Buchan Newspapers Limited
iSource and licenceOfficial record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.Register edition compiled 1 November 2026.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.How we handle dataOverview
Buchan Newspapers Limited's network
1 person0 organisationsExplore in 3Di0 listed on the board plus 1 company secretary. No other organisation shares a board member.The large node is Buchan Newspapers Limited. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.The board
0 listed + 1 company secretaryiDirectors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.| Name | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Simpson Buchan | Company secretary | 2001 |
Recent news and events
From the public record
- 4 June 2026Confirmation statement made up to this dateCompanies House company file
- 31 March 2026Accounts made up to this dateCompanies House company file
- 18 August 2025John Anderson left as directorCompanies House officer data
Appointments, resignations and filings held in the Companies House data, and insolvency notices from The Gazette (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Board
Current officers
0 + 1 company secretaryiOccupation and nationality are held for only some companies and are not held for this one. Other boards counts directorships that are current in the Companies House officer data; it does not say whether the people are the same without a matching date of birth, and is not proof of any link between the companies.| Name | Role | Appointed | Other boards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Simpson Buchan | Company secretary | 13 March 2001 | No other current boards on our record |
Source: Companies House officer data (appointments and resignations). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Former officers
2 listed, latest first| Name | Role | Appointed | Left |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson | Director | 30 May 2007 | 18 August 2025 |
| Margaret Duncan Buchan | Director | 13 March 2001 | 30 May 2007 |
Network
Network
iThe large node is Buchan Newspapers Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.Most connected
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Finances
Financial history
No figures in the accounts data we hold.
Companies House shows accounts made up to 31 March 2026 (total exemption full). They are not in the machine-readable bulk accounts files we read: they may have been filed on paper or as a PDF, or the company is large and files in another format. Nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Key dates and compliance
- Accounts category
- Total exemption fullSmall company accounts; the company is exempt from audit.
- Accounts last made up to
- 31 March 2026
- Next accounts due
- 31 December 2027 Not yet due
- Confirmation statement last made up to
- 4 June 2026
- Next confirmation statement due
- 18 June 2027 Not yet due
- Charges (secured loans)
- None registered
Filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Companies House company file (1 October 2026) and, for new companies, the Companies Act timetable. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
About
About this company
Companies House (opens in a new tab)- Company number
- SC216792
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Status
- Active
- Jurisdiction
- Scotland
- Incorporated
- 13 March 2001
- Registered office
- 11 Victoria Road, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, AB42 1UB
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 58190 Other publishing activities
- Latest accounts
- 31 March 2026 (total exemption full)
Source: Companies House company file of 1 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Key dates and compliance
- Accounts category
- Total exemption fullSmall company accounts; the company is exempt from audit.
- Accounts last made up to
- 31 March 2026
- Next accounts due
- 31 December 2027 Not yet due
- Confirmation statement last made up to
- 4 June 2026
- Next confirmation statement due
- 18 June 2027 Not yet due
- Charges (secured loans)
- None registered
Filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Companies House company file (1 October 2026) and, for new companies, the Companies Act timetable. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Same sector and place
3iA sample. Matched on the main business code and postcode district, from the company file of 1 October 2026. Same sector and district is not evidence of any connection.3 other active companies have the same main business code (58190 Other publishing activities) and a registered office in the AB42 postcode district.
Recent news and events
From the public record
- 4 June 2026Confirmation statement made up to this dateCompanies House company file
- 31 March 2026Accounts made up to this dateCompanies House company file
- 18 August 2025John Anderson left as directorCompanies House officer data
Appointments, resignations and filings held in the Companies House data, and insolvency notices from The Gazette (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Ownership
Group structure
This company is not part of a larger ownership group in our records: no holder of a majority of it is on the active Companies House record, and it holds no majority of another UK company.
People with significant control
1| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan Simpson BuchanPerson · Scottish |
| 6 April 2016 | Current |
1 current controller and 0 former. Addresses and birth details are not shown.
Source: Companies House people with significant control data, snapshot of 1 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Companies are linked to their page where the name matches an owner company in our ownership graph.
Companies it controls
iNo other company in our records lists this company as a person with significant control.From the people with significant control data of the companies in the Companies House company file.