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Friends Life and Pensions Limited

Life insurance

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

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Previous officers 73

  1. Rhona Helen Sim 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Helen Potter 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. David Rowley Rose 2018-2020 Director View profile
  4. Karina Jane Bye 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. John Brendan O'Roarke 2018-2018 Director View profile
  6. Valerie Frances Gooding 2018-2018 Director View profile
  7. Michael John Hawker 2017-2017 Director View profile
  8. Stephen Paul Trickett 2016-2018 Director View profile
  9. Jason Michael Windsor 2016-2018 Director View profile
  10. John Robert Lister 2015-2016 Director View profile
  11. Hiteshkumar Rameshchandra Patel 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Robert William Albert Howe 2015-2018 Director View profile
  13. Belinda Jane Richards 2015-2017 Director View profile
  14. Alison Elizabeth Hutchinson 2015-2017 Director View profile
  15. John Russell Fotheringham Walls 2015-2018 Director View profile
  16. Clifford James Abrahams 2015-2015 Director View profile
  17. Christopher Brian Wei 2015-2015 Director View profile
  18. Mel Gerard Carvill 2015-2018 Director View profile
  19. David Philip Allvey 2015-2016 Director View profile
  20. Andrew David Briggs 2015-2018 Director View profile
  21. Bernard Andrew Curran 2015-2015 Director View profile
  22. Andrew David Carr 2014-2015 Director View profile
  23. Robin Duncan Smith 2013-2014 Director View profile
  24. James Masson Black 2013-2013 Director View profile
  25. Stewart Stephen Calder 2012-2014 Director View profile
  26. Jonathan Stephen Moss 2012-2015 Director View profile
  27. Mark Richard Beavis Versey 2011-2014 Director View profile
  28. Lindsay Clare J'Afari-Pak 2010-2013 Director View profile
  29. Andrew Mark Parsons 2010-2012 Director View profile
  30. David Emmanuel Hynam 2010-2013 Director View profile
  31. Evelyn Brigid Bourke 2009-2012 Director View profile
  32. Anthony Brown 2009-2010 Director View profile
  33. Charles Albert John Bellringer 2008-2009 Director View profile
  34. Trevor John Matthews 2008-2011 Director View profile
  35. Sir Sir Adrian Alastair Montague 2007-2008 Director View profile
  36. Kevin John Watkins 2007-2008 Director View profile
  37. Brian Harrison 2007-2008 Director View profile
  38. James Andrew Ward 2007-2008 Director View profile
  39. James Ramsay Smart 2007-2008 Director View profile
  40. Richard John Walter Crouch 2006-2008 Director View profile
  41. Rocco Sepe 2005-2010 Director View profile
  42. Paul Thomas Tunnicliffe 2004-2008 Director View profile
  43. Philip Wynford Moore 2003-2007 Director View profile
  44. Simon John Clamp 2002-2010 Director View profile
  45. David Martin Jackson 2001-2003 Director View profile
  46. Graham Harvey 2001-2005 Director View profile
  47. Jamie Robert Mciver 2001-2006 Director View profile
  48. Jane Stevens 2001-2009 Director View profile
  49. Adrian John Nurse 2001-2004 Director View profile
  50. Michael Anthony Hampton 2001-2008 Director View profile
  51. Andrew Philip Jackson 2001-2008 Director View profile
  52. Alastair Roy Geoffrey Gunn 1999-2008 Director View profile
  53. Keith Satchell 1998-2006 Director View profile
  54. Graham Kenneth Aslet 1998-2004 Director View profile
  55. Julian Roy Webb 1994-1998 Director View profile
  56. Brian Hugh Bowden Dingsdale 1994-1998 Director View profile
  57. Stuart William Milne Youngson 1994-1996 Director View profile
  58. Gary Haig Beamer 1994-1998 Director View profile
  59. Andrew Laurence Brace 1993-1998 Director View profile
  60. William Harold Lea 1997 Director View profile
  61. Robert Henry Charles Minting 1998 Director View profile
  62. Paul Anthony Stanbridge 1998 Director View profile
  63. Raymond John Alexander 1998 Director View profile
  64. Laurence Anthony Smith 1993 Director View profile
  65. Richard John Foord 1998 Director View profile
  66. David John Newman 1999 Director View profile
  67. Monica Risam 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  68. Friends Life Secretarial Services Limited 2011-2015 Corporate-secretary View profile
  69. Diana Monger 2009-2011 Secretary View profile
  70. Robert Gordon Ellis 2005-2009 Secretary View profile
  71. Brian William Sweetland 1998-2004 Secretary View profile
  72. Steven Colin Hornbuckle 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  73. Anthony Richard Swinburne-Johnson 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Life insurance
Incorporated
19/11/1949
Registered office
York
Previous names
Friends Provident Pensions Limited (until 01/12/2011)

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 and Pensions Limited is controlled by London and Manchester Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-09-26 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. London and Manchester Group Limited is controlled by Undershaft Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-11-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. 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
  4. 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 33Professional services 26Finance 14Construction 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
00475201
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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