---
title: "CGNU LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0dc33924-0e72-5c0b-b5ef-cc808bd909f9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0dc33924-0e72-5c0b-b5ef-cc808bd909f9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00226742
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CGNU LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00226742`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0dc33924-0e72-5c0b-b5ef-cc808bd909f9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0dc33924-0e72-5c0b-b5ef-cc808bd909f9  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **CGNU LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED** — companies_house_bulk · `oo:GB-COH-AC000074` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cfa95bf9-570e-5864-a978-4e0c4b8101fe

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **AVIVA LIFE HOLDINGS UK LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d60d3677-4006-5e7d-9a3d-3f95114006cb
- **UNDERSHAFT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/02f692ab-b904-51c0-bf9a-fb5163e44ad4
- **Undershaft Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f6e45bd-ced8-4bc3-b476-43e8e9d50fdd
- **Aviva Life Holdings Uk Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c3fba82c-5b66-4739-baf2-3202fed88fc2

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **9-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `00226742`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1927-12-20
- **Registered office:** Aviva, Wellington Row, York, North Yorkshire, YO90 1WR, England
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- AVIVA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2017-10-01
- CALLAGHAN, Lee Patrick — director · British · appointed 2025-09-09
- MACINTYRE, Jamie — director · Scottish · appointed 2025-09-09
- MORGAN, Alice Parker — director · British · appointed 2025-09-09
- CHAMBERS, Ian Alexander — secretary · British · resigned 1993-07-31
- GRAHAM, Alexander Donald — secretary · British · appointed 1993-08-01 · resigned 1996-03-13
- WHITE, Philip Martin — secretary · British · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 2004-11-30
- WILMAN, Jennifer Jane — secretary · British · appointed 2007-06-27 · resigned 2015-08-31
- AVIVA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2007-06-28
- ABERCROMBY, Keith William — director · British · appointed 2005-11-28 · resigned 2006-09-14
- AINLEY, John — director · British · appointed 2004-08-02 · resigned 2006-03-31
- AIRLIE, David George Patrick Coke, The Rt Hon Earl — director · British · resigned 1997-03-19
- ANDERSON, Charles Andrew — director · British · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2001-09-27
- BARRAL, David Barclay — director · British · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2012-09-24
- BARRAL, David Barclay — director · British · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2006-05-22
- BERVILLE, Graham Michael — director · British · appointed 1998-10-19 · resigned 2000-09-01
- BOLTON, Lyndon — director · British · appointed 1995-09-28 · resigned 1998-05-11
- COURTENAY-SMITH, Nicholas Andrew — director · British · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2001-12-31
- FARNHAM, Barry Owen Somerset, Lord — director · British · appointed 1996-01-01 · resigned 1997-12-31
- HALES, Peter Robert — director · British · appointed 1998-10-19 · resigned 2005-09-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Undershaft Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f6e45bd-ced8-4bc3-b476-43e8e9d50fdd) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-09-30
- [Aviva Life Holdings Uk Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c3fba82c-5b66-4739-baf2-3202fed88fc2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-09-30

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00226742
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00226742

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **CGNU LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0dc33924-0e72-5c0b-b5ef-cc808bd909f9 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CGNU LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0dc33924-0e72-5c0b-b5ef-cc808bd909f9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/0dc33924-0e72-5c0b-b5ef-cc808bd909f9._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._