---
title: "FRIENDS LIFE COMPANY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/25812b40-1a57-538d-82d8-790ba2acff07
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/25812b40-1a57-538d-82d8-790ba2acff07
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03291349
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FRIENDS LIFE COMPANY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03291349`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/25812b40-1a57-538d-82d8-790ba2acff07  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/25812b40-1a57-538d-82d8-790ba2acff07  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **FRIENDS LIFE COMPANY LIMITED** — GLEIF · `lei:213800AF9R6ANNVL4V97` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/332b2dde-dbe1-5e6b-a2a6-ce4c1858f517

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **FRIENDS LIFE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3aedea5d-b83a-553e-b5bc-11851ca2987c
- **LONDON AND MANCHESTER GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/36d3b057-1641-5f4b-b839-531eb3fad70c
- **London And Manchester Group Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16e374ba-481d-497d-be5a-0036c3e673b8
- **Friends Life Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f88e75f-c3b4-4e87-bcec-f61d84baba72

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

A **13-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:** `03291349`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-12-12
- **Registered office:** Aviva, Wellington Row, York, YO90 1WR, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 99999

### Officers

- 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
- HIRD, Ian — secretary · British · appointed 1997-06-11 · resigned 1998-03-16
- RICHARDSON, Ian David Lea — secretary · British · appointed 1998-03-17 · resigned 2004-09-13
- SMALL, Jeremy Peter — secretary · British · appointed 2004-09-13 · resigned 2010-09-15
- YEOMAN, Ruth — secretary · British · appointed 2010-09-15 · resigned 2012-02-29
- FRIENDS LIFE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2011-09-09 · resigned 2017-03-17
- OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 1997-02-04 · resigned 1997-06-11
- SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-12-12 · resigned 1997-02-04
- AVENEL, Gilles Marie Pierre Louis, Monsieur — director · French · appointed 1998-03-16 · resigned 1999-01-11
- BLACK, James Masson — director · British · appointed 2013-02-08 · resigned 2013-09-27
- BOUNDS, Kevin Charles — director · British · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2006-12-30
- BOURKE, Evelyn Brigid — director · Irish,British · appointed 2010-09-15 · resigned 2012-09-21
- BROWN, William Mitchell — director · British · appointed 1997-06-11 · resigned 1998-03-16
- CALDER, Stewart Stephen — director · British · appointed 2012-09-19 · resigned 2015-08-21
- CHEESEMAN, David Richard — director · British · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2010-09-15
- CLARK, Peter Nigel Stuckey — director · British · appointed 1997-09-09 · resigned 2002-06-28
- DE MENEVAL, Francois — director · French · appointed 2004-12-14 · resigned 2010-09-15
- DE WARENGHIEN, Amaury Ghislain Pierre — director · French · appointed 2001-07-03 · resigned 2004-11-12

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [London And Manchester Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/16e374ba-481d-497d-be5a-0036c3e673b8) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-12-05
- [Friends Life Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f88e75f-c3b4-4e87-bcec-f61d84baba72) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2016-12-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03291349
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03291349

## 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 **FRIENDS LIFE COMPANY LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/25812b40-1a57-538d-82d8-790ba2acff07 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FRIENDS LIFE COMPANY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/25812b40-1a57-538d-82d8-790ba2acff07 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/25812b40-1a57-538d-82d8-790ba2acff07._

_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"._