US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has been named as a person with significant control over the company that controls a golf resort in Aberdeenshire.
The filing for Trump International Golf Club Scotland Limited, submitted to Companies House, now lists Trump as having the “right to exercise, or actually exercises, significant influence or control over the activities of a trust”.
Previously, Donald Jr was listed as the only person with significant control of the company that runs Trump International Golf Links Aberdeen, but now father and son are both listed.
Specifically, the Donald J Trump Revocable Trust, which ultimately owns Trump International Golf Club Ltd, the company which runs the resort near Balmedie, has the US President listed as a person with significant control.
Donald Jr and Eric Trump are the only directors of the trust and are formally in control of day-to-day management.
It’s a move that appears to suggest the US president is continuing to tighten his grip over his business empire – despite his previous attempts to distance himself from it.
The trust structure has long been at the centre of Trump’s business dealings.
Under UK corporate transparency rules, companies must disclose who truly controls them.
When asked by the Press and Journal if Trump being named a person with significant control changes the day-to-day operations at Trump International Golf Club Scotland, a spokesperson for the firm played down the filing.
A spokesperson said: “This was a simple administrative update. The structure of the business has not changed.”
Trump was previously listed as a person in significant control at the company that owns the Balmedie golf resort several years ago.
However, he stepped down as a director of the company on January 19, 2017, just a day before he was inaugurated for his first stint of the President of the United States.
In 2017, when Trump first took office at the White House, he held a press conference to announce he would “isolate” himself from the Trump Organisation to avoid conflicts of interest during his tenure as US president.
Adding that the “complete and total” control would be passed on to his sons Eric and Donald Jr via the newly established Donald J Trump Revocable Trust.
His lawyer at the time, Sheri Dillon, insisted Trump would have “no involvement whatsoever” in the running of the business.
