STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS (MUTUAL FUNDS) LIMITED

⚰️Wound downdissolved
SC123322 · ltd · incorporated 1990-02-27
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
44/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 44/100 (watch), bankability 50/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
53 officers (3 active, 53 linked, 44 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
233 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
44/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
10
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (128 events)Click to expand
  1. 2023-08-23
    ⚠️
    gazette-dissolved-liquidation
    gazette · GAZ2
  2. 2023-08-23
    🏁
    Company dissolved
  3. 2023-08-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-05-23
    ⚠️
    liquidation-voluntary-members-return-of-final-meeting-scotland
    insolvency · LIQ13(Scot)
  5. 2023-04-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-06-07
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2022-05-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-05-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2022-03-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-03-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-12-07
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  12. 2021-11-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2021-09-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-24
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  16. 2021-06-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-06-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2021-06-24
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    SHANKS, Adam George appointed
    director
  21. 2021-06-23
    ➖
    KIDD, Holly Sylvia resigned
    secretary
  22. 2021-06-23
    ➖
    DONALDSON, Allison resigned
    director
  23. 2021-06-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2021-05-31
    ➖
    MARSHALL, Gary Robert resigned
    director
  25. 2020-07-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2019-12-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  27. 2019-12-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  28. 2019-12-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  29. 2019-12-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  30. 2019-12-09
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Aron William appointed
    director
  31. 2019-12-09
    ➕
    DONALDSON, Allison appointed
    director
  32. 2019-12-09
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Gary Robert appointed
    director
  33. 2019-12-08
    ➖
    ACHESON, Alan Stephen resigned
    director
  34. 2019-12-08
    ➖
    SCOTT, Lynn resigned
    director
  35. 2019-12-08
    ➖
    THOMAS, Denise Elisabeth resigned
    director
  36. 2019-12-08
    ➖
    WEMYSS, Stuart Russell resigned
    director
  37. 2019-06-20
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Stephen resigned
    director
  38. 2018-11-05
    ➖
    LOWE, Jacqueline resigned
    director
  39. 2018-10-28
    ➖
    FITZGERALD, Sean Andrew resigned
    director
  40. 2017-03-29
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Stephen appointed
    director
  41. 2017-03-02
    ➖
    MCKILLOP, Robert John resigned
    director
  42. 2015-05-26
    ➖
    CREWES, Scott resigned
    secretary
  43. 2015-05-26
    ➕
    KIDD, Holly Sylvia appointed
    secretary
  44. 2013-08-28
    ➕
    SCOTT, Lynn appointed
    director
  45. 2013-06-16
    ➖
    DORAN, Desmond Gerard resigned
    director
  46. 2012-02-20
    ➕
    MCKILLOP, Robert John appointed
    director
  47. 2012-02-08
    ➕
    DORAN, Desmond Gerard appointed
    director
  48. 2012-02-08
    ➕
    FITZGERALD, Sean Andrew appointed
    director
  49. 2012-02-08
    ➖
    LITTLEBOY, William Regnar resigned
    director
  50. 2012-02-08
    ➖
    NIMMO, Harry Simson resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 128 events

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 high ·
Company dissolved
high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2023-08-23

2 insolvency-related filings on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2023-08-23: gazette-dissolved-liquidation; 2023-05-23: liquidation-voluntary-members-return-of-final-meeting-scotland

Group structure

Abrdn Investment Management Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Abrdn Investment Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS (MUTUAL FUNDS) LIMITED
This company · SC123322

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abrdn Investment Management Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

7 Castle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2020-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (0 active · 50 resigned)

ABRDN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-06-23
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Active
MITCHELL, Aron William→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHANKS, Adam George→
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNS, David John→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-01 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
CREWES, Scott→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2015-05-26
Resigned
FOTHERINGHAM, David Drysdale→
secretary · appointed 1993-11-15 · resigned 1996-03-01
Resigned
GRAY, Archibald James Angus Macuish→
secretary · appointed 1990-04-24 · resigned 1993-11-14
Resigned
KIDD, Holly Sylvia→
secretary · appointed 2015-05-26 · resigned 2021-06-23
Resigned
O'BRIEN, Vincent Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned
SOMERVILLE, Peter Walter→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-01 · resigned 1998-10-30
Resigned
STUBBS, Peter Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-30 · resigned 2003-10-15
Resigned
ACHESON, Alan Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-04-19 · resigned 2019-12-08
Resigned
AIRD, James Baird→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-11-16 · resigned 2007-03-05
Resigned
ARTHUR, Gordon David, Mr.→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-10-30 · resigned 2003-04-28
Resigned
BALL, Geoffrey Arthur→
director · ~83y · appointed 1994-08-23 · resigned 1998-04-28
Resigned
BARKER, Philip→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-10-13 · resigned 2003-11-15
Resigned
BEADLE, William Anthony→
director · ~77y · appointed 1990-09-01 · resigned 1990-11-30
Resigned
BELL, Alexander Scott→
director · ~85y · appointed 1998-05-26 · resigned 1998-10-30
Resigned
BELL, Alexander Scott→
director · ~85y · appointed 1990-04-24 · resigned 1994-08-23
Resigned
BIRRELL, James Drake→
director · ~93y · appointed 1990-04-24 · resigned 1993-06-16
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Recent filings (233 total)

gazette-dissolved-liquidation
gazette · GAZ2
2023-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-18
liquidation-voluntary-members-return-of-final-meeting-scotland
insolvency · LIQ13(Scot)
2023-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-21
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-06-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-03
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2021-06-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-24