Company
HOT Chocolate Trust
HOT Chocolate Trust is an active UK company (number SC384635), incorporated 2010, with 8 current directors including Vered Hopkins and Sammy Keith. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
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Who leads it
- Vered HopkinsDirector · since 2026
- Sammy KeithDirector · since 2025
- Ross Stanley MiddlemissDirector · since 2024
- Fiona Mary StrachanDirector · since 2023
- Sheena GibsonDirector · since 2022
- David Gareth OsfieldDirector · since 2022
- Alan Andrew HarperDirector · since 2020
- Pamela Wright MellstromDirector · since 2017
Previous officers 24
- David Arthur Johnstone 2024-2026 View profile
- Deborah Johnstone 2023-2026 View profile
- Michaela Robertson Mclean 2023-2026 View profile
- Angela Helen Simpson 2022-2024 View profile
- Dr Ruth Kathleen Elizabeth Murdoch 2020-2025 View profile
- Dr Shona Helen Dobbie 2019-2023 View profile
- Deborah Fellows 2018-2023 View profile
- Piers Howard Clarkson Bowser 2018-2024 View profile
- Christine Mary Lafferty 2017-2023 View profile
- Julia Linda Brown 2016-2019 View profile
- David Duncan Johnstone 2016-2022 View profile
- Amy Anna Slorach Mcdonald 2014-2021 View profile
- Stephen Albert Elwell-Sutton 2014-2023 View profile
- Rebecca Sarah Marguerite Brawley 2013-2016 View profile
- Heather Margaret Mckenzie 2011-2013 View profile
- Deborah Anne Farley 2011-2019 View profile
- Richard John Mccallum 2011-2019 View profile
- Anthony David Boffey 2010-2020 View profile
- Lafferty, Joe Dempster, Chair 2010-2016 View profile
- Phyllida Margaret Mary Bowser 2010-2011 View profile
- Lynda Anne Forte 2010-2015 View profile
- John Rowan Mcintosh 2010-2014 View profile
- Alison Jane Cartwright 2010-2014 View profile
- Dr Colin Ralston Paterson 2010-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/09/2010
Grants received
15 grants · £791,229 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Henry Smith Foundation · £271,520 (3 grants)
- Inspiring Scotland · £206,071 (6 grants)
- Comic Relief · £135,357
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £96,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £56,081 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Inspiring Scotland
- Inspiring Scotland
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Inspiring Scotland
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.
8 directors on the board
- Fiona Mary Strachan Director · appointed 2023
- Alan Andrew Harper Director · appointed 2020
- Pamela Wright Mellstrom Director · appointed 2017
- Ross Stanley Middlemiss Director · appointed 2024
- Sheena Gibson Director · appointed 2022
- Vered Hopkins Director · appointed 2026
- Sammy Keith Director · appointed 2025
- David Gareth Osfield Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Alan Andrew Harper Director · appointed 2020
- Pamela Wright Mellstrom Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Fiona Mary Strachan Director · appointed 2023
- Alan Andrew Harper Director · appointed 2020
- Pamela Wright Mellstrom Director · appointed 2017
- Ross Stanley Middlemiss Director · appointed 2024
- Sammy Keith Director · appointed 2025
- David Gareth Osfield Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Sheena Gibson Director · appointed 2022
- Vered Hopkins Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- David Arthur Johnstone Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Deborah Johnstone Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Michaela Robertson Mclean Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- SC384635
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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