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Standard Life Assets and Employee Services Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 17

  1. Colin Andrew Williams 2024–2026 Director View profile
  2. Arlene Cairns 2024–2026 Director View profile
  3. Thomas Stephen James Ground 2024–2025 Director View profile
  4. Samantha Rose Buckle 2023–2024 Director View profile
  5. Rakesh Kishore Thakrar 2023–2023 Director View profile
  6. Sara Elizabeth Thompson 2023–2024 Director View profile
  7. Katherine Louise Jones 2023–2024 Director View profile
  8. Jacqueline Dorothy Mary Noakes 2022–2024 Director View profile
  9. William Edward Swift 2021–2022 Director View profile
  10. Philip Kenneth Lane 2019–2021 Director View profile
  11. Robert Brian Frederick Seaman 2019–2023 Director View profile
  12. Antonios Kassimiotis 2018–2022 Director View profile
  13. Steven Grant Murray 2018–2018 Director View profile
  14. Dawnne Mahmoud 2018–2019 Director View profile
  15. Stephen Keith Percival 2018–2019 Director View profile
  16. John Gerald Mcguigan 2018–2019 Director View profile
  17. Frances Margaret Horsburgh 2018–2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
05/04/2018

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 Assets and Employee Services Limited is controlled by Phoenix Life Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 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 for researchers

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

0.4y median 0.4y
average tenure
0.5y
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 10Tech 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
SC593510
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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