ABERDEEN GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST
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Cash
£6.9m
+389.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£107m
+9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
6
+20% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£282,140 | -£1,168,352 | -314.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £3,877,384 | £4,380,352 | £8,791,845 | +100.7% | |
| Cash | £1,215,023 | £1,418,220 | £6,936,536 | +389.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £98,354,786 | £108,642,261 | +10.5% | |
| Net assets | £93,748,838 | £98,129,190 | £106,921,035 | +9% | |
| Equity | £93,748,838 | £98,129,190 | £106,921,035 | +9% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 5 | 6 | +20% | |
| Wages | £339,180 | £391,621 | £324,269 | -17.2% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.3% | -1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 1.0% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.94x | 2.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.07x | -6.90x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-21
- ABERDEEN GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST 2025-07-21 → present
- ABRDN FINANCIAL FAIRNESS TRUST 2021-11-26 → 2025-07-21
- STANDARD LIFE FOUNDATION 2016-05-17 → 2021-11-26
- STANDARD LIFE CHARITABLE TRUST 2009-05-15 → 2016-05-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the charitable 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
- “As part of this transition, we changed our name from abrdn Financial Fairness Trust to Aberdeen Group Charitable Trust and incorporated the Aberdeen Group Charitable Foundation, bringing all of Aberdeen Group's registered charities under a single structure.”
- “Following the transfer of activities of the Aberdeen Group Charitable Foundation into the Trust, a number of grant commitments were novated to the Trust on 1 December 2025, with the consent of partner organisations.”
- “The Pensions Review (with the Institute for Fiscal Studies) concluded in July 2025, setting out a comprehensive case for reform of the UK pensions system and informing public and policy debate.”
- “The Social Tariffs initiative produced evidence on affordability of essential services and practical solutions to improve access for low-income households.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-06-26 | — | — |
| FISHWICK, Keenan David Kirwan | Director | 2025-06-26 | Sep 1993 | British |
| GORMAN, Dave | Director | 2026-01-07 | Apr 1969 | British |
| GROVE, Hannah Melissa Wood | Director | 2025-06-26 | Dec 1963 | American,British |
| MCGILL, Gillian Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2025-06-26 | Nov 1978 | British |
| NICHOLS, Rebecca Suzanne | Director | 2025-06-26 | Nov 1982 | British |
| WEBSTER, Kristina | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jul 1980 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAQ, Mubin Ul | Secretary | 2018-06-05 | 2025-06-26 |
| HORSBURGH, Frances Margaret | Secretary | 2014-12-22 | 2017-07-03 |
| LISTER, Clare Margaret | Secretary | 2017-07-03 | 2018-03-29 |
| NIVEN, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2009-05-20 | 2010-01-19 |
| RUST, Gillian Catherine | Secretary | 2009-05-20 | 2014-12-22 |
| BURNESS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2009-05-15 | 2009-05-20 |
| BELL, Kate | Director | 2022-08-24 | 2025-06-26 |
| CAMPBELL, Marcia Dominic | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2009-11-27 |
| CLARK, Colin Martin | Director | 2016-04-25 | 2017-08-14 |
| CONWAY, Michael John | Director | 2009-12-21 | 2010-06-30 |
| CROMBIE, Alexander Maxwell, Sir | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2009-12-31 |
| DARLING, Alistair Maclean, Nr | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2023-11-08 |
| DAUNT, James Achilles | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2025-06-26 |
| EISENSTADT, Naomi Helen | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2025-06-26 |
| GILLIES, Crawford Scott | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2016-05-17 |
| GRIMSTONE, Gerald Edgar, Lord | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2017-12-31 |
| HALL, David John | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2025-06-26 |
| HELLER, Lucy Lauris | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-11-08 |
| HUGH, Ella Louise | Director | 2021-10-07 | 2023-05-12 |
| INNESS, Stuart William | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2016-04-25 |
| KEMPSON, Helen Elaine, Professor | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| LAWSON, Peter Alexander | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2009-05-20 |
| LORETTO, Wendy Anne, Dr | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2025-06-26 |
| MARRA, Jenny | Director | 2022-08-24 | 2025-06-26 |
| MARSHALL-ROBERTS, Andrew | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2010-01-22 |
| MCDONAGH, Margaret Josephine, Baroness | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2012-05-25 |
| MCEWAN, Graeme Rutherford | Director | 2010-02-16 | 2025-06-26 |
| MOODY, Sarah | Director | 2023-10-23 | 2025-01-09 |
| NISH, David Thomas | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-08-05 |
| NORGROVE, David Ronald, Sir | Director | 2023-11-08 | 2025-06-26 |
| PEACOCK, Lynne Margaret | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| SKEOCH, Norman Keith, Sir | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2023-06-21 |
| STIRLING, Euan Andrew | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2025-06-26 |
| UPTON, Matthew | Director | 2022-08-24 | 2025-06-26 |
| BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-05-15 | 2009-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Group Plc | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-01 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-12-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-07-21 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2025-07-21 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2025-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-01 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-12-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-07-21 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2025-07-21 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-08 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.