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Brodies Secretarial Services Limited

Company SC210264 Active

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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.

20
directors on the board
13.5y median 13.1y
average tenure
25.9y
longest tenure
17
directors past 6 years
0 vs 20 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
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.

Professional services 30Business services 6

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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

NumberSC210264
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated22/08/2000
AddressCAPITAL SQUARE, 58 MORRISON STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 8BP
Accounts next due31/05/2027
Accounts last made up31/08/2025

Industry (SIC)

69102 - Solicitors82190 - Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Brodies & Co. (Trustees) Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (44)

  • Cathie, Duncan Craig Director · appointed 2025
  • Ewan, Martin William Director · appointed 2021
  • Millar, David Mitchell Director · appointed 2021
  • Stroud, Derek Andrew Director · appointed 2020
  • Richardson, Neal Scott Director · appointed 2020
  • Lightbody, David James Director · appointed 2020
  • Boulton-Jones, Thomas Owen Director · appointed 2020
  • Mclaughlin, Paul William Director · appointed 2017
  • Menzies, Tracey Jayne Houston Director · appointed 2015
  • Burgess, Neil Ross Director · appointed 2013
  • Akintewe, Andrew Director · appointed 2013
  • Stoneham, Michael Peter Director · appointed 2011
  • Mcintosh, William Alexander Director · appointed 2010
  • Barr, Alan Roderic Director · appointed 2008
  • Kelly, Peter Robert Director · appointed 2007
  • Knowles, Alan Keith Director · appointed 2006
  • Brodies LLP Corporate-secretary · appointed 2004
  • Patterson, Keith Leslie Director · appointed 2003
  • Stephen, Bruce Director · appointed 2002
  • Scott, Brenda Catherine Director · appointed 2000
  • Campbell, Grant Stewart Director · appointed 2000
  • Crawford, Douglas James Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
  • Hickey, Thomas Peter Brendan Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2014
  • Galbraith, Eric Roger Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2023
  • Summers, Gillian Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
  • Maclaren, Colin James Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
  • Feechan, Catherine Mary Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
  • Allan, David Stewart Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Cotton, Roger Hamish Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2023
  • Mcintosh, Colin William Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2017
  • Fraser, Jeremy William Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
  • Mathie, Alexander Donaldson Douglas Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Stirling, Shuna Margaret Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2025
  • Millar, James Allan Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
  • Brown, John Winton Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
  • Young, Iain Mackenzie Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
  • Stevens, Hugh John Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
  • Dalgleish, Andrew Martin Crichton Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2020
  • ORR, Alistair Charles Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Campbell, Alistair Carnegie Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2014
  • Murray, Rodger Grant Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
  • Brodies WS Former Corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Smith, Charles Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2016
  • Voge, Julian Cecil Arthur Former Nominee-director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2020

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

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