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Guardian Assurance Limited

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

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Previous officers 67

  1. James Anthony Angus Samuels 2018-2023 Director View profile
  2. Michael Charles Woodcock 2016-2018 Director View profile
  3. Richard Owen Hudson 2016-2017 Director View profile
  4. Robert Mark Ratcliffe 2016-2016 Director View profile
  5. Matthew Hilmar Cuhls 2016-2018 Director View profile
  6. James Daniel Gallagher 2016-2018 Director View profile
  7. Michael John Eves 2016-2018 Director View profile
  8. Maxwell Colin Ledlie 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Brian Dunne 2015-2018 Director View profile
  10. Mark Jeffrey Preston 2015-2016 Director View profile
  11. Michel Joachim Tilmant 2013-2015 Director View profile
  12. John Leonard Wybrew 2012-2015 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Seaton Birrell 2012-2016 Director View profile
  14. Jonathan Yates 2012-2015 Director View profile
  15. Dr Ian Bruce Owen 2011-2016 Director View profile
  16. Stephen James Groves 2011-2016 Director View profile
  17. Christopher William Chapman 2011-2012 Director View profile
  18. Roy Charles Gillson 2011-2011 Director View profile
  19. James Mcconville 2011-2011 Director View profile
  20. Clare Bousfield 2010-2011 Director View profile
  21. Erik Lagendijk 2010-2011 Director View profile
  22. Charles Martin Garthwaite 2010-2011 Director View profile
  23. Jan Jarich Nooitgedagt 2010-2011 Director View profile
  24. Maxwell Colin Bernard Ward 2010-2011 Director View profile
  25. Patrick Peugeot 2010-2011 Director View profile
  26. William Mervyn Frew Carey Shannon 2010-2011 Director View profile
  27. William John Robertson 2010-2010 Director View profile
  28. Patrick Nigel Christopher Gale 2010-2011 Director View profile
  29. Adrian Thomas Grace 2009-2011 Director View profile
  30. Michael Ralph Tuohy 2008-2011 Director View profile
  31. Dr Steven Charles Clode 2008-2010 Director View profile
  32. David Victor Paige 2008-2011 Director View profile
  33. Feilim Mackle 2007-2010 Director View profile
  34. Peter Gordon Dornan 2006-2007 Director View profile
  35. Janet Elizabeth Wyles 2006-2006 Director View profile
  36. Maurice Clive Brunet 2006-2010 Director View profile
  37. John Mark Laidlaw 2005-2010 Director View profile
  38. Graham William Dumble 2003-2007 Director View profile
  39. Roy Patrick 1999-2006 Director View profile
  40. Otto Thoresen 1999-2011 Director View profile
  41. William Wilson Stewart 1999-2001 Director View profile
  42. David Alexander Henderson 1999-2004 Director View profile
  43. Gregory Mark Wood CBE 1999-1999 Director View profile
  44. Peter Edward Owen 1998-1999 Director View profile
  45. David Winton Watt Torrance 1998-1999 Director View profile
  46. David Corcoran 1997-1998 Director View profile
  47. Peter William Mason 1997-1999 Director View profile
  48. William John Dunham 1997-1999 Director View profile
  49. Raymond Francis Pierce 1997-1999 Director View profile
  50. Alan James Oddie 1996-2000 Director View profile
  51. John Vernon Harry Robins 1994-1999 Director View profile
  52. Maurice Francis Mccullough 1993-1997 Director View profile
  53. David Robert Meldrum 1993-1997 Director View profile
  54. Caroline Mary Burton 1999 Director View profile
  55. James Thomas Mcdonough 1995 Director View profile
  56. James Morley 1995 Director View profile
  57. Sidney Arthur Hopkins 1994 Director View profile
  58. John Sinclair 1999 Director View profile
  59. Ian Eric Nash 2018-2025 Secretary View profile
  60. Paul Shakespeare 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  61. Stuart Turner Brown 2015-2016 Secretary View profile
  62. Lorraine May Blair 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  63. Simon Anthony John Davis 2011-2019 Secretary View profile
  64. James Kenneth Mackenzie 2010-2011 Secretary View profile
  65. David Aiken Elston 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  66. Marian Glen 2009-2009 Secretary View profile
  67. Ian Gordon Young 1999-2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Life insurance; Non-life insurance; Life reinsurance; Non-life reinsurance
Incorporated
25/05/1893
Registered office
London
Previous names
Reassure Life Limited (until 10/03/2017)
Guardian Assurance Limited (until 23/06/2016)

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.

  • Reassure FSH UK Limited ceased 2018-09-10
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors (firm), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Guardian Assurance Limited is controlled by Reassure FSH UK Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors (firm), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-09-10 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Reassure FSH UK Limited is controlled by Reassure Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Reassure Midco Limited is controlled by Reassure Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-05-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Reassure Group Limited is controlled by Standard Life PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-07-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Standard Life PLC is controlled by James Mcconville
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2018-10-05, ceased 2018-12-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by James Mcconville.

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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.

2 directors on the board

5.7y median 5.7y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
1
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 14Professional services 11Business services 4

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
00038921
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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