IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-052
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: G.T.S. SYNDICATE LIMITED
Date(s): 1920-1992
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 9 production units comprising 1 volume, 1 binder, 1 bundle and 6 envelopes.
Name of creator(s): G.T.S. Syndicate Ltd | investment company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
G.T.S. Syndicate Limited was registered in 1920 as an investment company trading in securities. From 1924 the entire share capital was held by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112), and later split between Harrisons and Crosfield Limited and Rubber Plantations Investment Trust. G.T.S. Syndicate acquired Rubber Securities Limited (CLC/B/112-135) which became a wholly owned subsidiary company in 1953.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of G.T.S. Syndicate Limited, investment company, including articles of association; minute books; financial accounts; annual reports; circulars to shareholders and correspondence.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Restricted access: please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.