Company
The Scottish Mutual Assurance Society
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Joanne EdlinDirector · since 2026
- Sophia Louise Mawlam-PatelDirector · since 2026
- Paul ShakespeareDirector · since 2025
- Lindsey Jayne Hayden-CareyDirector · since 2024
- Victoria Anne ReubenDirector · since 2024
- James Bryan BuffhamDirector · since 2021
- Pearl Group Secretariat Services LimitedCorporate-secretary · since 2006
Previous officers 56
- Kirstin Mcdougall 2024-2025 View profile
- Brid Mary Meaney 2022-2024 View profile
- Jacqueline Dorothy Mary Noakes 2022-2026 View profile
- Kerry Elizabeth Sutton 2019-2026 View profile
- Peter Kane Mayes 2019-2024 View profile
- Craig Anthony Baker 2019-2024 View profile
- Rizwan Sheriff 2017-2021 View profile
- Shamira Mohammed 2014-2017 View profile
- Stephen Fawcett 2013-2016 View profile
- Andrew Moss 2010-2022 View profile
- Kevin John Arnott 2010-2022 View profile
- Antonios Kassimiotis 2010-2022 View profile
- Susan Davidson Mcinnes 2010-2018 View profile
- Kenny Graves 2010-2012 View profile
- Leo Alexander Nuttall 2010-2019 View profile
- David Charles Huntley 2008-2009 View profile
- Colin Graham Rankin 2008-2010 View profile
- Robert Paul Stockton 2008-2008 View profile
- Michael John Merrick 2008-2014 View profile
- Michael Robert Kipling 2008-2010 View profile
- Fiona Matthews 2007-2008 View profile
- Stephen James Mcgee 2007-2010 View profile
- Graham Lloyd Singleton 2006-2008 View profile
- Ian Graham Maidens 2006-2008 View profile
- James Allen Newman 2006-2008 View profile
- Philip Bernard Griffin-Smith 2006-2007 View profile
- Philip Andrew Ramsell 2006-2006 View profile
- Bruno Marcel David Geiringer 2006-2006 View profile
- David Gordon Wallace 2004-2005 View profile
- Jason Leslie Wright 2004-2006 View profile
- Shaun Patrick Coles 2004-2006 View profile
- Catherine Dunlop 2003-2004 View profile
- Kerr Luscombe 2003-2010 View profile
- Donald Ramsay 2003-2007 View profile
- Caroline Murphy 2003-2003 View profile
- Helen Henderson 2003-2003 View profile
- Fiona Muir 2003-2003 View profile
- Fiona Mitchell 2000-2004 View profile
- Helen Marie Mckenzie 2000-2004 View profile
- Alan Robert Devereux 1997-2003 View profile
- John William Duffus Campbell 1997-2001 View profile
- James Allan Denholm 1996-2003 View profile
- Alastair David Lyons 1996-1997 View profile
- Ian Gilmour 1995-1997 View profile
- Caroline Ramsay 1994-2004 View profile
- Colin Mathison Mackie 1994-2002 View profile
- Andrew Howard Pople 1994-1996 View profile
- Graham Robert Pottinger 1994-2002 View profile
- Frederick Douglas Patrick 1992-1994 View profile
- Professor Robert Barr Jack 1992-1998 View profile
- John Hannah Forbes Macpherson 1992-1996 View profile
- Robert Smillie Clarkson 1992-1993 View profile
- Leslie James Gray 1992-1994 View profile
- Charles Grant Thomson 1992-1995 View profile
- Abbey National Secretariat Services Limited 2004-2006 View profile
- Lillian Boyle 1992-1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 14/04/1983
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.
- Pearl Life Holdings Limited
75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Scottish Mutual Assurance Limited ceased 2016-04-06
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- The Scottish Mutual Assurance Society
is controlled by Pearl Life Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
171 other companies in this group
- Standard Life Mortgages Limited
- NM Life Trustees Limited
- Inhoco 3107 Limited
- NP Life Holdings Limited
- Phoenix AW Limited
- G Life H Limited
- Phoenix SPV3 Limited
- Pearl Group Holdings (NO. 2) Limited
- Pearl (Martineau Phase 1) Limited
- Standard Life Fund Managers Limited
- Slif Property Investment GP Limited
- 3 ST Andrew Square Apartments Limited
- Phoenix SL Direct Limited
- Pearl Trustees Limited
- Scottish Mutual Customer Care Limited
- Pearl MP Birmingham Limited
- Phoenix (Moor House 1) Limited
- Standard Life Investment Funds Limited
- Pearl Life Holdings Limited
- Standard Life PLC
- Standard Life Assets and Employee Services Limited
- PGH CA Limited
- Reassure UK Life Assurance Company Limited
- Phoenix ULA Limited
- Phoenix Life CA Holdings Limited
- BA (Furbs) Limited
- Standard Life Agency Services Limited
- Abbey Life Trustee Services Limited
- Phoenix Life Limited
- Barnwood Properties Limited
- Alba LAS Pensions Management Limited
- Pearl AL Limited
- The Heritable Securities and Mortgage Investment Association LTD.
- Standard Life Financial Advice Services Limited
- The Phoenix Life SCP Institution
- Century Trustee Services Limited
- Standard Life Lifetime Mortgages Limited
- Phoenix Pensions Trustee Services Limited
- Britannic Finance Limited
- SC216955
- Erip General Partner Limited
- Clearfol Investment Limited
- G Assurance & Pension Services LTD
- The Gresham Life Assurance Society Limited
- Pearl Group Holdings (NO. 1) Limited
- CGE Management Company Limited
- Phoenix (Barwell 2) Limited
- Pearl RLH Limited
- G Financial Services Limited
- SPL (Holdings) Limited
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.
6 directors on the board
- James Bryan Buffham Director · appointed 2021
- Paul Shakespeare Director · appointed 2025
- Joanne Edlin Director · appointed 2026
- Sophia Louise Mawlam-Patel Director · appointed 2026
- Victoria Anne Reuben Director · appointed 2024
- Lindsey Jayne Hayden-Carey Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (6)
- James Bryan Buffham Director · appointed 2021
- Paul Shakespeare Director · appointed 2025
- Joanne Edlin Director · appointed 2026
- Sophia Louise Mawlam-Patel Director · appointed 2026
- Victoria Anne Reuben Director · appointed 2024
- Lindsey Jayne Hayden-Carey Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Kerry Elizabeth Sutton Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
- Jacqueline Dorothy Mary Noakes Director · appointed 2022 · 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.
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
- SZ000015
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Other company type
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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