Standard Life PLC
Registered name: STANDARD LIFE PLC
Standard Life PLC made £5.5bn revenue and a £394m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Standard Life PLC’s revenue grew 7% to £5.5bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £394m and 6,449 employees. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.9bn | £5.1bn | £5.5bn |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.5bn | £4.7bn |
| Operating profit | £520m | −£817m | £286m |
| Profit before tax | £262m | −£1.1bn | £20m |
| Profit after tax | £84m | −£1.1bn | −£394m |
| Profit (best available) | £84m | −£1.1bn | −£394m |
| Employees (average) | 7,512 | 7,505 | 6,449 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | −21% | −7.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £647k | £685k | £855k |
| Profit per employee | £11.2k | −£144k | −£61.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1383% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▼14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £855k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£61.1k
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now 6,449
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Phoenix Life Ca Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix Life Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reassure Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Standard Life PRT Solutions (GP) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Standard Life PRT Solutions (Holding) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Standard Life PRT Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£394m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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