ABERDEEN EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-08 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£244K
-58.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£184M
+16.4% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11M
-2.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,954,000 | £12,499,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £11,570,000 | £11,312,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,010,000 | £11,242,000 | |
| Cash | £591,000 | £244,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £158,415,000 | £184,334,000 | |
| Equity | £158,415,000 | £184,334,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 85.0% | 89.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.6% | 11.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.14x | 0.11x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board considers that the Company is a long-term investment vehicle, and for the purposes of this statement has determined that a three-year is an appropriate time period over which to consider its viability. The Board considers this to be an appropriate period for an investment trust company with a portfolio of equity investments, and the financial position of the Company. The Directors consider that the company will continue to be viable and to have sufficient capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-09-06 | — | — |
| LITTLE, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2022-08-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| PATEL, Sarika Bijendra | Director | 2019-11-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| RYDER, Alice Anne | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| TIMBERLAKE, Nicholas Richard William | Director | 2023-08-01 | May 1968 | British |
| WHITE, Simon Richard Tore | Director | 2026-03-17 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGWOOD, Paul Arthur | Secretary | 1991-10-08 | 2005-11-25 |
| JONES, Hugh Richard | Secretary | 1991-10-01 | 1991-10-08 |
| POPE, Mark | Secretary | 2000-03-15 | 2005-12-20 |
| ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-25 | 2012-06-29 |
| MAVEN CAPITAL PARTNERS UK LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2012-06-29 | 2019-09-06 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-09-24 | 1991-10-01 |
| BURNS, Richard Ronald James | Director | 2006-05-23 | 2021-02-05 |
| DIXON, Josephine | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2020-01-23 |
| FOX, James George | Director | 1991-10-08 | 2003-05-13 |
| HITCH, Caroline Margaret | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2026-02-17 |
| JONES, Hugh Richard | Director | 1991-10-01 | 1991-10-08 |
| LEIGH PEMBERTON, Jeremy | Director | 1995-06-28 | 2003-12-17 |
| MCCLEAN, Simon | Director | 1991-10-08 | 2005-12-20 |
| MITCHARD, Anthony Keith | Director | 1995-06-28 | 2005-12-20 |
| MORRISON, David John | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2008-07-31 |
| PERCY, Keith Edward | Director | 1991-10-08 | 2016-12-15 |
| PHILPOT, Timothy Stephen Burnett | Director | 1991-10-08 | 1995-06-28 |
| ROWLANDS, Christopher John | Director | 2003-03-19 | 2012-12-18 |
| STEPHENSON, Barbara | Director | 1991-10-08 | 1991-10-08 |
| TIGUE, Jeremy John | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2024-02-20 |
| WAKEHURST, John Christopher, The Rt Hon Lord | Director | 1991-10-08 | 1995-12-13 |
| WHITE, Mark Barry Ewart | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2023-02-02 |
| WOOD, Charles Anthony | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2014-12-17 |
| YU, Benita Ka Po | Director | 1991-10-01 | 1991-10-08 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-09-24 | 1991-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 363 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 13
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-3.5%
£12,954,000 £12,499,000
-
Cash
-58.7%
£591,000 £244,000
-
Net assets
+16.4%
£158,415,000 £184,334,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-2.2%
£11,570,000 £11,312,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers