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Prepared 04 May 2026
THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE
SC009292 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1914-12-18
1. Company facts
- Status
- active
- Lifecycle
- 🌳 Mature — Long-running with flat or slow growth. Steady cash, limited upside.
- Jurisdiction
- scotland
- Registered office
- Sams, Dunbeg, Oban, PA37 1QA, Scotland
- SIC codes
- 72110 — Research and experimental development on biotechnology; 72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering; 74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.; 85421 — First-degree level higher education
- Accounts next due
- 2026-12-31
- Confirmation statement next due
- 2026-12-14
2. Directors (15 active)
- ASHTON, Keir Edward
- director · appointed 2024-06-14 · born 8/1970 (age 56)
- BRUTON, Gillian Margaret
- director · appointed 2025-12-05 · born 4/1964 (age 62)
- CHRISTIE, Adam
- director · appointed 2023-06-16 · born 10/1962 (age 64)
- CRAVEN, Jessica
- director · appointed 2025-12-05 · born 11/1985 (age 41)
- DANCE, Laura Margaret
- director · appointed 2024-06-14 · born 4/1978 (age 48)
- HOLLANDERS, Eric Francois Jacques
- director · appointed 2022-12-02 · born 3/1960 (age 66)
- JARDINE, Ian William
- director · appointed 2023-06-16 · born 5/1959 (age 67)
- LEDGARD, Louise Joyce, Dr
- director · appointed 2024-06-14 · born 1/1967 (age 59)
- MITCHESON, Helen
- director · appointed 2025-12-05 · born 11/1985 (age 41)
- MOFFAT, Colin Forbes, Professor
- director · appointed 2021-12-03 · born 3/1960 (age 66)
- MONRO, Stuart Kinnaird, Professor
- director · appointed 2025-03-25 · born 3/1947 (age 79)
- RAVEN, Hugh Jonathan Earle
- director · appointed 2024-12-06 · born 4/1961 (age 65)
- WAITES, Richard, Professor
- director · appointed 2021-12-03 · born 10/1969 (age 57)
- WALLACE, Douglas, Professor
- director · appointed 2023-06-16 · born 1/1959 (age 67)
- WILLIAMS, Alun Stuart
- director · appointed 2023-06-16 · born 2/1968 (age 58)
4. Security
5 total charges (4 outstanding, 1 satisfied).
Headline verdict
- Opportunity score
- 79/100 (Strong)
- Owner dependency
- moderate — 55/100
- Red flags
- 0 high · 0 medium · 0 low