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Friends AEL Trustees Limited

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

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Previous officers 27

  1. Laura Eileen Mcgowan 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Karina Jane Bye 2018-2023 Director View profile
  3. Julian Charles Baddeley 2017-2022 Director View profile
  4. David Rowley Rose 2016-2020 Director View profile
  5. Clair Louise Marshall 2016-2017 Director View profile
  6. Aviva Director Services Limited 2016-2016 Corporate-director View profile
  7. Jonathan Charles Paykel 2015-2016 Director View profile
  8. Ian Williams 2013-2016 Director View profile
  9. Amanda Sisson 2013-2014 Director View profile
  10. Robin Duncan Smith 2012-2015 Director View profile
  11. Jonathan Stephen Moss 2012-2015 Director View profile
  12. Lindsay Clare J'Afari-Pak 2010-2012 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Mark Parsons 2010-2012 Director View profile
  14. GRE Nominee Shareholdings Limited 2006-2010 Corporate-director View profile
  15. Robert Edmund Lee 2005-2006 Director View profile
  16. Peter Jonathan Shelley 2002-2004 Director View profile
  17. Arthur Leslie Owen 1998-2000 Director View profile
  18. Ian David Lea Richardson 1998-2004 Director View profile
  19. Peter Nigel Stuckey Clark 1998-2002 Director View profile
  20. Gregory Mark Wood CBE 1997-1998 Director View profile
  21. Michael Eric Peter Moss 1993-1998 Director View profile
  22. Colin Edward James Hainsby 1998 Director View profile
  23. Brian David Emery 1993 Director View profile
  24. Keith Robert Puddephatt 1995 Director View profile
  25. Christopher John Brocksom 1997 Director View profile
  26. Friends Life Secretarial Services Limited 2010-2017 Corporate-secretary View profile
  27. Ian Hird 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Dormant Company
Incorporated
22/05/1980
Registered office
York
Previous names
AXA Equity & LAW Trustees Limited (until 14/03/2011)

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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 AEL Trustees Limited is controlled by Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited is controlled by Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Aviva Life Holdings UK 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

1.6y median 0.8y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 2Finance 2Professional services 2

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
01497951
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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