ABRDN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC
Company details
- Registered name
- ABRDN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC
- Company number
- SC137448
- Registered office
- C/O FRP ADVISORY TRADING LIMITED, SUITE B, 4TH FLOOR, MERIDIAN UNION ROW, ABERDEEN, AB10 1SA, SCOTLAND · 59 other companies at this postcode
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated on
- 30 March 1992
- Status
- InLiquidation
- Age
- 34 years
- Previous names
- ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC (to 07 Jan 2022) · ABDERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC (to 07 Jan 2022) · ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC (to 07 Jan 2022) · SHIRES SMALLER COMPANIES PLC (to 07 Jan 2022)
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 64301 — Activities of investment trusts
- Accounts — next due
- 30 Jun 2024
- Accounts — last made up to
- 30 Sept 2023
- Confirmation statement — next due
- 04 Mar 2024
- Confirmation statement — last
- 19 Feb 2023
What the register says
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- The register records this company as Liquidation.
- Has traded under 5 names: ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC, ABDERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC, ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC, SHIRES SMALLER COMPANIES PLC.
Companies House register snapshot, read 02/09/2026.
Change history
Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes
| Date | Change | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/12/2023 | Director resigned | METCALFE, Christopher | — |
| 02/12/2023 | Director resigned | KERSHAW, Dagmar Kent | — |
| 02/12/2023 | Director resigned | FLETCHER, David Faviell | — |
| 02/12/2023 | Director resigned | BREEDY, Rosalyn Antonia | — |
| 02/12/2023 | Corporate-secretary resigned | ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | — |
| 05/05/2022 | Director resigned | LISTER, Charles Robert | — |
| 07/01/2022 | Registered name changed | SHIRES SMALLER COMPANIES PLC | ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC |
| 07/01/2022 | Registered name changed | ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC | ABDERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC |
| 07/01/2022 | Registered name changed | ABDERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC | ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC |
| 07/01/2022 | Registered name changed | ABERDEEN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC | ABRDN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC |
| 05/01/2022 | Director appointed | — | BREEDY, Rosalyn Antonia |
| 07/06/2021 | Director resigned | ROSE, Barry Michael | — |
| 07/06/2021 | Director appointed | — | METCALFE, Christopher |
| 02/05/2017 | Director appointed | — | KERSHAW, Dagmar Kent |
| 28/04/2017 | Director resigned | DOBSON, Carolan | — |
| 05/09/2016 | Director resigned | WEST, James Glynn | — |
| 01/08/2016 | Director appointed | — | FLETCHER, David Faviell |
| 18/04/2012 | Director resigned | NICHOLS, Dinah Alison | — |
| 01/03/2012 | Director appointed | — | LISTER, Charles Robert |
| 13/04/2011 | Director resigned | CATHCART, Henry Strachan | — |
Financial highlights
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About ABRDN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC (SC137448)
ABRDN SMALLER COMPANIES INCOME TRUST PLC is a public limited company incorporated on 30 March 1992 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number SC137448. Its registered office is at C/O FRP ADVISORY TRADING LIMITED, SUITE B, 4TH FLOOR, MERIDIAN UNION ROW, ABERDEEN, AB10 1SA, SCOTLAND. The recorded nature of business is activities of investment trusts (SIC 64301). The company is currently inliquidation , with statutory accounts last made up to 30 September 2023. 21 active officers are on record . This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House bulk data , last refreshed 12 September 2026.
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