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Benefact Group PLC

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

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Previous officers 44

  1. Neil Patrick Maidment 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Sir Stephen Mark Jeffrey Lamport 2020-2024 Director View profile
  3. Denise Patricia Cockrem 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Angus Christian Winther 2019-2024 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Mcintyre 2017-2023 Director View profile
  6. Robert David Charles Henderson 2016-2025 Director View profile
  7. Edward George Creasy 2016-2017 Director View profile
  8. Caroline Helen Taylor 2014-2021 Director View profile
  9. Ian George Campbell 2014-2018 Director View profile
  10. Stephanie Jacinta Whyte 2013-2024 Director View profile
  11. Timothy Joseph Carroll 2013-2019 Director View profile
  12. Very Revd Christine Louise Wilson 2012-2020 Director View profile
  13. Denise Pamela Wilson 2010-2018 Director View profile
  14. Anthony Piers Latham 2008-2018 Director View profile
  15. Sir Philip John Courtney Mawer 2008-2013 Director View profile
  16. John Francis Hylands 2007-2019 Director View profile
  17. Steven Archibald Wood 2007-2013 Director View profile
  18. Michael Howard Tripp 2007-2013 Director View profile
  19. Mervyn Donald Couve 2006-2012 Director View profile
  20. William Meredith Samuel 2006-2016 Director View profile
  21. Right Reverend Dr Nigel Peyton 2005-2012 Director View profile
  22. Peter Nigel Stuckey Clark 2004-2006 Director View profile
  23. Dieter Ronald Losse 2002-2008 Director View profile
  24. Right Reverend Nicholas Baines 2002-2010 Director View profile
  25. David Christie 2001-2016 Director View profile
  26. Nicholas John Elliot Sealy 1999-2009 Director View profile
  27. Very Reverend Nicholas Guy Coulton 1997-2005 Director View profile
  28. George Andrew Prescott 1997-2009 Director View profile
  29. Graham Vincent Doswell 1997-2006 Director View profile
  30. Hugh Hedley Scurfield 1994-2004 Director View profile
  31. Harris, Reginald Brian, the Ven 1993-1998 Director View profile
  32. Very Reverend Thomas Eric Evans 1996 Director View profile
  33. Michael James Burns 1995 Director View profile
  34. Bernard Victor Day 2001 Director View profile
  35. Rt Rev Donald George Snelgrove 1994 Director View profile
  36. Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk 2000 Director View profile
  37. Miles Crispin Dean Roberts 2005 Director View profile
  38. Very Reverend John Arthur Simpson 2000 Director View profile
  39. William Hugh Yates 2006 Director View profile
  40. John David Mcardell 1997 Director View profile
  41. Mark Ralph Cornwall-Jones 2003 Director View profile
  42. John Charles Bracher 1993 Director View profile
  43. Roger Ward Clayton 1995-2002 Secretary View profile
  44. John Edwin Williscroft 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
26/04/1983
Registered office
Gloucester
Previous names
Ecclesiastical Insurance Group PLC (until 07/03/2022)

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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. Benefact Group PLC is controlled by Benefact Trust Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Benefact Trust Limited.

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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.

7 directors on the board

6y median 5y
average tenure
17.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Finance 17Professional services 9Business services 4Other services 3Education 2Dormant 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
01718196
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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