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Friends Life Assurance Society Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 69

  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. David Rowley Rose 2017–2020 Director View profile
  6. Clair Louise Marshall 2017–2017 Director View profile
  7. Conor Martin O'Neill 2014–2015 Director View profile
  8. Jonathan Charles Paykel 2014–2017 Director View profile
  9. Martin Potkins 2013–2014 Director View profile
  10. Andrew David Carr 2013–2017 Director View profile
  11. Robin Duncan Smith 2013–2014 Director View profile
  12. James Masson Black 2013–2013 Director View profile
  13. Stewart Stephen Calder 2012–2013 Director View profile
  14. Jonathan Stephen Moss 2012–2015 Director View profile
  15. Mark Richard Beavis Versey 2011–2013 Director View profile
  16. Evelyn Brigid Bourke 2010–2012 Director View profile
  17. David Emmanuel Hynam 2010–2013 Director View profile
  18. Trevor John Matthews 2010–2011 Director View profile
  19. Lindsay Clare J'Afari-Pak 2009–2013 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Mark Parsons 2009–2012 Director View profile
  21. David Richard Cheeseman 2008–2010 Director View profile
  22. Ian Robinson 2008–2010 Director View profile
  23. Michael John Kellard 2007–2010 Director View profile
  24. Nicolas Jean Marie Denis Moreau 2006–2010 Director View profile
  25. Kevin Charles Bounds 2006–2006 Director View profile
  26. Francois De Meneval 2004–2010 Director View profile
  27. Andrew John Purvis 2004–2010 Director View profile
  28. Philippe Louis Herbert Maso Y Guell Rivet 2003–2008 Director View profile
  29. David Frank Wilson 2003–2003 Director View profile
  30. Paul James Evans 2002–2010 Director View profile
  31. Dennis Holt 2001–2006 Director View profile
  32. Amaury Ghislain Pierre De Warenghien 2001–2004 Director View profile
  33. Philip Duncan Loney 2001–2003 Director View profile
  34. Sean William Lowther 2001–2005 Director View profile
  35. Andrew Kenneth Haste 1999–2002 Director View profile
  36. Peter Jonathan Shelley 1999–2004 Director View profile
  37. Robert Edmund Lee 1999–2006 Director View profile
  38. Julian Victor Frow Roberts 1999–2000 Director View profile
  39. Denis Duverne 1998–2001 Director View profile
  40. Gregory Mark Wood CBE 1998–2001 Director View profile
  41. Olivier Costa De Beauregard 1996–1998 Director View profile
  42. Norman William Ogilvie Gilmour 1996–2000 Director View profile
  43. Geoffrey Harrison-Dees 1996–1997 Director View profile
  44. Avenel, Gilles Marie Pierre Louis, Monsieur 1996–1999 Director View profile
  45. David John Garrett 1996–2000 Director View profile
  46. Dr Paul Michael Whitney 1996–1998 Director View profile
  47. Arthur Leslie Owen 1995–1999 Director View profile
  48. Michael Hart 1995–1997 Director View profile
  49. Jean-Louis Meunier 1995–1996 Director View profile
  50. Dominique Bazy 1995–1996 Director View profile
  51. Pierre Labadie 1993–1996 Director View profile
  52. Jacques Friedmann 1993–1996 Director View profile
  53. Ian David Lea Richardson 1993–2007 Director View profile
  54. Rene Victor Wood 1996 Director View profile
  55. John Reeve 1996 Director View profile
  56. Peter James Grant 1995 Director View profile
  57. Benoit Jolivet 1993 Director View profile
  58. Jean Peyrelevade 1993 Director View profile
  59. Robert Renny St John Barkshire 1996 Director View profile
  60. Jacques-Henri Gougenheim 1996 Director View profile
  61. Donald Gordon 1995 Director View profile
  62. Wellesley, Arthur Charles Valerian, the Duke of Wellington 1995 Director View profile
  63. Right Hon Ian Powell Bancroft 1994 Director View profile
  64. Michael Rapp 1995 Director View profile
  65. Peter Nigel Stuckey Clark 2002 Director View profile
  66. Friends Life Secretarial Services Limited 2011–2017 Corporate-secretary View profile
  67. Ruth Yeoman 2010–2012 Secretary View profile
  68. Anthony James Herbert 1992–1993 Secretary View profile
  69. John Dudley Webster 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/10/1963

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 Assurance Society Limited is controlled by London and Manchester Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-12-05 · 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 for researchers

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
00776273
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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