Register entry · No. SC032356
SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED
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Company status
Active.
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Accounts on time
Next due 31 Mar 2027.
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Confirmation statement on time
Next due 16 Dec 2026.
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Disqualified directors
None of the 7 current officers checked are disqualified.
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Directors
7 current directors.
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Last filed accounts
Net assets £42,626.
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Trading history
Incorporated 7 Jun 1957 (69 years ago).
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Name changes
Never renamed.
Names over time
From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 27 Oct 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON
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Registered office
23 KING EDWARD TERRACE, PORTKNOCKIE, BUCKIE, MORAY, SCOTLAND, AB56 4NX
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Nature of business
- 58130 Publishing of newspapers
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Accounts
- Next due
- 31 Mar 2027
- Last made up to
- 30 Jun 2025
- Type
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 16 Dec 2026
- Last made up to
- 2 Dec 2025
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 0
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- SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED current
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 30 Jun 2025 | not published | not published | £42,407 | £42,626 | 0 |
| 30 Jun 2024 * | not published | not published | £39,894 | £41,115 | 0 |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
People
Officers All 22, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Ian Hamilton | Director | 2 Oct 2013 | — | February 1953 | Scottish · Scotland |
| Lorraine Reid | Director | 22 May 2016 | — | May 1971 | Scottish · Scotland |
| Lesley Rankin Backhouse | Director | 9 Apr 2017 | — | March 1965 | Scottish · Scotland |
| Grant Robert Thoms | Director | 4 Jul 2021 | — | February 1965 | British · Scotland |
| David James McCann | Director | 4 Jul 2021 | — | September 1935 | British · Scotland |
| Margaret Hamilton | Director | 4 Jul 2021 | — | July 1960 | British · Scotland |
| Gavin Halliday | Director | 30 Apr 2023 | — | April 1964 | British · Scotland |
Owners and controllers
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Is SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED still trading?
The register shows SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED as active.
What does SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED do?
It files the industry code 58130 (Publishing of newspapers).
When was SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 7 June 1957.
When are SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED's accounts due?
Next accounts are due by 31 March 2027. The last accounts were made up to 30 June 2025.
When is SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
By 16 December 2026.
Who runs SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED?
SCOTS INDEPENDENT (NEWSPAPERS) LIMITED has 7 current directors. They're listed under People on this page.
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