---
title: "MACDONALD HOTELS INVESTMENTS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c901a2e-816f-5156-af5b-be560b5e916d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2c901a2e-816f-5156-af5b-be560b5e916d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC125204
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MACDONALD HOTELS INVESTMENTS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC125204`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c901a2e-816f-5156-af5b-be560b5e916d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2c901a2e-816f-5156-af5b-be560b5e916d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **HSDL NOMINEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/245d29be-afc2-5b1e-b114-76e427422d89
- **MACDONALD HOTELS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/37b563e3-e51c-5b81-920f-f4252209118b
- **HSDL NOMINEES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/245d29be-afc2-5b1e-b114-76e427422d89

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **MACDONALD HOTELS AND RESORTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f36a5180-2bdf-5bfd-9bb1-442be3edaf40
- **MACDONALD HOTELS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7d449e92-28ac-542b-8f29-6dffc926eac2
- **CARDRONA HOTEL, GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0aab45ca-8f57-5124-aa41-910180f01c7f
- **BEGINMAJOR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a173080b-598e-5299-99b2-04a94e7a32bf
- **MACDONALD GOLF LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/91b42f9d-a7a8-5fb3-adc6-0b21789bcdb4
- **PORTAL HOTEL GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/41c9b010-24fa-5738-816c-0f54dca69179
- **GATEWAY EDINBURGH HOTELS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c08f7d05-3d95-5996-8bf7-6c13cc2a9747
- **AVIEMORE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d19c674-364d-5bbb-9eaa-ae3c0d95975a
- **THAINSTONE HOUSE HOTEL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba01218a-802d-57b3-898a-a0423b92169a
- **MACDONALD RESORTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76603b1f-9b9e-5374-851a-7b7cf8a41786
- **MACDONALD AVIEMORE HIGHLAND RESORT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/117d010e-faaa-5df8-8105-cd8ec72e9d8d
- **MACDONALD HOTELS (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2bf82a9-c4eb-5225-8b1c-067895373c9b

…and **7** more subsidiaries/holdings. Resolve the full list with `get_dossier` on the WhiteIntel MCP (`npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server`) or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **25-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `SC125204`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1990-05-24
- **Registered office:** Whiteside House, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2RX, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 55100

### Officers

- FRASER, Robert Gordon — director · British · appointed 2021-11-12
- GILLIES, Hugh — director · British · appointed 2022-10-20
- GILLIES, Iain — director · British · appointed 2020-12-21
- BUSBY, James George William — secretary · British · appointed 1995-12-28 · resigned 1998-11-30
- FRASER, Robert Gordon — secretary · British · appointed 2001-04-20 · resigned 2009-01-05
- GILLESPIE, Brendan — secretary · British · appointed 1999-07-09 · resigned 2001-04-20
- PALMER, Alan Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1998-11-30 · resigned 1999-07-09
- ROSS, Mark — secretary · British · appointed 2009-01-05 · resigned 2010-04-06
- ORR MACQUEEN WS — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1990-05-24 · resigned 1995-12-28
- BUSBY, James George William — director · British · appointed 1992-05-01 · resigned 2005-03-31
- CARTER, Phil — director · British · appointed 2022-01-07 · resigned 2022-12-05
- CHRISTIE, Scott Sommervaille — director · British · appointed 2000-01-04 · resigned 2005-07-21
- CRAWFORD, Guy Lindsay Macintyre — director · British · appointed 2001-05-25 · resigned 2002-03-08
- DEMPSEY, Patrick Joseph Anthony — director · British · appointed 2003-08-25 · resigned 2004-06-18
- FALLS, Aaron Peter — director · British · appointed 2021-05-19 · resigned 2022-01-07
- FRASER, Robert Gordon — director · British · appointed 2006-02-17 · resigned 2021-05-19
- GILLIES, Iain — director · British · appointed 2020-06-19 · resigned 2020-12-07
- GUILE, David Andrew — director · British · appointed 2006-10-16 · resigned 2015-01-31
- HEMMINGS, Trevor James — director · British · appointed 1995-11-07 · resigned 1999-08-10
- KEARNEY, Douglas Richard — director · British · appointed 1993-09-13 · resigned 1995-11-07

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Macdonald Hotels Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/37b563e3-e51c-5b81-920f-f4252209118b) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-05-05
- [Hsdl Nominees Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/245d29be-afc2-5b1e-b114-76e427422d89) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-05-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC125204
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC125204

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **MACDONALD HOTELS INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c901a2e-816f-5156-af5b-be560b5e916d · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MACDONALD HOTELS INVESTMENTS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c901a2e-816f-5156-af5b-be560b5e916d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2c901a2e-816f-5156-af5b-be560b5e916d._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._