Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company

Active00024869 Public limited company

What Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company say about themselves

“Protect what matters most with specialist insurance, risk management and financial services from Ecclesiastical. Trusted expertise, personal support and a purpose-led approach.”

— from ecclesiastical.com
Incorporated
3 August 1887 (139 years)
Industry
Non-life insurance (65120)
Directors
David Andrew Torrance
Gail Louise Tucker
Owned by
Accounts type
Group
Region
South West
Address
Benefact House 2000 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW

Filing status

Accounts due
30 June 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
16 July 2027
Last conf. stmt
2 July 2026

Charges

Total
3
Outstanding
2
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
1

Officers 11 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Torrance, David Andrew
Director · Appointed 1 October 2026
British
Born May 1953 (73)
Tucker, Gail Louise
Director · Appointed 1 May 2026
British
Born March 1964 (62)
Director · Appointed 3 February 2026
Also at Brown & Brown (Europe) Holdco Limited, Brown & Brown Insurance Brokers (UK) Limited, Novia Financial PLC · more companies
British
Born February 1960 (66)
Murphy, Michael Anthony
Director · Appointed 3 December 2025
Irish
Born April 1972 (54)
Director · Appointed 1 January 2025
Also at Ecclesiastical Life Limited, Benefact Group PLC, Ecclesiastical Group Healthcare Trustees Limited
British
Born February 1982 (44)
Director · Appointed 19 August 2024
Also at Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance, Cariocca Enterprises (Manchester) Limited · more companies
British
Born June 1962 (64)
Director · Appointed 23 March 2020
Also at Painshill Park Trust Limited, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Management Limited · more companies
British
Born November 1951
Director · Appointed 19 March 2019
Also at A-Plan Holdings, Howden UK&I Holdings Limited, Howden UK Brokers Limited · more companies
British
Born July 1961 (65)
Director · Appointed 16 July 2013
Irish
Born December 1956 (69)
Director · Appointed 2 June 2009
Also at The Windsor Leadership Trust, Lycetts Holdings Limited, Benefact Group PLC · more companies
British
Born April 1969 (57)
Secretary · Appointed 25 May 1995
Also at Methodist Insurance Public Limited Company, Baptist Insurance Company PLC the, E.I.O. Trustees Limited · more companies
British
Officer history (50 former)
1 October 2026
Appointed Torrance, David Andrew as Director
30 September 2026
Resigned Coyle, James as Director
1 May 2026
Appointed Tucker, Gail Louise as Director
3 February 2026
Appointed Dale, Jane Elizabeth as Director
31 December 2025
Resigned Walker, Maria Elizabeth as Director
31 December 2025
Resigned Henderson, Robert David Charles as Director
3 December 2025
Appointed Murphy, Michael Anthony as Director
26 June 2025
Resigned Winther, Angus Christian as Director
1 January 2025
Appointed Bennett, Mark Edmund Hacquoil as Director
31 December 2024
Resigned Maidment, Neil Patrick as Director
24 September 2024
Resigned Bajaj, Rita as Director
24 September 2024
Resigned Moulder, Mr Chris as Director
19 August 2024
Appointed Best, Karen Belinda, Venerable as Director
31 July 2024
Appointed Walker, Maria Elizabeth as Director
30 June 2024
Resigned Cockrem, Denise Patricia as Director
21 May 2024
Appointed Coyle, James as Director
22 June 2023
Resigned Mcintyre, Andrew as Director
8 September 2021
Resigned Taylor, Caroline Helen as Director
15 July 2021
Appointed Bajaj, Rita as Director
18 June 2020
23 March 2020
6 January 2020
Appointed Maidment, Neil Patrick as Director
31 December 2019
Resigned Carroll, Timothy Joseph as Director
6 September 2019
Appointed Cockrem, Denise Patricia as Director
19 March 2019
Appointed Winther, Angus Christian as Director
19 March 2019
Appointed Boisseau, Francois-Xavier Bernard as Director
19 March 2019
Resigned Hylands, John Francis as Director
31 August 2018
Resigned Campbell, Ian George as Director
21 August 2018
Resigned Wilson, Denise Pamela as Director
14 June 2018
Resigned Latham, Anthony Piers as Director
27 September 2017
Appointed Moulder, Mr Chris as Director
4 April 2017
Appointed Mcintyre, Andrew as Director
31 March 2017
Resigned Creasy, Edward George as Director
20 April 2016
Appointed Henderson, Robert David Charles as Director
16 March 2016
Resigned Samuel, William Meredith, Mr as Director
16 March 2016
Resigned Christie, David as Director
10 February 2016
Appointed Creasy, Edward George as Director
8 September 2014
Appointed Taylor, Caroline Helen as Director
30 April 2014
Appointed Campbell, Ian George as Director
16 July 2013
Appointed Whyte, Stephanie Jacinta as Director
12 June 2013
Resigned Wood, Steven Archibald as Director
21 May 2013
Resigned Tripp, Michael Howard as Director
2 April 2013
Appointed Carroll, Timothy Joseph as Director
6 February 2013
21 June 2012
21 June 2012
Resigned Couve, Mervyn Donald as Director
21 June 2012
16 December 2010
Appointed Wilson, Denise Pamela as Director
23 June 2010
24 June 2009
Resigned Sealy, Nicholas John Elliot as Director
2 June 2009
Appointed Hews, Mark Christopher John as Director
2 June 2009
Resigned Prescott, George Andrew as Director
26 March 2008
Appointed Latham, Anthony Piers as Director
26 March 2008
Resigned Losse, Dieter Ronald as Director
4 February 2008
Appointed Mawer, Philip John Courtney, Sir as Director
1 September 2007
Appointed Hylands, John Francis as Director
1 January 2007
Appointed Tripp, Michael Howard as Director
31 December 2006
Resigned Doswell, Graham Vincent, Mr. as Director
20 June 2006
Resigned Yates, William Hugh as Director
20 June 2006
Appointed Couve, Mervyn Donald as Director
11 June 2006
Resigned Clark, Peter Nigel Stuckey as Director
1 January 2006
Appointed Wood, Steven Archibald as Director
1 January 2006
Appointed Samuel, William Meredith, Mr as Director
31 December 2005
Resigned Roberts, Miles Crispin Dean as Director
31 December 2005
Resigned Burdett, Kenneth John as Director
1 November 2005
23 March 2005
3 November 2004
Resigned Scurfield, Hugh Hedley as Director
1 October 2004
Appointed Burdett, Kenneth John as Director
1 January 2004
Appointed Clark, Peter Nigel Stuckey as Director
26 June 2003
Resigned Cornwall Jones, Mark Ralph as Director
27 June 2002
Appointed Losse, Dieter Ronald as Director
27 June 2002
27 June 2002
1 March 2002
Resigned Clayton, Roger Ward as Secretary
31 December 2001
Resigned Day, Bernard Victor as Director
1 January 2001
Appointed Christie, David as Director
31 December 2000
Resigned Silk, Dennis Raoul Whitehall as Director
29 June 2000
7 April 1999
Appointed Sealy, Nicholas John Elliot as Director
31 December 1998
Resigned Harris, Reginald Brian, The Ven as Director
6 November 1997
26 June 1997
Resigned Mcardell, John David as Director
17 August 1996
1 May 1996
Appointed Mawer, Philip John Courtney, Sir as Director
29 March 1996
Resigned Thomson, Clive Benjamin as Director
27 July 1995
Appointed Prescott, George Andrew as Director
27 July 1995
Appointed Doswell, Graham Vincent, Mr. as Director
29 June 1995
Resigned Burns, Michael James as Director
25 May 1995
Appointed Clayton, Roger Ward as Secretary
25 May 1995
Appointed Hall, Rachael Jane as Secretary
1 May 1995
Resigned Williscroft, John Edwin as Secretary
30 June 1994
30 June 1994
Appointed Mcardell, John David as Director
22 March 1994
Resigned Stapleton, Derek Walter as Director
27 January 1994
Appointed Scurfield, Hugh Hedley as Director
31 December 1993
Resigned Bracher, John Charles as Director
1 July 1993
Appointed Harris, Reginald Brian, The Ven as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Corporate entity · Notified 2 July 2016
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Public Limited Company
Reg. no. 1718196

Group structure 17 shown

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

Benefact Trust Limited
Benefact Group PLC Owns 75–100% of shares
Benefact Broking & Advisory Holdings Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Access Underwriting Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ecclesiastical Financial Advisory Services Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Lloyd & Whyte Group Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Lycetts Holdings Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Benefact Management Services Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company This company Owns 75–100% of shares
E.I.O. Trustees Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ecclesiastical Group Healthcare Trustees Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ecclesiastical Life Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Ecclesiastical Underwriting Management Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Edentree Holdings Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Edentree Asset Management Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Edentree Investment Management Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
12 August 2026Confirmation statement with updates2 July 2026
9 July 2026Memorandum and Articles of Association
9 July 2026Resolutions
1 June 2026Group of companies' accounts31 December 2025
5 May 2026Appointment of a director
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