Standard Life Pension Funds Limited
Registered name: STANDARD LIFE PENSION FUNDS LIMITED
Part of Standard Life PLC groupStandard Life Pension Funds Limited made £211k revenue and £116k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Standard Life Pension Funds Limited’s revenue fell 55% to £211k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £116k profit. The company is classified under “life insurance” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1969
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £464k | £211k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | −£26k |
| Operating profit | £370k | £116k |
| Profit before tax | £470k | £185k |
| Profit after tax | £370k | £116k |
| Profit (best available) | £370k | £116k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 79.7% | 55% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼54.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 55%
- 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
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- Standard Life PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Phoenix Life Holdings Limited75–100%
- Impala Holdings Limited75–100%
- Pearl Life Holdings Limited75–100%
- Phoenix Life Limited75–100%
- Standard Life Pension Funds Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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- North American Strategic Partners (Feeder) 2006Figures not disclosed
- North American Strategic Partners (Feeder) 2008 Limited PartnershipFigures not disclosed
- Pearl Customer Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pearl Private Equity LPFigures not disclosed
- Pearl Strategic Credit LPFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix ER1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix ER2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix ER3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix ER4 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix ER5 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix ER6 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix SPV1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix SPV2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix SPV3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix SPV4 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix Ula LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scottish Mutual Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scottish Mutual Pension Funds Investment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Slif Property Investment GP LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Standard Life Assets and Employee Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Standard Life Fund Managers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Standard Life Master Trust Co. Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Standard Life Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sunlife LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Phoenix Life SCP InstitutionFigures not disclosed
- Vebnet (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £116k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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