Abrdn Alternative Investments Limited
Registered name: ABRDN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Aberdeen Group PLC groupAbrdn Alternative Investments Limited made £872k revenue and £45k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Abrdn Alternative Investments Limited’s revenue fell 95% to £872k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £45k profit. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £872k |
| Operating profit | −£196k | −£538k |
| Profit before tax | −£42k | £138k |
| Profit after tax | −£34k | £45k |
| Profit (best available) | −£34k | £45k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 5.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼94.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aberdeen Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Abrdn Holdings Limited75–100%
- Abrdn Investments Group Limited75–100%
- Abrdn Alternative Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Healthcare Private Equity Limited PartnershipFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £45k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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