---
title: "STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32987ba7-4b00-597e-a407-d02e6ab0cfd6
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/32987ba7-4b00-597e-a407-d02e6ab0cfd6
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC068442
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC068442`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32987ba7-4b00-597e-a407-d02e6ab0cfd6  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/32987ba7-4b00-597e-a407-d02e6ab0cfd6  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fbc61318-973b-55a7-b57b-babb879a1e33

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **THE ST PAULS ESTATE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bce3b4cb-6fb6-5293-ae77-e2a29cc21648
- **ST PAUL'S PLACE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aca4c416-078a-5bf9-90b8-dbcb0c4419ed

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

A **12-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:** `SC068442`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1979-06-07
- **Registered office:** Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DH
- **SIC:** 65110

### Officers

- [PEARL GROUP SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5378e132-bf2a-5f9e-b03a-485fdf773bfa) — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-08-31
- SHAKESPEARE, Paul — director · British · appointed 2026-01-23
- TYSON, Peter Trygve — director · British · appointed 2021-04-30
- FOTHERINGHAM, David Drysdale — secretary · British · appointed 1993-11-15 · resigned 1996-03-01
- GRAY, Archibald James Angus Macuish — secretary · British · resigned 1993-11-14
- HORSBURGH, Frances Margaret — secretary · appointed 2015-04-23 · resigned 2018-08-31
- MCGOVERN, Gillian — secretary · British · appointed 2007-05-01 · resigned 2015-04-23
- SOMERVILLE, Peter Walter — secretary · British · appointed 1996-03-01 · resigned 2007-05-01
- AIREY, Lawrence, Sir — director · British · resigned 1994-03-22
- BELL, Alexander Scott — director · British · resigned 2002-03-15
- BENTLEY, David Cameron — director · Uk · appointed 2002-03-16 · resigned 2005-12-01
- BLACK, James Masson — director · British · appointed 2008-11-07 · resigned 2010-12-31
- BOURKE, Evelyn Brigid — director · Irish · appointed 2006-08-07 · resigned 2008-11-07
- DOHERTY, Shaun Edward — director · British · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2006-08-07
- DOUGLAS, Simon David George — director · British · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2006-04-27
- GILL, John Easton — director · British · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2017-09-29
- HESKETH, Mark Alexander — director · British · appointed 2011-04-18 · resigned 2017-05-31
- HYLANDS, John Francis — director · British · appointed 2001-12-16 · resigned 2005-12-01
- JOSHI, Peter Kamalakant — director · British · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2008-10-31
- LESSELS, Norman — director · British · resigned 1998-04-28

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Standard Life Assurance Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fbc61318-973b-55a7-b57b-babb879a1e33) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC068442
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC068442

## 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 **STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32987ba7-4b00-597e-a407-d02e6ab0cfd6 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32987ba7-4b00-597e-a407-d02e6ab0cfd6 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/32987ba7-4b00-597e-a407-d02e6ab0cfd6._

_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"._