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Friends Life Fplma Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 36

  1. Jane Williams 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Laura Eileen Mcgowan 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Oliver Stowe 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Michael Wilkinson 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Angela Jane Darlington 2019-2021 Director View profile
  6. Thomas James Latter 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Colm Joseph Holmes 2016-2018 Director View profile
  8. Andrew David Briggs 2015-2019 Director View profile
  9. James Allen Newman 2014-2015 Director View profile
  10. James Masson Black 2013-2013 Director View profile
  11. Jonathan Stephen Moss 2012-2015 Director View profile
  12. Andrew Mark Parsons 2011-2012 Director View profile
  13. Evelyn Brigid Bourke 2010-2012 Director View profile
  14. Trevor John Matthews 2008-2011 Director View profile
  15. Jane Stevens 2008-2009 Director View profile
  16. Simon John Clamp 2008-2010 Director View profile
  17. Robert Gordon Ellis 2005-2009 Director View profile
  18. Diana Monger 2001-2011 Director View profile
  19. Keith Satchell 1998-2001 Director View profile
  20. Graham Kenneth Aslet 1998-2004 Director View profile
  21. David Martin Jackson 1996-1998 Director View profile
  22. Alastair Roy Geoffrey Gunn 1996-1998 Director View profile
  23. Richard John Foord 1994-1998 Director View profile
  24. Laurence Anthony Smith 1993-1998 Director View profile
  25. John Julian Cummings 1994 Director View profile
  26. Geoffrey Stephen Clarkson 1994 Director View profile
  27. William Harold Lea 1997 Director View profile
  28. Derek Martin Hall 1998 Director View profile
  29. Simon Mcclean 1994 Director View profile
  30. Peter Drury 1998 Director View profile
  31. Peter Lindsay Burrows 1994 Director View profile
  32. Thomas Albert Pyne 1998 Director View profile
  33. Friends Life Secretarial Services Limited 2011-2017 Corporate-secretary View profile
  34. Brian William Sweetland 1998-2005 Secretary View profile
  35. Steven Colin Hornbuckle 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  36. Anthony Richard Swinburne-Johnson 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/10/1869

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. Friends Life Fplma Limited is controlled by Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-02-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited is controlled by Aviva Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Aviva Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Aviva PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Aviva 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

1.6y median 1.7y
average tenure
2.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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 4Professional services 2

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
00004599
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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