Ecclesiastical Life Limited

Active00243111 Private limited company

Incorporated: 19 October 1929 (97 years)
Industry: Life insurance (65110)
Pension funding (65300)
Directors: Denise Patricia Cockrem
Ian St John Martin
Mark Edmund Hacquoil Bennett
all 5 directors
Owned by: Ecclesiastical Insurance Office PLC
Accounts type: Full
Region: South West
Address: Benefact House
2000 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW

Website & contact details

Group website: ecclesiastical.com via Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company
The site of this company’s group or brand.

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 September 2027
Last accounts: 31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due: 23 April 2027
Last conf. stmt: 9 April 2026

Officers 6 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Cockrem, Denise Patricia

Director · Appointed 1 January 2026

Also at Edentree Holdings Limited, Benefact Trust Limited, Julius Baer International Limited · more companies

British

Born November 1962

Martin, Ian St John

Director · Appointed 19 September 2024

Also at Lycett, Browne-Swinburne & Douglass Limited, Benefact Group PLC, Benefact Broking & Advisory Holdings Limited · more companies

British

Born May 1964 (62)

Bennett, Mark Edmund Hacquoil

Director · Appointed 9 July 2021

Also at Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company, Benefact Group PLC, Ecclesiastical Group Healthcare Trustees Limited

British

Born February 1982 (44)

O'Dwyer, Stephen John

Director · Appointed 10 June 2020

British

Born July 1969 (57)

Pickernell, Paul

Director · Appointed 19 November 2018

British

Born September 1978 (48)

Hall, Rachael Jane

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 (25 former)

13 March 2026

Resigned Hanks, Christopher Eric as Director

1 January 2026

Appointed Cockrem, Denise Patricia as Director

18 October 2024

Resigned New, Paul David as Director

19 September 2024

Appointed Martin, Ian St John as Director

9 July 2021

Appointed Bennett, Mark Edmund Hacquoil as Director

3 August 2020

Appointed Hanks, Christopher Eric as Director

3 August 2020

Resigned Hews, Mark Christopher John as Director

10 June 2020

Appointed O'Dwyer, Stephen John as Director

19 November 2018

Appointed Pickernell, Paul as Director

31 August 2018

Resigned Campbell, Ian George as Director

31 August 2018

Resigned Price, Helen Elizabeth as Director

22 August 2017

Resigned Hylands, John Francis as Director

16 February 2016

Appointed Campbell, Ian George as Director

27 May 2015

Appointed Price, Helen Elizabeth as Director

15 May 2015

Appointed New, Paul David as Director

12 June 2013

Resigned Wood, Steven Archibald as Director

21 May 2013

Resigned Tripp, Michael Howard as Director

1 December 2011

Resigned Samuel, William Meredith, Mr as Director

31 March 2011

Resigned Bogue, Kevin as Director

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

9 February 2009

Appointed Wood, Steven Archibald as Director

26 March 2008

Resigned Losse, Dieter Ronald as Director

1 September 2007

Appointed Hylands, John Francis as Director

20 March 2007

Appointed Samuel, William Meredith, Mr as Director

29 January 2007

Resigned Doswell, Graham Vincent, Mr. as Director

1 January 2007

Appointed Tripp, Michael Howard as Director

20 June 2006

Resigned Yates, William Hugh as Director

11 June 2006

Resigned Clark, Peter Nigel Stuckey as Director

21 March 2006

Resigned Goodale, Mark as Director

23 February 2006

Appointed Bogue, Kevin as Director

2 November 2004

Resigned Scurfield, Hugh Hedley as Director

27 June 2003

Appointed Clark, Peter Nigel Stuckey as Director

26 June 2003

Appointed Losse, Dieter Ronald as Director

26 June 2003

Resigned Cornwall Jones, Mark Ralph as Director

26 June 2003

Appointed Goodale, Mark as Director

1 March 2002

Resigned Clayton, Roger Ward as Secretary

15 November 2001

Appointed Prescott, George Andrew as Director

5 October 2000

Resigned Thomson, Clive Benjamin as Director

5 October 2000

Appointed Sealy, Nicholas John Elliot as Director

31 October 1997

Appointed Doswell, Graham Vincent, Mr. as Director

31 October 1997

Resigned Day, Bernard Victor as Director

4 April 1996

Appointed Thomson, Clive Benjamin as Director

4 April 1996

Appointed Yates, William Hugh 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

1 July 1994

Resigned Mcardell, John David as Director

24 March 1994

Appointed Scurfield, Hugh Hedley as Director

Ownership 1 active

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

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office PLC

Corporate entity · Notified 9 April 2016

Owns 75–100% of shares

Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Right to appoint and remove directors

Public Limited Company

Reg. no. 00024869

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 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 This company 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

Date	Description	Made Up To	Pages
23 April 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	9 April 2026
13 April 2026	Full accounts	31 December 2025
18 March 2026	Termination of appointment of a director
2 January 2026	Appointment of a director
12 May 2025	Full accounts	31 December 2024	46