---
title: "STANDARD LIFE PENSION FUNDS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87273a9e-e5e9-5c62-b491-50ca727aeb48
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/87273a9e-e5e9-5c62-b491-50ca727aeb48
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC046447
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# STANDARD LIFE PENSION FUNDS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC046447`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87273a9e-e5e9-5c62-b491-50ca727aeb48  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/87273a9e-e5e9-5c62-b491-50ca727aeb48  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **PHOENIX LIFE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6e7d50e8-2a46-488f-b0fa-a2d6eee50fc7
- **STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fbc61318-973b-55a7-b57b-babb879a1e33

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

A **32-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:** `SC046447`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc
- **Incorporated:** 1969-03-27
- **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
- BUFFHAM, James Bryan — director · British · appointed 2025-01-31
- SHAKESPEARE, Paul — director · British · appointed 2026-06-30
- 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
- CAIRNS, Arlene — director · British · appointed 2024-04-01 · resigned 2025-02-01
- CROMBIE, Alexander Maxwell, Sir — director · British · appointed 2003-03-03 · resigned 2005-12-01
- 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
- HAYDEN-CAREY, Lindsey Jayne — director · British · appointed 2025-09-02 · resigned 2026-06-30
- HESKETH, Mark Alexander — director · British · appointed 2011-04-18 · resigned 2017-05-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Phoenix Life Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6e7d50e8-2a46-488f-b0fa-a2d6eee50fc7) — 75–100% votes · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-10-27
- [Standard Life Assurance Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fbc61318-973b-55a7-b57b-babb879a1e33) — 75–100% votes · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2023-10-27

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC046447
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC046447

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **STANDARD LIFE PENSION FUNDS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87273a9e-e5e9-5c62-b491-50ca727aeb48 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/87273a9e-e5e9-5c62-b491-50ca727aeb48._

_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"._