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Direct Line Insurance Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 57
- Richard Lewis Tubb 2025-2026 View profile
- Helen Clare O'Murchu 2016-2025 View profile
- Roger Cheston Clifton 2013-2025 View profile
- Humphrey Michael Tomlinson 2013-2025 View profile
- Peter Graham Edwards 2013-2014 View profile
- Craig Euan Morton 2013-2016 View profile
- Jane Carolyn Hanson 2011-2013 View profile
- Andrew William Palmer 2011-2013 View profile
- Anthony Jonathan Reizenstein 2011-2013 View profile
- Darrell Paul Evans 2010-2014 View profile
- Stephen Treloar 2009-2010 View profile
- Leigh James Bartlett 2009-2011 View profile
- Sheree Kim Howard 2009-2013 View profile
- Alastair James Grier 2009-2011 View profile
- Paul Robert Geddes 2009-2013 View profile
- Jonathan Paul Greenwood 2009-2024 View profile
- Gordon Francis Pell 2009-2009 View profile
- Andrew Dennis Cornish 2008-2008 View profile
- Edward John Gerard Smith 2008-2009 View profile
- Roger Charles Ramsden 2007-2008 View profile
- Michael Nicholas Quinton 2007-2007 View profile
- Christopher Paul Sullivan 2006-2012 View profile
- Mark Alexander Hesketh 2006-2009 View profile
- Christopher Moat 2005-2007 View profile
- Richard David Houghton 2005-2007 View profile
- Bernard Higgins 2004-2006 View profile
- Norman Cardie Mcluskie 2004-2010 View profile
- John Brendan O'Roarke 2003-2005 View profile
- Martin Paul Long 2003-2004 View profile
- Ian Falconer 2003-2012 View profile
- Denise Patricia Cockrem 2003-2003 View profile
- Stephen John Geraghty 2002-2003 View profile
- Stephen Victor Castle 2002-2004 View profile
- John Alastair Nigel Cameron 2002-2004 View profile
- Mark Andrew Fisher 2002-2009 View profile
- John Alistair Barclay 2002-2004 View profile
- James William Wallace 2000-2003 View profile
- John Anthony Geddes 1998-2002 View profile
- Paul Adriaan Verburgt 1998-2002 View profile
- Annette Elizabeth Court 1996-2006 View profile
- Ian Hugh Chippendale 1996-2006 View profile
- Robert Speirs 1996-2002 View profile
- Graham Alexander Forbes Ross 1996-2005 View profile
- Stephen Andrew Clarke 1995-2002 View profile
- Christopher Raymond Mckee 1994-2003 View profile
- Andrew Dodsworth 1993-2000 View profile
- Victor George Farrow 1993-2002 View profile
- Michael Patrick Flaherty 1992-2003 View profile
- Vernon Calvert Bryan 1995 View profile
- Sir George Ross Mathewson 1996 View profile
- Lyndon Morgan Thomas 2003 View profile
- Donald William Lewis 1998 View profile
- Kenneth Wilkinson 1997 View profile
- Peter John Wood 1997 View profile
- Penelope Ann Hutchings 2005-2013 View profile
- Peter Jeremy Atkinson 1996-2006 View profile
- Jane Dickson 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/04/1984
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.
- U K Insurance Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Direct Line Insurance Limited
is controlled by U K Insurance Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - U K Insurance Limited
is controlled by Direct Line Insurance Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Direct Line Insurance Group Limited
is controlled by Aviva Insurance Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-02 · source: Companies House PSC register - Aviva Insurance 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 - 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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- 09947086
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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.
2 directors on the board
- Darren Wayne Sheppard Director · appointed 2024
- Fahrin Jivraj Ribeiro Director · appointed 2025
1.4y median 1.4y
average tenure
2.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Darren Wayne Sheppard Director · appointed 2024
- Fahrin Jivraj Ribeiro Director · appointed 2025
0
also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Helen Clare O'Murchu Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
- Richard Lewis Tubb Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
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 11Professional services 7Finance 4Retail and trade 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
- 01810801
- 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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