ABERDEEN UK SMALLER COMPANIES GROWTH TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£329M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2025-09-30
Profit before tax
1-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,099,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,795,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,795,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,795,000 | |
| Cash | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £328,629,000 | |
| Net assets | — | |
| Equity | £328,629,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 85.5% | |
| Net margin | 85.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | |
| Interest cover | 13.40x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-11-25
- ABERDEEN UK SMALLER COMPANIES GROWTH TRUST PLC 2025-11-25 → present
- ABRDN UK SMALLER COMPANIES GROWTH TRUST PLC 2021-10-25 → 2025-11-25
- STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC 2007-08-21 → 2021-10-25
- EDINBURGH SMALL COMPANIES TRUST PLC 1994-03-25 → 2007-08-21
- EFM SMALL COMPANIES TRUST PLC 1993-07-09 → 1994-03-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 and with the AIC's Statement of Recommended Practice 'Financial Statements of Investment Trust Companies and Venture Capital Trusts'. The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £'000. They have also been prepared on a going concern basis and on the assumption that approval as an investment trust will continue to be granted.”
Significant events
- “Following shareholder approval at the General Meeting on 21 May 2025, the Company received court approval, by way of a court order dated 15 August 2025, for cancellation of the entire amount standing to the credit of the Share Premium Account. The court order was registered at Companies House on 20 August 2025 at which point cancellation of the entire amount standing to the credit of the Share Premium Account became effective.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-09-06 | — | — |
| AIREY, Elisabeth Patricia | Director | 2019-08-21 | Jan 1959 | British |
| BRADBURY, Ashton Charles | Director | 2018-07-02 | Jun 1966 | British |
| HENDERSON, Alexa Hamilton | Director | 2018-10-08 | Feb 1961 | British |
| MALHOTRA, Manju | Director | 2023-05-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
| RUSSELL, Stephen | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| SCHOLEFIELD, Timothy | Director | 2017-02-20 | Nov 1963 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2007-11-30 | 2012-06-29 |
| DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-07-09 | 1993-07-12 |
| EDINBURGH FUND MANAGERS PLC | Corporate Secretary | 1993-07-12 | 2007-11-30 |
| MAVEN CAPITAL PARTNERS UK LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2012-06-29 | 2019-09-06 |
| BELL, Iain William | Director | 1993-07-12 | 2004-10-21 |
| BRUCE, Roderick Lawrence | Nominee Director | 1993-07-09 | 1993-07-12 |
| DUNN, Neil | Director | 1993-07-12 | 2009-02-04 |
| FERGUSON, Carol Cecilia | Director | 2009-02-04 | 2018-10-25 |
| GOWANS, Alexander John | Director | 1993-07-12 | 2000-04-27 |
| INGALL, Michael Lenox | Director | 1993-07-12 | 2009-02-28 |
| LANGLANDS, Allister Gordon | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| MACDONALD, Angus Donald Mackintosh | Director | 1993-07-12 | 2016-02-16 |
| MINTO, Bruce Watson | Nominee Director | 1993-07-09 | 1993-07-12 |
| RAMSAY, Caroline Frances, Ms | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2023-11-23 |
| RUDDICK, Lynn Christine | Director | 2009-02-04 | 2016-10-27 |
| WOODS, David Ernest | Director | 2002-05-05 | 2017-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 587 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-12-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 17
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.