ABERDEEN ASIA FOCUS PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-1.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£559M
+11.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£91M
+85.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-10-14
- ABERDEEN ASIA FOCUS PLC 2025-10-14 → present
- ABRDN ASIA FOCUS PLC 2022-04-04 → 2025-10-14
- ABERDEEN STANDARD ASIA FOCUS PLC 2018-11-09 → 2022-04-04
- ABERDEEN ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1997-12-15 → 2018-11-09
- ABTRUST ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1995-09-20 → 1997-12-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £49,104,000 | £91,035,000 | |
| Net profit | £37,325,000 | £89,935,000 | |
| Cash | £12,703,000 | £12,512,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £542,457,000 | £594,341,000 | |
| Net assets | £502,260,000 | £558,593,000 | |
| Equity | £502,260,000 | £558,593,000 | |
| 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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.4% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.42x | 0.20x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The going concern basis of accounting has therefore been adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Board has decided to hold another interactive Online Shareholder Presentation which will be held at 11:00 a.m. on 1 December 2025.”
- “With effect from 14 October 2025, the Company has changed its name to "Aberdeen Asia Focus PLC".”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-09-20 | — | — |
| BLACK, Charlotte Mary | Director | 2019-01-16 | Jan 1960 | British |
| CURLING, Davina Cordelia | Director | 2024-03-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
| FINN, Alexander William Galletly Gonzalez | Director | 2022-07-13 | Sep 1961 | British,American |
| MACDONALD, Lucy Henrietta | Director | 2023-12-05 | Apr 1963 | British |
| SHANMUGANATHAN, Krishna | Director | 2020-06-03 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJMERA, Radhika | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2004-09-16 |
| CAYZER, Nigel Kenneth, Mr. | Director | 1995-09-28 | 2022-11-30 |
| COOPER, Lindsay William Ernest | Director | 2022-06-15 | 2026-04-12 |
| ELSTOB, Eric Carl | Director | 1995-09-28 | 2003-10-28 |
| FUKUDA OBE, Haruko | Director | 2003-01-30 | 2020-03-31 |
| GILBERT, Martin James | Director | 1995-09-20 | 2020-11-27 |
| GUTHRIE, Debbie Jane | Director | 2019-01-16 | 2022-04-14 |
| HADSLEY-CHAPLIN, Mark Robert | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-11-29 |
| HAMES, Peter John | Director | 1998-09-28 | 2004-09-16 |
| KEMP, Alan Scott | Director | 1996-05-16 | 2013-12-03 |
| MAUDE, Christopher Simon | Director | 2007-05-16 | 2019-03-31 |
| MCDONNELL, Randal Alexander St John, Earl Of Antrim | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2023-12-05 |
| SAUNDERS, Iain Ogilvy Swain | Director | 2004-09-16 | 2006-10-10 |
| WEE, Sin Tho | Director | 1995-09-28 | 2000-01-31 |
| YEA, Philip Edward | Director | 2014-01-23 | 2020-12-01 |
| YOUNG, Hugh | Director | 1995-09-20 | 2020-11-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 654 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-13 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-1.5%
£12,703,000 £12,512,000
-
Net assets
+11.2%
£502,260,000 £558,593,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+85.4%
£49,104,000 £91,035,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers