10-03
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • Eric Green ceased 2022-10-03
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Eric Green ceased 2025-06-24
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2022-12-22 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Lesley Craig Whyte ceased 2025-06-24
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2022-12-22
  • BDS (Dumfries) Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-12-21
  • Nielsen Book Services Limited ceased 2020-07-27
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
  • Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway ceased 2021-12-21
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-08-10

Group

  1. Bibliographic Data Services Limited is controlled by Lesley Craig Whyte
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2022-10-03 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Lesley Craig Whyte.

2 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

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.

3 directors on the board

14.3y median 5.9y
average tenure
31.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Finance 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
SC154602
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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