ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-6.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
12
-14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9M
+9.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,328,000 | £14,278,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,391,000 | £9,175,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,454,000 | £9,238,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,454,000 | £9,241,000 | |
| Cash | £3,956,000 | £3,683,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,124,000 | £2,331,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,124,000 | £2,331,000 | |
| Equity | £2,125,000 | £2,331,000 | |
| Average employees | 14 | 12 | |
| Wages | £1,517,000 | £1,394,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 63.0% | 64.3% | |
| Net margin | 63.4% | 64.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 395.1% | 393.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.5% | 48.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 2.06x | |
| Interest cover | 8391.00x | 9175.00x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Members' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the LLP and the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP · parent
- Aberforth Unit Trust Managers Limited 100%
- Aberforth LGP IA Limited 100%
- Aberforth LGP IB Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Aberforth Partners LLP members monitor investment market developments on an ongoing basis, including the impact and consequences of market risks such as geopolitical events, war/ conflicts, and economic matters such as inflation, and interest rates. The members continue to support client activity, monitor the performance of third-party suppliers, general market impacts on operations and impacts on clients' investments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, Samuel George | Llp Designated Member | 2021-05-01 | Jun 1983 | — |
| HALL, Jeremy George Alexander | Llp Designated Member | 2020-01-14 | Aug 1972 | — |
| MACDONALD, Euan Robin | Llp Designated Member | 2005-10-12 | May 1970 | — |
| SCOTT MONCRIEFF, Robert David | Llp Designated Member | 2024-03-08 | Aug 1991 | — |
| SHAW, Peter Robert | Llp Designated Member | 2017-05-01 | Aug 1974 | — |
| WALLACE, Scott Leslie | Llp Designated Member | 2020-05-01 | Aug 1975 | — |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Andrew Paul | Llp Designated Member | 2005-10-12 | 2015-12-31 |
| EVANS, John Martin | Llp Designated Member | 2005-10-12 | 2011-08-31 |
| MUIR, Keith Francis | Llp Designated Member | 2014-05-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| NEWBERY, Richard Mark Jonathan | Llp Designated Member | 2005-10-12 | 2019-04-30 |
| ROSS, David Thomas Mcleod | Llp Designated Member | 2005-05-21 | 2014-04-30 |
| WAITE, William Alan | Llp Designated Member | 2009-01-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| WARNOCK, David | Llp Designated Member | 2005-10-12 | 2008-12-31 |
| WATT, Christopher Nial | Llp Designated Member | 2017-05-01 | 2024-03-08 |
| WHYTE, Alistair James | Llp Designated Member | 2005-10-12 | 2021-04-30 |
| YOUNG, Gordon Russell | Llp Designated Member | 2005-05-21 | 2007-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-20 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2024-03-11 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-26 | LLAD01 | address | Change registered office address limited liability partnership with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-19 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-19 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-31 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-02 | RP04LLAP01 | officers | Second filing of member appointment with name | |
| 2021-05-19 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2021-05-04 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-19 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-01 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+7.1%
£13,328,000 £14,278,000
-
Cash
-6.9%
£3,956,000 £3,683,000
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£2,124,000 £2,331,000
-
Employees
-14.3%
14 12
-
Operating profit
+9.3%
£8,391,000 £9,175,000
-
Profit before tax
+9.3%
£8,454,000 £9,238,000
-
Wages
-8.1%
£1,517,000 £1,394,000
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