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Standard Life Pension Funds Limited

Standard Life Pension Funds Limited is an active UK company (number SC046447), incorporated 1969, with 2 current directors, Paul Shakespeare and James Bryan Buffham. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 37

  1. Lindsey Jayne Hayden-Carey 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Kerry Elizabeth Sutton 2025-2026 Director View profile
  3. Arlene Cairns 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Peter Kane Mayes 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Moss 2022-2022 Director View profile
  6. John Robert Lister 2021-2025 Director View profile
  7. Brid Mary Meaney 2021-2025 Director View profile
  8. Samuel John Lever 2021-2024 Director View profile
  9. Michael Norris Urmston 2018-2021 Director View profile
  10. Ciaran Francis Mcguigan 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Steven Grant Murray 2017-2018 Director View profile
  12. Stephen Keith Percival 2017-2021 Director View profile
  13. Mark Alexander Hesketh 2011-2017 Director View profile
  14. Paul Stephen Matthews 2009-2017 Director View profile
  15. James Masson Black 2008-2010 Director View profile
  16. Peter Kamalakant Joshi 2008-2008 Director View profile
  17. Evelyn Brigid Bourke 2006-2008 Director View profile
  18. Barry O'Dwyer 2006-2007 Director View profile
  19. Nathan Richard Parnaby 2005-2007 Director View profile
  20. Simon David George Douglas 2005-2006 Director View profile
  21. Trevor John Matthews 2005-2008 Director View profile
  22. John Easton Gill 2005-2017 Director View profile
  23. Shaun Edward Doherty 2005-2006 Director View profile
  24. Sir Alexander Maxwell Crombie 2003-2005 Director View profile
  25. David Cameron Bentley 2002-2005 Director View profile
  26. John Francis Hylands 2001-2005 Director View profile
  27. Iain Cobden Lumsden 1998-2003 Director View profile
  28. John Francis Henry Trott 1994-1998 Director View profile
  29. Norman Lessels 1998 Director View profile
  30. James Stretton 2001 Director View profile
  31. Alexander Scott Bell 2002 Director View profile
  32. Sir Lawrence Airey 1994 Director View profile
  33. Frances Margaret Horsburgh 2015-2018 Secretary View profile
  34. Gillian Mcgovern 2007-2015 Secretary View profile
  35. Peter Walter Somerville 1996-2007 Secretary View profile
  36. David Drysdale Fotheringham 1993-1996 Secretary View profile
  37. Archibald James Angus Macuish Gray 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/03/1969

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. Standard Life Pension Funds Limited is controlled by Phoenix Life Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-10-27 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Phoenix Life Limited is controlled by Pearl Life Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Pearl Life Holdings Limited is controlled by Impala Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Impala Holdings 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.

2 directors on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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 35Dormant 25Professional services 21Business services 3

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
SC046447
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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