ABRDN FOUNDER CO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
None on the register
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
“Based on a review of the above factors the Board is satisfied that the Company remains well capitalised and has sufficient liquidity to withstand potential rising costs. Consequently, the Board is satisfied that the Company has and will maintain sufficient resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company's principal activity is to act as the founding entity, or principal employer, for the abrdn Pensions Master Trust, a multi-employer defined benefit pension scheme for non-associated employers, with business activity commencing during 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-08-04 | — | — |
| MCILDUFF, Kevin | Director | 2024-02-26 | Dec 1981 | British |
| MCKELVEY, Cameron Mark | Director | 2023-03-31 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Mark Albert | Director | 2021-08-04 | 2022-12-12 |
| JOHN, Antony Gwilym, Mr. | Director | 2023-01-19 | 2023-03-31 |
| SINCLAIR, Jason David | Director | 2021-08-04 | 2023-01-20 |
| VICK, Douglas Forbes | Director | 2021-08-04 | 2024-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrdn Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 22 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
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Year-on-year
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