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Company description
THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)”. Incorporated on 15 March 2010; registered for 16 years; registered office reported in INVERGOWRIE, DUNDEE. Its primary declared activity is 72190 · Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 10 trade marks, 4 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
- Company number
- SC374831
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 2 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
15 March 2026Next statement due
29 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Mean bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Women receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 38.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 53.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 69.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 60.0%
Earlier reporting years (9)
- 500 to 9998.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9998.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9998.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9996.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4997.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4998.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9998.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49911.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99912.6% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2019 – 31 March 2020
- Filed
- 25 August 2020
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 7.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 45 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
45 days represents the average arising from Net Monthly terms offered by some suppliers.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Payment normally occurs within 28 days of either receipt of the goods or invoice, whichever is the later, subject to processing constraints and payment runs being prepared twice monthly. Where contractual obligations require payment in less than 28 days this is accommodated.
- Dispute resolution process
We advise the supplier that the invoice is in dispute and the department concerned communicates directly with the supplier to resolve the matter and then confirms with accounts when payment can be made.
Earlier payment reports (3 shown)
- 22.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay37.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay47.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Approved
- 30 May 2025
- Sectors
- Charitable / not-for-profit activities Education and research
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £60 million to £100 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 5 August 2025
Training described
Your whole organisation
Worker engagement and working conditions
Trade unions or worker representative groups
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Main exposure in our c.£10m procurement supply chain
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Don't know
- Mitigation: We minimise risk primarily by ensuring that the vast majority of our procurement activity is under formal contract. These are mainly through either Scottish Government National Framework Agreements or through our participation in collaborative contracts arranged on our behalf by APUC (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) of which the Hutton is an Associate Member.
- Risk: To a limited extent, through the employment of staff (c.535 complement of open-ended and fixed term contracts) and use of agency-provided workers (<10 pa. seasonally, for work on our research farms)
- Area: Within your own operations
- Mitigation: Appropriate documentation and processes are in place for all employees (including those sourced via agency) including a personal contract of employment and bank account details.
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06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
The James Hutton Institute
Registration Z2970726
- Registered from
- 1 March 2012
- Current end date
- 28 February 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
ERANET - SusCrop - BARISTA
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-c4366b33-3978-45cc-9671-0343f20bd0c2
- Supplier named in award
- The James Hutton Institute
- Award value
- £59,861
- Contract period
- 15 April 2019 – 14 April 2022
- Published
- 10 June 2019
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c4366b33-3978-45cc-9671-0343f20bd0c2-2019-06-10T16:49:20+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
GREAT BRITISH BRED
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 31,32,42,44
- Filed / designated
- 10 May 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 May 2023
The James Hutton Institute
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 1,9,16,30,31,32,35,36,41,42,44
- Filed / designated
- 3 April 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 April 2022
JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 1,9,16,30,31,32,35,36,41,42,44
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2022
Figurative mark
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 1,9,16,30,31,32,35,36,41,42,44
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2022
SOILFIT
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 14 July 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 July 2025
MicroResp
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 18 March 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 March 2025
MRS
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2025
SCRI
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 4 August 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 August 2025
MYLNEFIELD
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 4 August 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 August 2025
Figurative mark
Owner The James Hutton Institute · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 4 August 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 August 2025
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 22 October 2019
Mr Derek Cameron LeslieSee 3 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- Scotland
- Notified
- 1 January 2017
- Ceased
- 4 October 2019
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Basic analysis of Soil Samples for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network 2025
Natural England · updated 8 December 2025
- Tender value
- £30,000
- Awards
- 1
OEP027-02 Further assessing the long term halt in the decline of species abundance – test phase
Office for Environmental Protection · updated 15 August 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Advancing the metabarcoding assay validation framework
Natural England · updated 11 July 2025
- Tender value
- £41,666
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
3 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: THE MACAULAY/SCRI INSTITUTE
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.