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Friends Life WL Limited

Life insurance

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 66

  1. Rhona Helen Sim 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Helen Potter 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Emily Anne Field 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Laura Eileen Mcgowan 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Amy Victoria Gwynne Garvin 2017-2021 Director View profile
  6. Linda Hall 2017-2021 Director View profile
  7. Clair Louise Marshall 2016-2017 Director View profile
  8. Aviva Director Services Limited 2016-2017 Corporate-director View profile
  9. Monica Risam 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. Robin Duncan Smith 2013-2015 Director View profile
  11. James Masson Black 2013-2013 Director View profile
  12. Stewart Stephen Calder 2012-2015 Director View profile
  13. Jonathan Stephen Moss 2012-2015 Director View profile
  14. Evelyn Brigid Bourke 2011-2012 Director View profile
  15. Mark Richard Beavis Versey 2011-2014 Director View profile
  16. Andrew Mark Parsons 2011-2012 Director View profile
  17. David Emmanuel Hynam 2011-2013 Director View profile
  18. Jean Paul Dominique Louis Drouffe 2010-2011 Director View profile
  19. Lindsay Clare J'Afari-Pak 2009-2013 Director View profile
  20. David Richard Cheeseman 2008-2011 Director View profile
  21. Ian Robinson 2008-2010 Director View profile
  22. Nicolas Jean Marie Denis Moreau 2007-2010 Director View profile
  23. Andrew John Purvis 2006-2011 Director View profile
  24. Philippe Louis Herbert Maso Y Guell Rivet 2006-2008 Director View profile
  25. Paul James Evans 2006-2011 Director View profile
  26. Francois De Meneval 2006-2011 Director View profile
  27. David Mark Brown 2006-2007 Director View profile
  28. Rt Hon John Haggitt Charles Patten 2005-2006 Director View profile
  29. Kevin Charles Bounds 2005-2005 Director View profile
  30. David Michael Thompson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  31. Nicolas John Elphick 2004-2007 Director View profile
  32. Aidan Joseph Sherry 2004-2006 Director View profile
  33. Kristina Maria Isherwood 2003-2007 Director View profile
  34. Christen Schnor 2003-2006 Director View profile
  35. Michael Hermann Winkler 2003-2006 Director View profile
  36. Ian Brimecome 2003-2006 Director View profile
  37. Graham Lloyd Singleton 2002-2003 Director View profile
  38. James Michael Ryan 2002-2003 Director View profile
  39. Debra Kay Broek 2002-2006 Director View profile
  40. Michael John Kellard 2002-2011 Director View profile
  41. James Mcdonald Buchanan Hare 2002-2007 Director View profile
  42. Anthony John Moret 2002-2003 Director View profile
  43. Clifton Adrian Melvin 2001-2003 Director View profile
  44. Baroness Gloria Dorothy Hooper 2000-2002 Director View profile
  45. Professor Michael Kohler 2000-2001 Director View profile
  46. John Charles Finan 2000-2001 Director View profile
  47. Richard Anthony Francis Ostime 2000-2003 Director View profile
  48. William Nicholas Hood 2000-2006 Director View profile
  49. Matthew James Walsh 1999-2000 Director View profile
  50. Roderick James Lewis 1998-1999 Director View profile
  51. Christopher Alan Edwards 1998-1999 Director View profile
  52. Arthur John Molloy 1998-2000 Director View profile
  53. Christopher Davis Coyle 1998-1999 Director View profile
  54. Havilland James De Sausmarez 1998-2000 Director View profile
  55. Timothy Cardwell Wade 1997-1998 Director View profile
  56. Peter John Smedley 1997-1997 Director View profile
  57. Winston Howard Carter 1997-2000 Director View profile
  58. Christopher Harvey 1996-2000 Director View profile
  59. Robert John Garnsworthy 1996-2000 Director View profile
  60. Damian Condon 1996-1998 Director View profile
  61. Robert George Lyons Grimmond 1995-1996 Director View profile
  62. Friends Life Secretarial Services Limited 2011-2017 Corporate-secretary View profile
  63. Sandra Judith Basaran 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  64. Neil Jonathan Cantle 2002-2005 Secretary View profile
  65. Kevin Ashley Lockwood 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  66. Jacqueline Ann Bamford 1995-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Life insurance; Pension funding
Incorporated
20/10/1995
Registered office
York
Previous names
Winterthur Life UK Limited (until 25/05/2012)

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 WL 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

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 26Finance 14Construction 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
03116645
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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