Macfarlane Group PLC

ActiveSC004221 Public limited company

Incorporated: 15 April 1899 (127 years)
Industry: Activities of head offices (70100)
Directors: David Burns Stirling
Diane Laura Whyte
Aleen Seza Gulvanessian
all 6 directors
Accounts type: Group
Region: Scotland
Address: 3 Park Gardens
Glasgow
G3 7YE

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 June 2027
Last accounts: 31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due: 7 June 2027
Last conf. stmt: 24 May 2026

Charges

Total: 2
Outstanding: 2
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 0

Officers 7 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Stirling, David Burns

Director · Appointed 1 January 2025

Also at Technical Fibre Products Limited, James Cropper Public Limited Company, James Cropper Speciality Papers Limited · more companies

British

Born May 1966 (60)

Whyte, Diane Laura

Director · Appointed 1 October 2022

Also at Trifast PLC · more companies

British

Born March 1959 (67)

Gulvanessian, Aleen Seza

Director · Appointed 1 October 2021

Also at Xitus Insurance Limited, Xitus Insurance Holdings UK Limited, CHLTC Limited · more companies

British

Born May 1958 (68)

Macdonald, James

Secretary · Appointed 1 January 2021

Gray, Ivor

Director · Appointed 19 November 2020

Also at Harrisons Packaging Limited, Corstat Containers Limited, Carnweather Limited · more companies

British

Born July 1969 (57)

Baird, James Walter Forrester

Director · Appointed 8 January 2018

British

Born May 1964 (62)

Atkinson, Peter Duncan

Director · Appointed 6 October 2003

Also at Harrisons Packaging Limited, Corstat Containers Limited, Carnweather Limited · more companies

British

Born October 1956 (70)

Officer history (34 former)

1 January 2025

Appointed Stirling, David Burns as Director

31 December 2023

Resigned Mclellan, Robert as Director

1 October 2022

Appointed Whyte, Diane Laura as Director

1 October 2022

Resigned Paterson, Stuart Randall as Director

1 October 2021

Appointed Gulvanessian, Aleen Seza as Director

30 September 2021

Resigned Dunstan, Andrea Margaret as Director

31 March 2021

Resigned Love, John as Director

1 January 2021

Appointed Macdonald, James as Secretary

1 January 2021

Resigned Gray, Ivor as Secretary

19 November 2020

Appointed Gray, Ivor as Director

15 May 2020

Appointed Gray, Ivor as Secretary

15 May 2020

Resigned Quirk, Derek Linton Howat as Secretary

1 September 2018

Appointed Dunstan, Andrea Margaret as Director

31 August 2018

Resigned Arrowsmith, Michael Richard as Director

8 January 2018

Appointed Baird, James Walter Forrester as Director

29 September 2017

Resigned Bissett, Graeme as Director

1 March 2016

Appointed Quirk, Derek Linton Howat as Secretary

1 March 2016

Resigned Love, John as Secretary

8 May 2015

Appointed Love, John as Secretary

8 May 2015

Resigned Cotton, Andrew as Secretary

7 May 2013

Resigned Mellor, Kevin Donald as Director

5 March 2013

Appointed Mclellan, Robert as Director

1 January 2013

Appointed Paterson, Stuart Randall as Director

26 September 2012

Appointed Arrowsmith, Michael Richard as Director

8 May 2012

Resigned Hunter, Archibald Sinclair as Director

24 March 2009

Resigned Casey, Graham Hendry as Director

10 May 2005

Resigned Stenhouse, Richard Guy Thomas as Director

11 May 2004

Resigned Clark, Michael as Director

11 May 2004

Appointed Bissett, Graeme as Director

11 May 2004

Appointed Mellor, Kevin Donald as Director

31 October 2003

Resigned Ward, John Macqueen, Sir as Director

6 October 2003

Appointed Atkinson, Peter Duncan as Director

1 September 2003

Resigned Speirs, Robert as Director

1 September 2003

Appointed Clark, Michael as Director

7 May 2003

Resigned Duffin, Iain Donaldson as Director

19 September 2001

Resigned Clark, Michael as Director

2 August 2001

Appointed Cotton, Andrew as Secretary

2 August 2001

Resigned Love, John as Secretary

1 June 2001

Appointed Casey, Graham Hendry as Director

30 December 1999

Resigned Macfarlane, Hamish Somerville, The Honourable as Director

9 August 1999

Resigned Lane, Gordon Stuart as Director

12 July 1999

Appointed Love, John as Director

12 July 1999

Resigned Reekie, Andrew as Director

30 June 1999

Resigned Mackie, William Paterson as Director

14 June 1999

Appointed Duffin, Iain Donaldson as Director

18 May 1999

Resigned Macfarlane Of Bearsden, Lord as Director

31 December 1998

Resigned Lane, John Godfrey as Director

1 October 1998

Appointed Hunter, Archibald Sinclair as Director

1 October 1998

Appointed Speirs, Robert as Director

26 May 1998

Appointed Stenhouse, Richard Guy Thomas as Director

31 March 1998

Resigned Martin, Robert Iver Bruce as Director

26 January 1998

Resigned Barclay, Rupert George Maxwell Lothian as Director

1 January 1998

Appointed Clark, Michael as Director

28 May 1996

Resigned Ritchie, Archibald as Secretary

28 May 1996

Appointed Love, John as Secretary

1 January 1996

Appointed Ward, John Macqueen, Sir as Director

31 December 1995

Resigned Cruickshank, Charles Burns as Director

23 May 1995

Appointed Barclay, Rupert George Maxwell Lothian as Director

23 May 1995

Resigned Barclay, Norman Veitch Lothian as Director

23 March 1995

Appointed Macfarlane, Hamish Somerville, The Honourable as Director

22 March 1994

Resigned Frame, Moira Howatson as Secretary

22 March 1994

Appointed Ritchie, Archibald as Secretary

29 May 1991

Resigned Dickson, Robert as Director

26 October 1990

Resigned Mcnaught, William Garth as Director

1 July 1990

Appointed Martin, Robert Iver Bruce as Director

Holdings 1

Companies where Macfarlane Group PLC is registered as a person with significant control

Networkpack Limited

Owns 75–100% of shares

Active

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	PDF
29 October 2026	Cancellation of shares by a PLC
28 October 2026	Cancellation of shares by a PLC
28 October 2026	Cancellation of shares by a PLC
18 September 2026	Purchase of own shares	—
18 September 2026	Purchase of own shares	—