ABERDEEN PLATFORM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-02
- ABERDEEN PLATFORM LIMITED 2025-12-02 → present
- STANDARD LIFE SAVINGS LIMITED 1998-09-02 → 2025-12-02
- STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1998-02-27 → 1998-09-02
- WJB (490) LIMITED 1997-11-03 → 1998-02-27
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has made profits in the financial year and is forecast to make profits in the next 12 months, has sufficient financial resources and a strong cash position. The Board's assessment of going concern is underpinned in Company forecasts that model severe market shocks to ensure the Company could continue to satisfy ongoing operating, liquidity and regulatory capital requirements.”
Group structure
- ABERDEEN PLATFORM LIMITED · parent
- Standard Life Savings Nominees Ltd 100%
- Elevate Portfolio Services Limited 100%
- Criterion Tec Holdings Limited 20.99%
- abrdn Portfolio Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company is delivering a significant transformation project - the Adviser Experience Programme.”
- “In February 2021, the Aberdeen Group announced the acquisition of various products from Phoenix.”
- “In May 2024, the Company announced a reduction in platform charges for new Wrap customers.”
- “In July 2024, the Company launched integrated cash solutions on Wrap's Personal Portfolio.”
- “In December 2024, the Company launched the ESG Hub analytics tool.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-04-30 | — | — |
| ABADAN, Rushad | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| BUTWELL, Noel Thomas | Director | 2019-09-20 | Oct 1969 | British |
| GROVE, Hannah Melissa Wood | Director | 2022-05-24 | Dec 1963 | American,British |
| KILGOUR, Jacqueline Cecilia | Director | 2025-01-28 | Sep 1963 | British |
| RAFFAELI, Carolyn Cathleen | Director | 2019-02-20 | Dec 1956 | American |
| WILLIAMS, Louise Hannah | Director | 2025-01-29 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILCHRIST, Karen | Secretary | 2011-10-31 | 2015-03-13 |
| HORSBURGH, Frances Margaret | Secretary | 2015-03-13 | 2018-11-01 |
| MCGOVERN, Gillian | Secretary | 2007-04-19 | 2011-10-31 |
| SMITH, Wendy Jane | Secretary | 2018-11-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| SOMERVILLE, Peter Walter | Secretary | 2003-10-16 | 2007-04-19 |
| SOMERVILLE, Peter Walter | Secretary | 1998-09-02 | 2002-11-29 |
| STUBBS, Peter Anthony | Secretary | 2002-11-29 | 2003-10-15 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-03 | 1998-09-02 |
| BELL, Alexander Scott | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2002-03-15 |
| BENTLEY, David Cameron | Director | 2003-11-16 | 2005-11-03 |
| BENTLEY, David Cameron | Director | 2002-03-16 | 2002-11-29 |
| BLACK, Jonathan | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2024-12-31 |
| BOURKE, Evelyn Brigid | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2007-10-10 |
| BOWE, Amanda Helen | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2018-08-31 |
| BURTON, Alan Christopher | Director | 2002-11-29 | 2003-11-15 |
| CASTELL, Tanya Catherine | Director | 2019-03-19 | 2020-12-31 |
| CHARNOCK, Richard Anthony | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| CROMBIE, Alexander Maxwell, Sir | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2009-12-31 |
| CROMBIE, Alexander Maxwell, Sir | Director | 2002-11-29 | 2005-11-03 |
| DIXON, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2013-10-29 | 2017-11-01 |
| DOHERTY, Shaun Edward | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2006-08-07 |
| DOUGLAS, Simon David George | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2006-04-27 |
| GILL, John Easton | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2017-09-29 |
| GILL, John Easton | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2007-10-10 |
| GILLAN, Aileen Margaret | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2025-02-19 |
| GUNTHER, Anne Margaret | Director | 2002-11-29 | 2003-11-15 |
| HESKETH, Mark Alexander | Director | 2011-04-22 | 2017-05-31 |
| HOTSON, Grant Thomas | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2022-12-30 |
| HOUGHTON, Richard David | Director | 2017-04-17 | 2018-08-31 |
| HYLANDS, John Francis | Director | 2003-11-16 | 2005-11-03 |
| HYLANDS, John Francis | Director | 2001-12-16 | 2002-11-29 |
| LUMSDEN, Iain Cobden | Director | 2003-11-16 | 2004-01-13 |
| LUMSDEN, Iain Cobden | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2002-11-29 |
| MACHRAY, Neil Lindsay Nicholson | Director | 2020-02-07 | 2022-02-03 |
| MACLENNAN, Stuart Lapsley | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2025-01-29 |
| MAROCK, David Gideon | Director | 2017-04-17 | 2024-12-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Trevor John | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2008-01-29 |
| MCBRIDE, Brian James | Director | 2020-05-11 | 2022-05-19 |
| NISH, David Thomas | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2010-06-30 |
| O'DWYER, Barry | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2007-08-03 |
| O'DWYER, Finbar Anthony | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-06-19 |
| PARNABY, Nathan Richard | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2010-11-19 |
| PARRY, Kevin Allen Huw | Director | 2018-05-29 | 2018-12-31 |
| PEACOCK, Lynne Margaret | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2018-05-29 |
| PERCIVAL, Stephen Keith | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2018-08-31 |
| STRETTON, James | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2001-12-15 |
| TAYLOR, Ronald Frank Cameron | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2013-04-09 |
| TAYLOR, Ronald Frank Cameron | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2009-02-20 |
| TOWERS, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 2007-01-08 | 2010-03-31 |
| TUMILTY, Michael | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2022-04-19 |
| WARNER, Andrew Simon | Director | 2018-11-16 | 2019-08-07 |
| WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-11-03 | 1998-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-08 | Active |
| Standard Life Assurance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 303 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-02 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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