# Skills (Scotland) Testing Services Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [SC401763](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC401763)
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 15 Jun 2011
- **Registered office:** LEADER HOUSE, MILL ROAD, EARLSTON, TD4 6DG
- **Nature of business:** [85320](/sic/85320) Technical and vocational secondary education, [85590](/sic/85590) Other education n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [Borders Machinery Ring Limited](/group/31794) (3 companies)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAINER, Peter | director | 15 Jun 2011 | 15 Jun 2011 |
| MCINTOSH, Susan | director | 15 Jun 2011 | 15 Jun 2011 |
| TRAINER, Peter | secretary | 15 Jun 2011 | 15 Jun 2011 |
| RIDDELL, Andrew | director | 29 Jun 2011 | 2 Oct 2012 |
| MUIR, John Thomas | director | 29 Jun 2011 | 17 Feb 2016 |
| ORR, John Robert Walker | director | 29 Jun 2011 | 15 Feb 2017 |
| ARKLEY, Robert Charles | director | 15 Feb 2017 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| LAWRIE, James Thomas, Mr. | director | 17 Feb 2016 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| LESSELS, John Anthony Norman | director | 29 Jan 2013 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| SMART, Jamie Brown | director | 29 Jun 2011 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| ALLISON, Alexander George | director | 29 Jun 2011 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| HUNTER, Duncan Hew | director | 29 Jun 2011 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| DALE, Robert Fraser, Mr. | director | 29 Jun 2011 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| MAXWELL, Frank | secretary | 29 Jun 2011 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| BAYNE, Michael | secretary | 19 Dec 2025 |  |
| LOFTHOUSE, Graham | director | 19 Dec 2025 |  |
| MCCLUSKEY, John | director | 29 Jan 2013 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Frank Maxwell | significant-influence-or-control | 10 May 2017 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Lothian Machinery Ring Ltd | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Borders Machinery Ring Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 19 Dec 2025 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2024 | £21,841 | 1 |
| 31 Jul 2023 | £35,624 | 1 |
| 31 Jul 2022 | £22,618 | 1 |
| 31 Jul 2021 | £10,515 | 2 |
| 31 Jul 2020 | £6,094 | 3 |
| 31 Jul 2019 | £28,368 | - |
| 31 Jul 2018 | £68,921 | - |
| 31 Jul 2017 | £89,282 | - |



## Owned by

Skills (Scotland) Testing Services Limited → [Borders Machinery Ring Limited](/company/SP02303R)




## Directors' other companies

- [LOFTHOUSE, Graham](/person/7004810) - director at [L.M.R. Training Services Ltd](/company/SC186015)
- [MCCLUSKEY, John](/person/7004806) - director at [L.M.R. Training Services Ltd](/company/SC186015)



## Companies at the same address

- [L.M.R. Training Services Ltd](/company/SC186015) (SC186015)
- [Lothian & Borders Training Services Ltd](/company/SC222153) (SC222153)