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Commercial Union Life Assurance Company Limited

Dormant Company

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

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Previous officers 41

  1. Rhona Helen Sim 2021-2026 Director View profile
  2. Helen Potter 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Alexander James William Haynes 2019-2021 Director View profile
  4. David Rowley Rose 2018-2020 Director View profile
  5. Linda Hall 2017-2019 Director View profile
  6. Monica Risam 2017-2017 Director View profile
  7. Clair Louise Marshall 2015-2017 Director View profile
  8. Stephen Anthony Hampson 2012-2018 Director View profile
  9. David Barclay Barral 2009-2012 Director View profile
  10. Toby Emil Strauss 2009-2011 Director View profile
  11. Cathryn Elizabeth Riley 2008-2008 Director View profile
  12. Jennifer Jane Wilman 2007-2015 Director View profile
  13. Nicolaos Nicandrou 2006-2009 Director View profile
  14. Patrick Joseph Robert Snowball 2006-2007 Director View profile
  15. Mark Steven Hodges 2006-2010 Director View profile
  16. Keith William Abercromby 2005-2006 Director View profile
  17. John Robert Lister 2005-2012 Director View profile
  18. Stephen Andrew Joseph Mann 2005-2006 Director View profile
  19. John Ainley 2004-2006 Director View profile
  20. Gary Nigel Withers 2002-2006 Director View profile
  21. James Allen Newman 2001-2005 Director View profile
  22. Peter Thomas Johnson 2000-2001 Director View profile
  23. Peter Edward Hessey 2000-2004 Director View profile
  24. Charles Andrew Anderson 2000-2001 Director View profile
  25. Michael Terence Kirsch 2000-2006 Director View profile
  26. Philip Gordon Scott 2000-2003 Director View profile
  27. Nicholas Andrew Courtenay-Smith 2000-2001 Director View profile
  28. William Henderson Jack 1998-2000 Director View profile
  29. Michael Norris Urmston 1998-2005 Director View profile
  30. Gillian Margaret Vance 1998-2004 Director View profile
  31. Peter Robert Hales 1998-2005 Director View profile
  32. Graham Michael Berville 1998-2000 Director View profile
  33. Richard Andrew Whitaker 1998-1998 Director View profile
  34. Dr Cornelis Antonius Carolus Maria Schrauwers 1998-1998 Director View profile
  35. David Ian Wishart Reynolds 1994-1998 Director View profile
  36. Peter Geoffrey Ward 1998 Director View profile
  37. John Howard Webb 1993 Director View profile
  38. Sir John Gordon Thomas Carter 1993 Director View profile
  39. Robert Graham 1998 Director View profile
  40. Philip Martin White 1998-2004 Secretary View profile
  41. Keith Nigel Grant 1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Dormant Company
Incorporated
07/01/1904
Registered office
London

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. Commercial Union Life Assurance Company Limited is controlled by Undershaft Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-09-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Undershaft 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

0.8y median 0.8y
average tenure
0.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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 30Professional services 26Finance 17Construction 1Property 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00079678
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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