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Friends Aellas Limited

Friends Aellas Limited is an active UK company (number 00575435), incorporated 1896, with 3 current directors including Alice Parker Morgan and Lee Patrick Callaghan. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 45

  1. Rhona Helen Sim 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Laura Eileen Mcgowan 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Helen Potter 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Amy Victoria Gwynne Garvin 2017-2021 Director View profile
  5. Monica Risam 2017-2017 Director View profile
  6. David Rowley Rose 2017-2020 Director View profile
  7. Clair Louise Marshall 2017-2017 Director View profile
  8. Conor Martin O'Neill 2014-2015 Director View profile
  9. Jonathan Charles Paykel 2014-2017 Director View profile
  10. Martin Potkins 2013-2014 Director View profile
  11. Andrew David Carr 2013-2017 Director View profile
  12. Robin Duncan Smith 2013-2014 Director View profile
  13. Jonathan Stephen Moss 2013-2015 Director View profile
  14. James Masson Black 2012-2013 Director View profile
  15. Evelyn Brigid Bourke 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. David Emmanuel Hynam 2010-2013 Director View profile
  17. Lindsay Clare J'Afari-Pak 2010-2013 Director View profile
  18. Andrew Mark Parsons 2010-2012 Director View profile
  19. David Richard Cheeseman 2008-2010 Director View profile
  20. Kevin Charles Bounds 2006-2006 Director View profile
  21. Robert Edmund Lee 2005-2006 Director View profile
  22. Paul James Evans 2002-2010 Director View profile
  23. Sean William Lowther 2001-2005 Director View profile
  24. Peter Jonathan Shelley 2001-2004 Director View profile
  25. Andrew Kenneth Haste 2000-2002 Director View profile
  26. Arthur Leslie Owen 1997-2000 Director View profile
  27. Jean Albert Arvis 1997-2001 Director View profile
  28. Lord Dick Taverne 1997-2001 Director View profile
  29. Peter Nigel Stuckey Clark 1997-2002 Director View profile
  30. Gregory Mark Wood CBE 1997-1997 Director View profile
  31. Denis Duverne 1995-1997 Director View profile
  32. Alain Beland 1993-1995 Director View profile
  33. Michael Eric Peter Moss 1993-1997 Director View profile
  34. William Mitchell Brown 2001 Director View profile
  35. Peter Graham Smith 1995 Director View profile
  36. James Stanley Hawken 1993 Director View profile
  37. Bernard Marie Robin 1993 Director View profile
  38. Christopher John Brocksom 1997 Director View profile
  39. Duncan Alexander Kerr 2001 Director View profile
  40. Christophe Dupont-Madinier 1995 Director View profile
  41. Michel Beaulieu 1992 Director View profile
  42. Marcel Kahn 1994 Director View profile
  43. Friends Life Secretarial Services Limited 2010-2015 Corporate-secretary View profile
  44. Ian David Lea Richardson 2000-2005 Secretary View profile
  45. Ian Hird 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
14/05/1896

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 Aellas Limited is controlled by London and Manchester Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-10-01 · 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 23Finance 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
00575435
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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