Foundation
The founders of Prepress Projects Ltd, Helen and David MacDonald, decided that employee ownership was the best way to protect the future of the business they had created. Selling to a third party may have put jobs at risk, and decision-making over services offered and clients served might have been compromised. Employee ownership allowed the company to keep its head office in Perth, and protected local jobs, company values and the long-term interests of employees. All shares in Prepress Projects Ltd have been held by an employee ownership trust since October 2022.
Legal entities
There are two legal entities: an operating business and a corporate trustee.
Prepress Projects Ltd is the operating business and is a private limited company. It is wholly owned by Prepress Projects Trustees Ltd, an employee ownership trust limited by guarantee. Both companies are registered at Companies House, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Registration
Prepress Projects Ltd has company registration number SC209251.
Prepress Projects Trustees Ltd has company registration number SC747056.
Registered office
Prepress Projects Ltd and Prepress Projects Trustees Ltd have the same registered address, namely:
Algo Business Centre
Glenearn Road
Perth PH2 0NJ
United Kingdom
Senior staff – Prepress Projects Ltd
Directors
Lucy Harrier and Sarah Goodfellow
Programmes Manager
Claire Rose
Principal Project Leaders
Alex Bromley, Andrew Davidson, Rhiannon Miller and Gillian Whytock
Senior staff – Prepress Projects Trustees Ltd
Trustee Directors
Lucy Harrier (representing the board of the operating company)
Helen MacDonald (representing the founders of the operating company)
Gillian Whytock (representing the employees of the operating company)