Limited company
In October 2008, it was announced that the trust was being wound up and its assets transferred to a new limited company named "The Scott Trust Limited" to "strengthen the protection it offers to the Guardian" and because "[l]ike all non-charitable trusts, and unlike limited companies, the Scott Trust has a finite lifespan". The core purpose of the Trust was enshrined in the constitution of the Limited company and "cannot be altered or amended."