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West Highland Museum Trust

Museums activities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 10

  1. Sarah Fanet 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Kenneth Donald Mackintosh 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Ronald Cameron 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Roderick James Mainland 2019-2019 Director View profile
  5. Margaret Christina Young 2018-2019 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Phillip Baxter 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Elizabeth Mary Bruce 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. Fiona Elizabeth Maclean of Ardgour 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Jacqueline Forrest Wright 2017-2023 Director View profile
  10. John Charles Hutchison 2017-2020 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
15/11/2017
Registered office
Fort William

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.

  • John Charles Hutchison ceased 2019-11-20
    significant influence · notified 2017-11-15 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. West Highland Museum Trust is controlled by John Charles Hutchison
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2017-11-15, ceased 2019-11-20 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Charles Hutchison.

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.

Grants received

3 grants · £11,266 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Work and Pensions · £7,766
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig · £3,000
  • Hands Up for Trad · £500

Most recent

  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig £3,0002025-03-04
  • Hands Up for Trad £5002024-11-21
  • Department for Work and Pensions £7,7662022-04-01
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

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Sarah Fanet Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025

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.

Manufacturing 4Retail and trade 4Other services 2Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
SC581556
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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