ABRDN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED
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Cash
£4M
-38.8% vs 2024
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£134K
-96.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,076,000 | £15,170,000 | £14,962,000 | -1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £434,000 | £440,000 | £26,000 | -94.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £584,000 | £3,905,000 | £134,000 | -96.6% | |
| Net profit | £446,000 | £3,747,000 | £93,000 | -97.5% | |
| Cash | £3,001,000 | £6,495,000 | £3,973,000 | -38.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £6,377,000 | £10,124,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 2.9% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 24.7% | 0.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.35x | — | |
| Interest cover | 10.33x | 36.67x | 4.33x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- ABRDN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED 2022-11-25 → present
- ABERDEEN STANDARD ALTERNATIVE FUNDS LIMITED 2020-09-30 → 2022-11-25
- STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS (CORPORATE FUNDS) LIMITED 1998-10-12 → 2020-09-30
- STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED 1988-09-05 → 1998-10-12
- DUNWILCO (117) LIMITED 1988-06-07 → 1988-09-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “In 2025, improvements to the framework included: Creation of a consolidated Aberdeen Group wide ERMF document, integrating all key risk processes and tools into one place of reference. Implementing the Aberdeen Group's risk appetite monitoring process.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-09-24 | — | — |
| BREEN, Anne Kathryn | Director | 2022-06-10 | Sep 1972 | British |
| MACKAY, Greg Neil | Director | 2025-04-07 | Feb 1975 | British |
| SHANKS, Adam George | Director | 2021-05-31 | Apr 1984 | British |
| SMART, Emily Jane | Director | 2021-11-05 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, David John | Secretary | 2010-08-01 | 2016-05-13 |
| FOTHERINGHAM, David Drysdale | Secretary | 1993-11-15 | 1996-03-01 |
| GRAY, Archibald James Angus Macuish | Secretary | — | 1993-11-14 |
| KIDD, Holly Sylvia | Secretary | 2016-05-13 | 2021-03-02 |
| O'BRIEN, Vincent Joseph | Secretary | 2003-10-16 | 2010-08-01 |
| SOMERVILLE, Peter Walter | Secretary | 1996-03-01 | 1999-10-15 |
| STUBBS, Peter Anthony | Secretary | 1999-10-15 | 2003-10-15 |
| ACHESON, Alan Stephen | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2019-12-09 |
| AIREY, Lawrence, Sir | Director | — | 1994-03-22 |
| ALONZI, Paolo | Director | 2021-03-02 | 2022-01-09 |
| BELL, Alexander Scott | Director | — | 1999-10-15 |
| BURTON, Alan Christopher | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2003-11-15 |
| CAMPBELL, Stephen | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2019-06-20 |
| CONNOLLY, Mark | Director | 2005-10-21 | 2009-03-15 |
| CROMBIE, Alexander Maxwell, Sir | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2004-01-28 |
| CUMMING, David Thorburn | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2016-10-28 |
| DONALDSON, Allison | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2021-05-31 |
| FRICKE, Barry Colin | Director | 2021-03-02 | 2021-12-31 |
| KWIATKOWSKI, Martin Alan, Mr. | Director | 2016-11-09 | 2025-04-07 |
| LESSELS, Norman | Director | — | 1998-04-28 |
| LITTLEBOY, William Regnar | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2016-10-28 |
| LUMSDEN, Iain Cobden | Director | 1998-05-26 | 1999-10-15 |
| MACHRAY, Neil Lindsay Nicholson | Director | 2021-09-21 | 2023-09-30 |
| MARSHALL, Gary Robert | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2021-05-31 |
| MCINTYRE, Simon Lawrence Andrew | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2019-12-09 |
| MCKILLOP, Robert John | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2021-11-05 |
| MITCHELL, Aron William | Director | 2020-05-15 | 2021-09-08 |
| PARNABY, Nathan Richard | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2003-10-31 |
| ROSE, Eric Paul | Director | 2016-11-15 | 2019-03-12 |
| SKEOCH, Norman Keith, Sir | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2016-01-06 |
| STRETTON, James | Director | — | 1999-10-15 |
| THOMAS, Denise Elisabeth | Director | 2016-07-11 | 2019-12-09 |
| TROTT, John Francis Henry | Director | 1994-03-22 | 1998-04-28 |
| WALKLIN, Colin Richard | Director | 2010-11-15 | 2016-10-28 |
| WATSON, James Steven | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2019-04-26 |
| WATT, Alexander Peter | Director | 1999-10-15 | 2010-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrdn Investment Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-25 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.