F&C AURORA (GP) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-03 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- F&C AURORA (GP) LIMITED 2009-02-27 → present
- DUNWILCO (1587) LIMITED 2008-11-14 → 2009-02-27
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- F&C AURORA (GP) LIMITED · parent
- The Aurora Fund LP
- LPE II LP
- The Aurora Fund (Founder Partner) LP
- LPE II (Founder Partner) LP
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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