The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Crichton Trust

Company SC164601 Active

Company details

NumberSC164601
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated27/03/1996
AddressGRIERSON HOUSE, THE CRICHTON, BANKEND ROAD, DUMFRIES, DG1 4ZE
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate85600 - Educational support services90040 - Operation of arts facilities91030 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)


  • ceased
  • Dumfries and Galloway Council ceased
    right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (88)

  • Simmons, David Joseph Secretary · appointed 2026
  • Brown, Emma Director · appointed 2025
  • Bradley, Joseph Maxwell Director · appointed 2025
  • Hunter, Elaine Director · appointed 2025
  • Sparks, Nicholas Henry Charles, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Dillett, James Director · appointed 2023
  • Austin, Anna Director · appointed 2023
  • Jamieson, David Director · appointed 2023
  • Roberts, Luke Director · appointed 2023
  • Halliday, Bruce, Dr Director · appointed 2023
  • Horner, Sheena Elizabeth Director · appointed 2021
  • Hall, David John Director · appointed 2021
  • Douglas, Laura Kathryn Director · appointed 2019
  • Marlow, Danielle Susanne Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Hunter, Patricia Ann Grant Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Renton, Craig James Former Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2021
  • Gibbons, Gwilym Meredith Lloyd Former Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
  • Dickson, Paul James Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
  • Foley, Malcolm Thomas Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
  • Clark, David, Professor Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
  • Thomson, Kathleen Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2024
  • Brennan, Janet Rose, Dr Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2024
  • Jones, Philip Neville Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2024
  • Khosla, Gillian Frances Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Macdonald, William Daniel Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
  • Duffy, Sean Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Macmillan, Ian Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
  • Mappin, Gary John Reid Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
  • Marshall, Alistair John Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
  • Hastings, Evelyn Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Allan, Jane Cameron Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
  • Johnstone, Brian Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
  • Eley, Adrian Richard, Dr Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Knowles, Bernard Trevor Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
  • Holland, Delia Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Riddet, Thomas Mccreadie Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
  • Maitland, Jane Strathern Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Collins, Brian Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Gourley, Francis Moffat Gammell Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
  • Robertson, Martin Bruce Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
  • Kennedy, John Christopher Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Gibson, Paula Anne Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Russell, Linda Ann Former Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2020
  • Smyth, Colin Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Wood, Andrew Stuart, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Martin, John Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Charteris, John Anthony Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Snell, Douglas Saxon, Dr Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Hyslop, Ivor Alexander Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Lane, John Armstrong Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
  • Stott, Brian Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
  • U'REN, William Graham Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2016
  • Grieve, Hilary Landale Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2012
  • Macleod, Wendy Ann Former Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
  • Cairnie, Stanley Drummond Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2016
  • Ignatieff, Paul, Professor Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Higgins, Robert James Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Wright, Alan Grant, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Mitchell, Joan, Dr Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Campbell, Andrew Robertson Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Sloan, Thomas Kelly Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Taylor, Brian Charles Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Keggans, Michael Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2010
  • Burton, Margaret Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2021
  • Mcdowall, Sandra Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Male, Denis Raymond Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
  • Mcaughtrie, Thomas Allan Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
  • Williamson, Colin Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
  • Mann, Gordon Laurence Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
  • Barratt, Oliver William Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • Urquhart, Donald Ross Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Waring, David Walter Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Brown, Kenneth Clarke Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2005
  • Baldwick, Allan Thomas Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Archibald, Eric Cameron Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2005
  • Jardine, Arthur Henry Gloucester Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Mackay, Thomas Neil Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Crawford, Robert Norman Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Caldwell, Ian Munro Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Little, William Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
  • Dowson, John Martin Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Mcmurdo, Jean Morton Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2005
  • Cameron, Kenneth Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1996
  • Hesketh, Nigel George Francis Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Kirkpatrick, David Currie Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Pennie, Ian Archibald Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Holmes, Thomas Edward Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2003
  • Harper, Douglas George Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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