ABRDN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£94M
+54.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£184M
+37.5% vs 2023
Employees
399
-22.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£16M
+66.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £275,852,000 | £279,217,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£50,419,000 | -£19,860,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£47,347,000 | -£15,941,000 | |
| Net profit | -£37,242,000 | -£12,770,000 | |
| Cash | £60,808,000 | £94,220,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £138,109,000 | £186,427,000 | |
| Net assets | £134,087,000 | £184,362,000 | |
| Equity | £134,087,000 | £184,362,000 | |
| Average employees | 514 | 399 | |
| Wages | £55,588,000 | £45,654,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £315,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.2%
£275,852,000 £279,217,000
-
Cash
+54.9%
£60,808,000 £94,220,000
-
Net assets
+37.5%
£134,087,000 £184,362,000
-
Employees
-22.4%
514 399
-
Operating profit
+60.6%
-£50,419,000 -£19,860,000
-
Profit before tax
+66.3%
-£47,347,000 -£15,941,000
-
Wages
-17.9%
£55,588,000 £45,654,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -18.3% | -7.1% | |
| Net margin | -13.5% | -4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -36.5% | -10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.5% | 27.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.02x | 3.11x | |
| Interest cover | -1800.68x | -902.73x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ABRDN INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2022-11-25 → present
- ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGERS LIMITED 1997-07-21 → 2022-11-25
- ABTRUST FUND MANAGERS LIMITED 1991-03-22 → 1997-07-21
- ABERDEEN FUND MANAGERS LIMITED 1987-12-23 → 1991-03-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board's assessment of going concern is underpinned in Company forecasts that model market shocks to ensure the Company could continue to satisfy ongoing operating, liquidity and regulatory capital requirements. During 2024, the Company received a capital injection of £63m and in February 2025, an additional capital injection of £13m was received, to help satisfy ongoing regulatory capital and liquidity requirements. The Directors are satisfied that the Company will maintain sufficient resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ABRDN INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Griffin Nominees Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 1 February 2024, the Company transferred mandates to another Aberdeen Group company, later sold to Patria Investments on 26 April 2024 for a cash consideration of £6,386k.”
- “On 27 March 2024, the Company issued 630m ordinary shares at a nominal value of £0.10 per share to its parent company abrdn Holdings Limited (aHL) for a total consideration of £63m.”
- “On 20 February 2025, the Company issued 130,000,000 Ordinary shares at a nominal value of £0.10 per share for a total consideration of £13m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 95 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-03-31 | — | — |
| BRANNER, Peter | Director | 2023-10-26 | Apr 1964 | Danish |
| MEYER, Xavier Bernard Maurice | Director | 2023-06-06 | Apr 1976 | French |
| RAWLINSON, Mandy Louise | Director | 2025-08-27 | Apr 1985 | British |
| WERTZ, Parker | Director | 2026-04-27 | Jun 1978 | American |
Show 95 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC | Corporate Secretary | — | 2020-03-31 |
| ADAMS, Julian Fergus | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| AGGETT, Paul Bernard | Director | 2001-10-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| AJMERA, Radhika | Director | 1992-07-20 | 2001-11-30 |
| ATHERTON, Simon Timothy Mark | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| ATKINSON, Paul | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| BEATTIE, Robert | Director | 2001-05-02 | 2001-11-30 |
| BOWLEY, Lisa Anne | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2019-03-19 |
| BRIGGS, David Muir | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| BRUNNER, Andrew Robert Clive | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2001-09-07 |
| BURCHILL, David Jeremy Michael | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| BURNS, Geoffrey Douglas John Charles | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| CAMPLING, Neil | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2001-11-30 |
| CHAPLIN, Russell Andrew, Dr | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| CLARK, Guy Wyndham Nial Hamilton | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| CLUNIE, James Bruce | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| COCKBURN, Stephen John | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| COCKS, Jonathan Henry | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| CONNON, Douglas Lewis, Lt Colonel | Director | 2001-05-02 | 2001-11-30 |
| COOMBES, Nicholas Patrick | Director | 1995-05-10 | 2001-11-30 |
| COUPE, Ernest Peter | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| CROMBIE, Robert Edward Bradshaw | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2018-01-30 |
| CROSBY, Colin Alexander Bell | Director | — | 2004-01-26 |
| CUMMING, Neil Scott | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| CURRIE, Angus Piers Carlton | Director | 1995-09-01 | 2003-01-27 |
| DANIELS, Augustine Mark | Director | 1991-05-22 | 2001-11-30 |
| DAVIDSON, Roderick Neil George | Director | 2002-04-24 | 2005-10-04 |
| DAVIDSON, Roderick Neil George | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| DELLA-PORTA, Rupert James | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| DEMETRIOU, Christopher Thomas | Director | 2021-09-13 | 2023-06-01 |
| DICKIN, Anthony John | Director | 2001-05-02 | 2001-11-30 |
| DIGGINES, Jonathan Brett | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2005-01-31 |
| DOCHERTY, Stephen Christopher Alexander | Director | 2017-06-06 | 2019-07-29 |
| DONALDSON, Allison | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2020-10-06 |
| ELDER, Andrew | Director | 1998-10-22 | 2001-11-30 |
| FABRICIUS, Richard Ditley | Director | 1994-11-25 | 1998-06-01 |
| FAZAKERLEY, Edmund | Director | 2001-05-02 | 2001-11-30 |
| FERNANDEZ, Piedad | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1993-08-04 |
| FISHWICK, Christopher David | Director | 1991-08-28 | 2002-10-14 |
| FLEMING, Campbell David | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2020-10-05 |
| FOLLAND, Stephen James | Director | 1999-03-19 | 2001-11-30 |
| FORBES, Atholl Gordon | Director | 1992-05-28 | 2001-11-30 |
| FORD, Eric Kenelm | Director | 1991-05-13 | 1993-03-31 |
| FOWLER, Adrian Nigel Francis | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| FRY, Kenneth | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| GARDINER, Jock Alistair | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| GARRETT-COX, Katherine Lucy | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2003-10-24 |
| GERRARD, Stephanie Claire | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| GILBERT, Martin James | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2014-06-26 |
| GILBERT, Martin James | Director | — | 2004-01-26 |
| GILCHRIST, Clive Mace | Director | 1991-05-13 | 1991-12-31 |
| GOOD, Graham | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| GREENHAUGH, William Thomas | Director | 1996-05-15 | 2001-11-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Paul Thomas | Director | 2009-07-24 | 2013-03-27 |
| HADDOW, Alastair Murray | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| HARDIMAN, Mark | Director | 2023-10-31 | 2024-02-27 |
| HARDIMAN, Mark | Director | 2022-12-30 | 2022-12-30 |
| HEMMINGS, William John | Director | 1992-10-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| HENDRY, Beverly | Director | 1993-08-10 | 1998-06-01 |
| HILL, David John | Director | 2006-07-24 | 2009-06-30 |
| HILLS, Richard John | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| HOCTOR-DUNCAN, Alexander Charles | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2021-05-28 |
| HODGSON, Michael John | Director | 1989-11-07 | 1990-10-31 |
| HOTSON, Grant Thomas | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2022-12-30 |
| ILOTT, Stephen Raymond | Director | 2005-10-24 | 2007-12-31 |
| JEAVONS-FELLOWS, John Henry | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| JENKINS, Ian Simon | Director | 2024-07-03 | 2025-08-07 |
| JOHNSTONE, William Stirling | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-04-07 |
| KARAGIANIS, Michael Peter | Director | 2001-10-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| KEARNEY, Aidan Gerard | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2014-07-11 |
| KINNEY, Martin | Director | 1991-05-22 | 1996-08-22 |
| KIRTON, Simon | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| LAING, Andrew Arthur | Director | — | 2019-03-31 |
| LANE, Peter William | Director | 2001-05-02 | 2001-11-30 |
| LEON, Grant | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| LEWIS, Gawaine | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1998-06-01 |
| LINTHWAITE, Peter John Nicholas | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-09-30 |
| LITTLE, Hugh Wilson Mcintosh | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2009-08-07 |
| LITTLE, Hugh Wilson Mcintosh | Director | 1990-03-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| LOUKES, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2017-07-21 |
| LUDERS, Richard Charles | Director | 1990-06-30 | 1991-12-31 |
| MACDONALD, Craig Allan | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2020-10-06 |
| MACFADYEN, Neil | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-11-30 |
| MACHRAY, Neil Lindsay Nicholson | Director | 2019-07-31 | 2022-02-11 |
| MACLELLAN, Alexander David | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-05-31 |
| MACRAE, Charles Donald | Director | 1995-08-25 | 2001-11-30 |
| MACRAE, Roderick Macleod | Director | 2005-10-24 | 2017-10-31 |
| MALCOLM, Katherine Lyn | Director | 2017-08-17 | 2019-08-14 |
| MARSHALL, Gary Robert | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2021-05-31 |
| MATHERS, Andrew Colin | Director | 1997-11-10 | 2001-11-30 |
| MCCAFFERY, Andrew | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2019-04-12 |
| MCCHESNEY, Norman John | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| MCDERMID, Craig John | Director | 2001-05-02 | 2001-11-30 |
| MCKILLOP, Robert John | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2021-11-05 |
| MCLEAN, Avril Mary | Director | 1995-10-02 | 2001-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrdn Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 578 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.