Governance
Consolidated Accounts 2019-2020
Our most recent consolidated accounts can be downloaded as a
PDF: consolidated accounts 2019-2020.
Publishing Scotland's Articles of Association
Adopted by Special Resolution dated 9 December 2015
Publishing Scotland was incorporated in 2007. Its Articles of Association (PDF) were amended in
2015.
Annual Report 2019-2020
Our most recent annual report can be downloaded as a
PDF: annual report 2019-20
Publishing Scotland's Board
In November 2020 John MacPherson of Bright Red Publishing joined
as a co-opted board member for two years and Chani McBain of Floris
Books will serve her second term of three years as publisher
representative. The Publishing Scotland Board has up to 12
members: five directors drawn from the publisher membership; two
from the network membership; and up to four co-opted members plus
the Chief Executive. The Board meets approximately four times a
year.
According to our revised Memorandum and Articles of Association,
any directors who have served for a period of three years shall
retire from office at the AGM but shall then be eligible for
re-election for a further three years.
There is provision to co-opt up to four Board members from
outside the publishing sector.
The current Board (as from November 2020)
- Kate Gibb, Canongate Books (PUBLISHER):
Chair
- Fiona McParland, APS (NETWORK)\:
Treasurer
- Davinder Bedi, BookSource (CO-OPTED)
- Simon Brown, Anderson Strathern
(CO-OPTED)
- John MacPherson, Bright Red Publishing
(CO-OPTED)
- Chani McBain, Floris Books (PUBLISHER)
- Ann Crawford, National Galleries of Scotland
Publishing (PUBLISHER)
- Laura Jones, 404 Ink (PUBLISHER)
- Samuel McDowell, Charco Press (PUBLISHER)
- Miriam Rune, Miriam Rune
PR (NETWORK)
- Marion Sinclair, Chief Executive, Publishing
Scotland
There are also two committees: Trade and
Marketing and Training
The members of the Trade and Marketing
Committee are:
- Fiona Brownlee, Brownlee Donald
Associates
- Naomi Farmer, Edinburgh University
Press
- Suzanne Kennedy, Floris Books
- Kirstin Lamb, Barrington Stoke
- Jethro Lennox, HarperCollins
- Nadine Luchsinger, Canongate Books
- Ceris Jones, Sandstone Press
- Gavin MacDougall, Luath Press
- Marion Sinclair, Chief Executive, Publishing
Scotland
- Vikki Reilly, Marketing and Events Manager,
Publishing Scotland
The members of the Training Committee are:
- Ann Crawford, National Galleries of
Scotland
- Leah McDowell, Floris Books
- Susan Pacitti, Glasgow Museums
Publishing
- Christine Wilson, Historic Environment
Scotland
- Marion Sinclair, Chief Executive, Publishing
Scotland
- Joan Lyle, Training and Information Manager,
Publishing Scotland
Constitution
Publishing Scotland is a registered charity (SC009404), governed
by a main Board of Trustees with responsibility for overall policy
setting and financial matters. We are also a company limited by
guarantee (SC317586).
Funding
Publishing Scotland acknowledges the generous support from Creative
Scotland, and is also funded partly by annual subscriptions
from the membership, and by earned income from activities and
revenue from the trading subsidiary, BookSource.