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Company · Aylesbury

The Equitable Life Assurance Society,

Life insurance

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 54

  1. Robert Kerry 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Wai-Choo Kubitscheck 2022-2022 Director View profile
  3. Lord Daniel William Finkelstein 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Susan Patricia Kean 2020-2021 Director View profile
  5. Seamus Creedon 2020-2020 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Shone 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. Nigel Anthony Sherry 2020-2020 Director View profile
  8. Jeremy Spencer Deeks 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. Martin Wayne Sinkinson 2018-2019 Director View profile
  10. Penelope Jane Avis 2015-2019 Director View profile
  11. Ian Andrew Gibson 2013-2019 Director View profile
  12. Simon Antony Small 2012-2019 Director View profile
  13. Mark Anthony Earls 2009-2013 Director View profile
  14. Christopher Michael Wiscarson 2009-2018 Director View profile
  15. Keith Nicholson 2009-2019 Director View profile
  16. Cathryn Elizabeth Riley 2009-2019 Director View profile
  17. Timothy John Bateman 2008-2011 Director View profile
  18. Ian Brimecome 2007-2019 Director View profile
  19. David Ian Wishart Reynolds 2006-2014 Director View profile
  20. Nigel James Brinn 2003-2004 Director View profile
  21. Ronald Bullen 2002-2006 Director View profile
  22. Charles Albert John Bellringer 2002-2002 Director View profile
  23. Alfred Charles Shedden 2002-2009 Director View profile
  24. Peter Alan Smith 2001-2010 Director View profile
  25. Andrew Richard Threadgold 2001-2009 Director View profile
  26. Michael John Pickard 2001-2006 Director View profile
  27. Jean Wood 2001-2009 Director View profile
  28. Sir Philip Howard Otton 2001-2003 Director View profile
  29. David Harry Adams 2001-2012 Director View profile
  30. Charles Grant Thomson 2001-2009 Director View profile
  31. Vanni Emanuele Treves 2001-2009 Director View profile
  32. Jonathan Donald Sherlock Dawson 2000-2001 Director View profile
  33. Christopher Paul Headdon 1999-2001 Director View profile
  34. Price, David William James, Exors of 1996-2001 Director View profile
  35. Peter Anthony Davis 1995-2001 Director View profile
  36. Jonathan Francis Taylor 1995-2001 Director View profile
  37. David William Wilson 1994-1999 Director View profile
  38. Jennifer Anne Page 1994-2001 Director View profile
  39. Alan Nash 1993-2000 Director View profile
  40. David George Thomas 2001 Director View profile
  41. Alan George Tritton 1999 Director View profile
  42. Timothy George Abell 1995 Director View profile
  43. John Richard Sclater 2001 Director View profile
  44. Roy Henry Ranson 1997 Director View profile
  45. Peter Ernest Martin 2001 Director View profile
  46. Professor Sir Roland Smith 1994 Director View profile
  47. William Thomas Jackson Griffin 1993 Director View profile
  48. Ian Peter Sedgwick 2001 Director View profile
  49. Edward Barry Orton Sherlock 1994 Director View profile
  50. Sir Christopher Stephen Wates 1994 Director View profile
  51. Shaun Munro Kinnis 1997 Director View profile
  52. Jean Florence Fleet 2014-2019 Secretary View profile
  53. Peter Wilfred Wilmot 1997-2014 Secretary View profile
  54. Roger Quintin Bowley 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Life insurance
Incorporated
18/08/1892
Registered office
Aylesbury

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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. The Equitable Life Assurance Society, is controlled by Utmost Life and Pensions Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Utmost Life and Pensions Limited is controlled by Utmost Life and Pensions Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2017-01-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Utmost Life and Pensions Holdings Limited is controlled by Utmost UK Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-03-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Utmost UK Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Utmost Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2020-10-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Utmost Group 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.

8 directors on the board

4.8y median 6.4y
average tenure
6.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (8)

0
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.

Finance 30Professional services 18Business services 5Property 4Education 1Other services 1

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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00037038
Status
Active
Type
Private Unlimited
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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