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F&C AURORA (GP) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- SC351319
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2008-11-14
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64999
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has net assets that support the Directors' assessment that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and the Directors expect to be able to obtain sufficient repayment of the loan receivable to enable all liabilities to be met as they fall due. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- The Aurora Fund LP · Scotland
- LPE II LP · Scotland
- The Aurora Fund (Founder Partner) LP · Scotland
- LPE II (Founder Partner) LP · Scotland
Significant events
- “The loss for the financial year was £51,115 (2023: £191,383). As at the Statement of Financial Position date the value of the net assets of the Company was £684,705 (2023: £735,820).”
- “The loss in 2024 is due to the Company recognising an additional impairment loss of £112,720 (2023: £99,465) on its loan to a related party.”
- “The Aurora Fund LP's life has been extended until 20 July 2026 and it is currently expected that the earliest date LPE II LP's life will end is on 20 December 2030 (eight years after the end of the investment period).”
- “No dividends were approved or paid during the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: £nil). The Directors do not recommend the payment of a final dividend (2023: £nil).”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENT BUSINESS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-02-25 | — | — |
| CARNWATH, Andrew David John | Director | 2025-04-08 | Jul 1981 | British |
| HAWTHORN, Ashley-Anne | Director | 2026-04-20 | Nov 1986 | British |
| MAIR, Hamish John Garrow | Director | 2009-02-25 | May 1966 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-11-14 | 2009-02-25 |
| LAWRIE, Colin Thomas | Director | 2008-11-14 | 2009-02-25 |
| NAIRN, Richard Robin David | Director | 2009-02-25 | 2025-01-29 |
| SNEDDON, Neil Gordon | Director | 2009-02-25 | 2019-12-31 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-11-14 | 2009-02-25 |
| D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-11-14 | 2009-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Threadneedle Am (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-11 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current extended |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-07-06 | CH04 | officers | change corporate secretary company with change date |
| 2022-07-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2022-03-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-10-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-03-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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