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The Benevolent Fund for Nurses in Scotland
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Janet Torrance DunbarDirector · since 2024
- Sandra StephenDirector · since 2024
- Helene Alexandra MarshallDirector · since 2024
- Dr Colin Neil MacduffDirector · since 2024
- Susan Ann KeyDirector · since 2022
- Alexander Kay Halley JoyceDirector · since 2021
- Elaine Grace ArmstrongDirector · since 2020
- Anne Margaret DavidsonDirector · since 2019
- John PattersonDirector · since 2019
- Mark Thomas EdwardsSecretary · since 2024
- John Blackhall MitchellSecretary · since 2009
Previous officers 23
- Angela Henderson 2018-2020 View profile
- Ritchie, Jane, Elizabeth 2016-2019 View profile
- Maureen Cornforth 2016-2022 View profile
- Aileen Ann Banks 2014-2020 View profile
- Joan Seaton Spence 2014-2021 View profile
- Sandra Mcglasson 2012-2015 View profile
- Bernadette Buchanan 2011-2017 View profile
- Elizabeth Jane Luurtsema 2011-2024 View profile
- Ian Robert Menzies Crawford 2010-2020 View profile
- Vanessa Martin 2010-2012 View profile
- Margaret Agnes Sturgeon 2010-2019 View profile
- Edwin Lilley 2010-2019 View profile
- Monica Thompson 2010-2023 View profile
- Eileen Tilbury 2009-2010 View profile
- Michael Brown 2009-2011 View profile
- Margaret Brown 2009-2010 View profile
- Alwyn Nina Taylor 2009-2019 View profile
- Margaret Elizabeth Young 2009-2021 View profile
- Ursula Cecillia Mclean 2009-2023 View profile
- Elspeth Mary Frame 2009-2013 View profile
- Mary Lillias Taylor 2009-2021 View profile
- Norma Ormond Carlyon 2009-2011 View profile
- Margaret Joan Kennedy Ross 2018-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 30/03/2009
- Registered office
- Edinburgh
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.
- The Royal College of Midwives ceased 2020-05-28
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- The Benevolent Fund for Nurses in Scotland
is controlled by The Royal College of Midwives
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-05-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by The Royal College of Midwives.
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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
- Elaine Grace Armstrong Director · appointed 2020
- Anne Margaret Davidson Director · appointed 2019
- Alexander Kay Halley Joyce Director · appointed 2021
- Janet Torrance Dunbar Director · appointed 2024
- Sandra Stephen Director · appointed 2024
- Helene Alexandra Marshall Director · appointed 2024
- John Patterson Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Colin Neil Macduff Director · appointed 2024
- Susan Ann Key Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Elaine Grace Armstrong Director · appointed 2020
- Anne Margaret Davidson Director · appointed 2019
- John Patterson Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Elaine Grace Armstrong Director · appointed 2020
- Anne Margaret Davidson Director · appointed 2019
- Alexander Kay Halley Joyce Director · appointed 2021
- Janet Torrance Dunbar Director · appointed 2024
- Sandra Stephen Director · appointed 2024
- Helene Alexandra Marshall Director · appointed 2024
- John Patterson Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Colin Neil Macduff Director · appointed 2024
- Susan Ann Key Director · appointed 2022
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- SC357442
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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