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The Abrdn Company 2006

The Abrdn Company 2006 is an active UK company (number SZ000004), incorporated 1983, with 3 current directors including Oliver James Martin and Rosaleen Clare Edwards. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 56

  1. Hilary Anne Staples 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Paul Bernard Mckenna 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Aron William Mitchell 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Patrick David Bartlett 2018-2023 Director View profile
  5. Steven Grant Murray 2017-2019 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Keith Percival 2014-2018 Director View profile
  7. Mark Alexander Hesketh 2011-2017 Director View profile
  8. David Clayton 2010-2014 Director View profile
  9. Jacqueline Hunt 2010-2011 Director View profile
  10. David Thomas Nish 2007-2010 Director View profile
  11. John Easton Gill 2006-2006 Director View profile
  12. Sir Norman Keith Skeoch 2006-2006 Director View profile
  13. Alsion Clare Reed 2005-2006 Director View profile
  14. Michael Kent Atkinson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  15. Trevor John Matthews 2004-2008 Director View profile
  16. David Thomas Rowell Lewis 2003-2004 Director View profile
  17. Jocelyn Proteau 2003-2006 Director View profile
  18. Lord Gerald Edgar Grimstone 2003-2006 Director View profile
  19. Lord Norman Roy Blackwell 2003-2006 Director View profile
  20. John Francis Hylands 2002-2007 Director View profile
  21. Giles Ian Henderson 2001-2003 Director View profile
  22. Alison Mitchell 2000-2006 Director View profile
  23. Hon Roy Maclaren 2000-2004 Director View profile
  24. Sir Alexander Maxwell Crombie 2000-2009 Director View profile
  25. Claude Garcia 2000-2004 Director View profile
  26. David Baxter Newlands 1999-2006 Director View profile
  27. Hugh Alexander Stevenson 1999-2006 Director View profile
  28. Sir Nicholas Jeremy Monck 1997-2005 Director View profile
  29. Jeane Claude Delorme 1995-2003 Director View profile
  30. Thomas Robert Beamish 1994-2001 Director View profile
  31. Sir Brian John Stewart 1993-2006 Director View profile
  32. Thomas Robertson King 1992-1999 Director View profile
  33. Alfred Charles Shedden 1992-1999 Director View profile
  34. John Zaozirny 1991-1997 Director View profile
  35. Donald Gilmour Sutherland 1990-1999 Director View profile
  36. Iain Cobden Lumsden 1990-2004 Director View profile
  37. Geoffrey Arthur Ball 2000 Director View profile
  38. Colin Alexander Crole 1993 Director View profile
  39. Sir David Bruce Pattullo 1996 Director View profile
  40. John Francis Henry Trott 2003 Director View profile
  41. Marie Josee Drouin 1994 Director View profile
  42. Norman Lessels 2002 Director View profile
  43. James Stretton 2001 Director View profile
  44. Sir Robert Courtney Smith 1994 Director View profile
  45. Alexander Scott Bell 2002 Director View profile
  46. Harry Winsor Macdonell 1995 Director View profile
  47. James Gilbert Sydney Gammell 1990 Director View profile
  48. Sir Lawrence Airey 1994 Director View profile
  49. Sir Eric Grant Yarrow 1991 Director View profile
  50. Professor Nicholas Christopher Dwelly Kuenssberg 1999 Director View profile
  51. Wendy Jane Smith 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  52. Frances Margaret Horsburgh 2010-2018 Secretary View profile
  53. Malcolm James Wood 2004-2009 Secretary View profile
  54. Marcia Dominic Campbell 1997-2004 Secretary View profile
  55. Alan Rennie Forbes 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  56. David Macdonald Simpson 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
14/04/1983

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. The Abrdn Company 2006 is controlled by Aberdeen Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-08-16 · 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.

3 directors on the board

1.8y median 1.1y
average tenure
3.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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.

Dormant 12Finance 6Business services 4Professional services 4

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
SZ000004
Status
Active
Type
Other company type
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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