Aberdeen Group PLC
Registered name: ABERDEEN GROUP PLC
Aberdeen Group PLC made £1.3bn revenue and £398m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Aberdeen Group PLC’s revenue fell 2% to £1.3bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £398m profit and 4,461 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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) | £1.5bn | £1.4bn | £1.3bn |
| Cost of sales | −£76m | −£65m | −£68m |
| Profit before tax | −£6m | £251m | £442m |
| Profit after tax | £12m | £248m | £398m |
| Profit (best available) | £12m | £248m | £398m |
| Employees (average) | 5,058 | 4,619 | 4,461 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 18.1% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £297k | £301k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £53.7k | £89.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1967% | ▲60.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▼3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £301k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £89.2k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 4,461
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (10)
- Aberdeen Group Charitable FoundationRev. £2.3m · Profit £347k
- Aberdeen Corporate Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aberdeen Group Charitable TrustFigures not disclosed
- Aberdeen Platform LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Abrdn Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Abrdn Investments (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Abrdn Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Adviseros Platform LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Adviseros Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Abrdn Company 2006Figures 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 £398m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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