ABRDN LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£24m
+18.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5m
+554.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross written premiums | £53,488,000 | £59,642,000 | £283,099,000 | +374.7% | |
| Net earned premiums | — | — | — | — | |
| Claims incurred | £207,379,000 | -£136,321,000 | -£685,194,000 | -402.6% | |
| Investment return | £64,065,000 | £56,776,000 | £217,228,000 | +282.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £639,000 | £759,000 | £4,967,000 | +554.4% | |
| Net profit | £489,000 | — | — | — | |
| Insurance contract liabilities | £683,578,000 | £664,694,000 | £3,305,060,000 | +397.2% | |
| Total assets | £700,973,000 | £688,107,000 | £3,349,096,000 | +386.7% | |
| Total liabilities | £686,342,000 | £667,907,000 | £3,325,171,000 | +397.8% | |
| Equity | £14,631,000 | £20,200,000 | £23,925,000 | +18.4% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 97.1% | 99.3% |
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 5 times since incorporation
- ABRDN LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED 2021-12-13 → present
- ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED 2019-08-07 → 2021-12-13
- ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED 2005-12-15 → 2019-08-07
- DEUTSCHE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIFE & PENSIONS LIMITED 1999-10-04 → 2005-12-15
- MORGAN GRENFELL LIFE & PENSIONS LIMITED 1998-05-18 → 1999-10-04
- DEUTSCHE MORGAN GRENFELL LIFE & PENSIONS LIMITED 1998-03-06 → 1998-05-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has made a profit for the financial year and has sufficient financial resources and a strong cash position. The Board is satisfied that the Company has and will maintain sufficient resources to enable it to continue operating for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ABRDN LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED · parent
- abrdn Multi-Sector Credit Fund 64.5%
- abrdn Diversified Growth and Income Fund 26.7%
- Macro Fixed Income Fund 54.1%
- Buyout Ready Credit Nominal Fund 49%
- Buyout Ready Credit Real Fund 100%
- Liability Aware Equity Nominal Profile Fund 100%
- Liability Aware Equity Real Profile Fund 100%
- Liability Aware Nominal Profile Fund 100%
- Liability Aware Real Profile Fund 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-06-17 | — | — |
| CROSBIE, John Kenny | Director | 2025-08-13 | Nov 1979 | British |
| HARE, David John Paterson, Dr | Director | 2017-06-09 | Aug 1961 | British |
| MITCHELL, Aron William | Director | 2016-02-10 | Mar 1972 | British |
| SHANKS, Adam George | Director | 2025-11-04 | Apr 1984 | British |
| VALLERY, David Stephen | Director | 2023-06-02 | Mar 1968 | Scottish |
| VICK, Douglas Forbes | Director | 2023-03-31 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYKE, Adrian Brettell | Secretary | 2001-03-21 | 2005-05-13 |
| HOGWOOD, Paul Arthur | Secretary | 1998-03-06 | 2003-11-12 |
| MCNALTY, Mary Josephine Margaret | Secretary | 2003-11-12 | 2006-03-29 |
| POPE, Mark | Secretary | 2005-05-13 | 2005-09-30 |
| WITHINGTON, Annabel Katherine Goddard | Secretary | 1998-05-18 | 2001-03-21 |
| ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2020-06-17 |
| BARTLETT, Patrick David | Director | 2020-06-15 | 2023-03-31 |
| BENSON, Henry Charles | Director | 1998-10-20 | 1999-10-20 |
| BLAKELEY, Alan George | Director | 2008-01-18 | 2013-09-17 |
| BRETT, John Michael | Director | 2012-10-02 | 2016-01-01 |
| COPLEY, David Alan | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2004-07-19 |
| CUMING, Alastair Nicholas | Director | 2002-07-16 | 2004-12-10 |
| DAVIES, Susanna Frances | Director | 1998-05-18 | 1999-10-25 |
| DUNFORD, Neil Roy | Director | 1998-10-20 | 2002-06-30 |
| GOLDING, Charles Bertram | Director | 1998-09-03 | 2002-04-26 |
| HARGRAVE, David Grant | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2006-03-03 |
| HERD, Emma Catherine | Director | 2022-12-29 | 2025-08-13 |
| HINDLE FISHER, Robin Charles | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2005-09-30 |
| HOUGH, Gerald Valentine | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2002-04-29 |
| JOCELYN, Richard William | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2007-06-21 |
| JONES, Neil Griffith | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2002-07-15 |
| KINGSTON, Thomas David | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2006-03-13 |
| LAWRENCE, Adrian Michael, Dr | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2005-03-02 |
| LITTLE, Christopher Guthrie | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2017-03-13 |
| MACKENZIE, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2022-03-15 | 2022-07-31 |
| MARSHALL, Gary Robert | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2021-05-31 |
| MARSHALL, Gary Robert | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2012-10-02 |
| MORRISON, Alistair Dougal | Director | 1998-03-06 | 2001-12-10 |
| PECK, Simon David | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2003-12-10 |
| RATTRAY, William John | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2008-10-01 |
| RENZ, Michael, Doctor | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2002-01-17 |
| ROTH, Mark | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2003-06-30 |
| SKERRETT, Philip Edward | Director | 2005-12-16 | 2017-06-09 |
| THELEN, Peter | Director | 1998-05-26 | 1998-10-20 |
| THOMPSON, Ian Philip | Director | 2002-10-17 | 2005-09-30 |
| THORESEN, Otto | Director | 2017-03-13 | 2023-03-31 |
| WEBB, John Howard | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2001-07-31 |
| WEBSTER, Helen Margaret | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2019-06-12 |
| WHITE, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2016-02-10 |
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 233 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-24 | MG01 | mortgage | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.