Records of Independent Investment Co Ltd, investment trust, Edinburgh, Scotland

Scope and Content

  • Register of transfers 1924-1928
  • Register of members and share ledger 1924-1927
  • Cash book 1933-1946
  • Dividend books 1933-1958
  • Cheques register 1936-1961
  • Share registers 1928-1959
  • Ledger 1962-1969

Administrative / Biographical History

Independent Investment Co Ltd was incorporated as a limited liability company in 1924  in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company invested its member's money in stocks, shares and debentures and acted as an investment trust. The company came under the management of Ivory & Sime Ltd , investment trust managers, Edinburgh with who they shared registered offices in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Independent Investment Co Ltd appears to have been trading until at least 1969  .

Arrangement

The material has been arranged into series as shown in the scope and content. Within series, items are generally arranged chronologically.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Permanent loan : via BACS : June 1986 :ACCN 0084

Other Finding Aids

The catalogue of Independent Investment Company Ltd's records exists as part of the UGD 228 finding aid which also includes catalogues of companies owned by Ivory & Sime Ltd or in which they had an interest. A digital file level list is available searchroom.

Manual file list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1577, replaced by NRA(S)2764) and London (NRA21280)

Alternative Form Available

No known copies

Conditions Governing Use

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

Appraisal Information

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures

Custodial History

Held by Ivory & Sime Ltd, investment trust managers, Edinburgh

Accruals

None expected

Related Material

Ivory & Sime Ltd owned or held interests in a number of investment trust companies whose records exists as follows:

GB 248 UGD 228/1 Records of Ivory & Sime Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/2 Records of British Assets Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/3 Records of Second British Assets Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/5 Records of Investors' Capital Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/6 Records of Second Investors' Mortgage Security Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/7 Records of Scottish Realisation Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/9 Records of Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/10 Records of the Pleasance Trust

GB 248 UGD 228/11 Records of Atlantic Assets Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/12 Records of Clydesdale Investment Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/13 Records of Third Scottish Western Investment Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/14 Records of Second Caledonian Trust Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/15 Records of Third Caledonian Trust Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/1-2 Records of Edinburgh Trust & Agency Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/3 Records of Electrical Securities Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/4 Records of Canning Downs Estate Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/5 Records of Caledonian Assets Trust Ltd

See source list on Banking and Finance available via Glasgow University Archive Services home page at http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk

Material in other repositories: no material associated by provenance

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Additional Information

This material is original

Compiled by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 15 January 2003

No alterations made to date

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