Chapter
Institutions
413 live entities on this register. NPBD directory as at 17 August 2026. Owned and controlled companies are carded on Owned. Inclusion is not an allegation. Directory funding is an envelope, not outturn. Council ALEOs live on My street and that seed is PARTIAL.
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- Core Scottish GovernmentDirectorates and ministerial portfolios.75
- Owned and controlledMinister-owned companies and NPBD public corporations. Not the NDPB sample.18 · open
- National public bodiesAgencies, NDPBs, commissioners, tribunals. Directory envelopes are not outturn.86
- NHS and careTerritorial and special boards, IJBs. Baseline funding is an envelope.52
- Justice and emergencySPA, Police Scotland, SFRS, SPS, COPFS, courts.12
- 32 councilsLocal authority corporate bodies. Desks live on My street.32 · My street
- CollegesFunded, not owned — unless the accounts say otherwise.26
- Investment and grant machinesSNIB, SE, HIE, SFC. Portfolio companies are payees, not SG entities.4
- Council ALEOsLocal family companies. Cards live on My street, not this national census.108 · My street
32 councils
Not a complete census. ALEOs are not listed here.
- local authorityAberdeen City CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityAberdeenshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityAngus CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityArgyll and Bute CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityClackmannanshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityDumfries and Galloway CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityDundee City CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityEast Ayrshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityEast Dunbartonshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityEast Lothian CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityEast Renfrewshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityCity of Edinburgh CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityComhairle nan Eilean SiarLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityFalkirk CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityFife CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityGlasgow City CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityHighland CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityInverclyde CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityMidlothian CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityMoray CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityNorth Ayrshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityNorth Lanarkshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityOrkney Islands CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityPerth and Kinross CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityRenfrewshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityScottish Borders CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityShetland Islands CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authoritySouth Ayrshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authoritySouth Lanarkshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityStirling CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityWest Dunbartonshire CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
- local authorityWest Lothian CouncilLocal government / Scottish Ministers (local government framework)
Missing is not zero. Do not mix pots. Method.