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Ecclesiastical Life Limited

Company 00243111 Active

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Board DNA

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5
directors on the board
4.2y median 5y
average tenure
7.7y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
2 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 6Finance 4Business services 2Education 1Other services 1

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Company details

Number00243111
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated19/10/1929
AddressBENEFACT HOUSE, 2000 PIONEER AVENUE, GLOUCESTER BUSINESS PARK, BROCKWORTH, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4AW
Accounts next due30/09/2027
Accounts last made up31/12/2025

Industry (SIC)

65110 - Life insurance65300 - Pension funding

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Plc
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (31)

  • Cockrem, Denise Patricia Director · appointed 2026
  • Martin, Ian St John Director · appointed 2024
  • Bennett, Mark Edmund Hacquoil Director · appointed 2021
  • O'Dwyer, Stephen John Director · appointed 2020
  • Pickernell, Paul Director · appointed 2018
  • Hall, Rachael Jane Secretary · appointed 1995
  • Hanks, Christopher Eric Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
  • Campbell, Ian George Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Price, Helen Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
  • NEW, Paul David Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
  • Hews, Mark Christopher John Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2020
  • Wood, Steven Archibald Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Hylands, John Francis Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
  • Samuel, William Meredith, Mr Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Tripp, Michael Howard Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Bogue, Kevin Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
  • Clark, Peter Nigel Stuckey Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
  • Goodale, Mark Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
  • Losse, Dieter Ronald Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Prescott, George Andrew Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
  • Sealy, Nicholas John Elliot Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2009
  • Doswell, Graham Vincent, Mr. Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • Thomson, Clive Benjamin Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • Yates, William Hugh Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2006
  • Clayton, Roger Ward Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 2002
  • Scurfield, Hugh Hedley Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2004
  • Burns, Michael James Former Director · resigned 1995
  • DAY, Bernard Victor Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Mcardell, John David Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Cornwall-Jones, Mark Ralph Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Williscroft, John Edwin Former Secretary · resigned 1995

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