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Pearl Assurance Group Holdings Limited

Activities of financial services holding companies

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

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Previous officers 30

  1. Arlene Cairns 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Katherine Louise Jones 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Samuel James Perowne 2014-2022 Director View profile
  4. James Mcconville 2013-2020 Director View profile
  5. Rakesh Kishore Thakrar 2012-2022 Director View profile
  6. David Louis Richardson 2011-2013 Director View profile
  7. Jonathan James Yates 2011-2011 Director View profile
  8. Paul Lewis Miles 2011-2012 Director View profile
  9. Diarmuid Cummins 2010-2011 Director View profile
  10. William Alan Mcintosh 2005-2009 Director View profile
  11. Stephen James Robertson 2005-2009 Director View profile
  12. Ian William Laughlin 2005-2006 Director View profile
  13. Life Company Investor Group Limited 2005-2005 Corporate-director View profile
  14. John Simon Bertie Smith 2004-2010 Director View profile
  15. Nicholas Toby Hiscock 2003-2005 Director View profile
  16. Jonathan Stephen Moss 2003-2011 Director View profile
  17. Brendan Joseph Meehan 2001-2003 Director View profile
  18. Thomas Aird Fraser 2001-2002 Director View profile
  19. Marc Joseph De Cure 2000-2002 Director View profile
  20. Rodney Malcolm Cook 1999-2001 Director View profile
  21. Peter Thomas Johnson 1998-1999 Director View profile
  22. Paul John Batchelor 1998-1999 Director View profile
  23. William Richard Gorman 1998-1999 Director View profile
  24. Richard Charles Surface 1997-1999 Director View profile
  25. Sir Malcolm Rowland Bates 1997-2004 Director View profile
  26. Jonathan Eliot Schwartz 1996-1998 Director View profile
  27. William Kerry Roberts 1996-1998 Director View profile
  28. Anthony Watson 1996-1998 Director View profile
  29. Gerald Alistair Watson 1997-2019 Secretary View profile
  30. Dennis John Rowan 1996-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of financial services holding companies
Incorporated
05/09/1996
Registered office
Birmingham

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. Pearl Assurance Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Pearl Group Holdings (NO. 2) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Pearl Group Holdings (NO. 2) Limited is controlled by Phoenix Life Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Phoenix Life Holdings Limited is controlled by Standard Life PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-06-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Standard Life PLC is controlled by James Mcconville
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2018-10-05, ceased 2018-12-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by James Mcconville.

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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

1.4y median 0.3y
average tenure
3.7y
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.

Finance 20Professional services 9Dormant 8Business services 1Tech and media 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
03245996
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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