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Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited

Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 36

  1. Neil Lindsay Nicholson Machray 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Robert John Mckillop 2021-2021 Director View profile
  3. Paolo Alonzi 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Barry Colin Fricke 2021-2021 Director View profile
  5. Aron William Mitchell 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Gary Robert Marshall 2020-2021 Director View profile
  7. Allison Donaldson 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Eric Paul Rose 2016-2019 Director View profile
  9. Martin Alan Kwiatkowski 2016-2025 Director View profile
  10. Simon Lawrence Andrew Mcintyre 2016-2019 Director View profile
  11. James Steven Watson 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Stephen Campbell 2016-2019 Director View profile
  13. Alan Stephen Acheson 2016-2019 Director View profile
  14. Denise Elisabeth Thomas 2016-2019 Director View profile
  15. Colin Richard Walklin 2010-2016 Director View profile
  16. Mark Connolly 2005-2009 Director View profile
  17. David Thorburn Cumming 2005-2016 Director View profile
  18. William Regnar Littleboy 2002-2016 Director View profile
  19. Sir Alexander Maxwell Crombie 1999-2004 Director View profile
  20. Alan Christopher Burton 1999-2003 Director View profile
  21. Alexander Peter Watt 1999-2010 Director View profile
  22. Sir Norman Keith Skeoch 1999-2016 Director View profile
  23. Nathan Richard Parnaby 1999-2003 Director View profile
  24. Iain Cobden Lumsden 1998-1999 Director View profile
  25. John Francis Henry Trott 1994-1998 Director View profile
  26. Norman Lessels 1998 Director View profile
  27. James Stretton 1999 Director View profile
  28. Alexander Scott Bell 1999 Director View profile
  29. Sir Lawrence Airey 1994 Director View profile
  30. Holly Sylvia Kidd 2016-2021 Secretary View profile
  31. David John Burns 2010-2016 Secretary View profile
  32. Vincent Joseph O'Brien 2003-2010 Secretary View profile
  33. Peter Anthony Stubbs 1999-2003 Secretary View profile
  34. Peter Walter Somerville 1996-1999 Secretary View profile
  35. David Drysdale Fotheringham 1993-1996 Secretary View profile
  36. Archibald James Angus Macuish Gray 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Incorporated
07/06/1988
Previous names
Aberdeen Standard Alternative Funds Limited (until 25/11/2022)
Standard Life Investments (Corporate Funds) Limited (until 30/09/2020)

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Abrdn Alternative Funds Limited is controlled by Abrdn Investment Management Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Abrdn Investment Management Limited is controlled by Abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited is controlled by Aberdeen Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Aberdeen Group PLC.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

4 directors on the board

3.8y median 4.4y
average tenure
5.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 7Other services 2Property 2Dormant 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
SC111488
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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