Benefact Group PLC

Active01718196 Public limited company

Incorporated: 26 April 1983 (43 years)
Previously known as: Ecclesiastical Insurance Group PLC (until 7 March 2022)
Ecclesiastical Holdings Public Limited Company (until 7 August 1989)
Leadcolt Limited (until 31 May 1983)
Industry: Activities of head offices (70100)
Directors: James Coyle
Ian St John Martin
Francois-Xavier Bernard Boisseau
all 7 directors
Owned by: Benefact Trust Limited
Accounts type: Group
Region: South West
Address: Benefact House
2000 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW

Website & contact details

Group website: benefacttrust.co.uk via Benefact Trust Limited
The site of this company’s group or brand.

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: 2
Outstanding: 0
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 2

Officers 8 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Coyle, James

Director · Appointed 1 October 2026

Also at HSBC Global Services Limited

British

Born August 1956 (70)

Martin, Ian St John

Director · Appointed 19 March 2026

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

British

Born May 1964 (62)

Boisseau, Francois-Xavier Bernard

Director · Appointed 1 January 2026

French

Born July 1961 (65)

Bennett, Mark Edmund Hacquoil

Director · Appointed 1 January 2025

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

British

Born February 1982 (44)

Paterson, David Scott

Director · Appointed 25 June 2024

Also at Benefact Trust Limited

British

Born March 1964 (62)

Bajaj, Rita

Director · Appointed 15 July 2021

Also at Edentree Holdings Limited, Columbia Threadneedle Fund Management Limited, Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited · more companies

British

Born January 1969 (57)

Hews, Mark Christopher John

Director · Appointed 2 June 2009

Also at Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company, The Windsor Leadership Trust, Lycetts Holdings Limited · more companies

British

Born April 1969 (57)

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 (48 former)

1 October 2026

Appointed Coyle, James as Director

30 September 2026

Resigned Moulder, Mr Chris as Director

19 March 2026

Appointed Martin, Ian St John as Director

1 January 2026

Appointed Boisseau, Francois-Xavier Bernard as Director

31 December 2025

Resigned Henderson, Robert David Charles 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 Lamport, Stephen Mark Jeffrey, Sir as Director

24 September 2024

Resigned Boisseau, Francois-Xavier Bernard as Director

24 September 2024

Resigned Winther, Angus Christian as Director

30 June 2024

Resigned Cockrem, Denise Patricia as Director

25 June 2024

Appointed Paterson, David Scott as Director

25 June 2024

Appointed Maidment, Neil Patrick as Director

21 March 2024

Resigned Maidment, Neil Patrick as Director

21 March 2024

Resigned Whyte, Stephanie Jacinta 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

Resigned Wilson, Christine Louise, The Very Revd as Director

23 February 2020

Appointed Lamport, Stephen Mark Jeffrey, Sir as Director

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

Resigned Hylands, John Francis as Director

19 March 2019

Appointed Boisseau, Francois-Xavier Bernard 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

Resigned Mawer, Philip John Courtney, Sir as Director

21 June 2012

Appointed Wilson, Christine Louise, The Very Revd as Director

21 June 2012

Resigned Peyton, Nigel, The Right Reverend Dr as Director

21 June 2012

Resigned Couve, Mervyn Donald as Director

16 December 2010

Appointed Wilson, Denise Pamela as Director

23 June 2010

Resigned Baines, Nicholas, The Right Reverend as Director

24 June 2009

Resigned Sealy, Nicholas John Elliot as Director

2 June 2009

Resigned Prescott, George Andrew as Director

2 June 2009

Appointed Hews, Mark Christopher John as Director

26 March 2008

Resigned Losse, Dieter Ronald as Director

26 March 2008

Appointed Latham, Anthony Piers as Director

4 February 2008

Appointed Mawer, Philip John Courtney, Sir as Director

1 September 2007

Appointed Hylands, John Francis as Director

27 February 2007

Appointed Wood, Steven Archibald 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 Samuel, William Meredith, Mr as Director

31 December 2005

Resigned Roberts, Miles Crispin Dean as Director

1 November 2005

Appointed Peyton, Nigel, The Right Reverend Dr as Director

23 March 2005

Resigned Coulton, Nicholas Guy, The Very Reverend as Director

3 November 2004

Resigned Scurfield, Hugh Hedley 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

Appointed Baines, Nicholas, The Right Reverend as Director

27 June 2002

Resigned Mawer, Philip John Courtney, Sir as Director

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

Resigned Simpson, John Arthur, The Very Reverend as Director

7 April 1999

Appointed Sealy, Nicholas John Elliot as Director

31 December 1998

Resigned Harris, Reginald Brian, The Ven as Director

6 November 1997

Appointed Coulton, Nicholas Guy, The Very Reverend as Director

26 June 1997

Appointed Prescott, George Andrew as Director

26 June 1997

Resigned Mcardell, John David as Director

1 April 1997

Appointed Doswell, Graham Vincent, Mr. as Director

17 August 1996

Resigned Evans, Thomas Eric, The Very Reverend as Director

1 May 1996

Appointed Mawer, Philip John Courtney, Sir 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

Resigned Snelgrove, Donald George, The Rt Rev 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

Benefact Trust Limited

Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016

Owns 75–100% of shares

Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Right to appoint and remove directors

Private Company Limited By Guarantee

Reg. no. 1043742

Group structure 17 shown

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

Benefact Trust Limited

Benefact Group PLC This company 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 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
9 July 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	2 July 2026
20 May 2026	Group of companies' accounts	31 December 2025
23 March 2026	Appointment of a director
12 January 2026	Appointment of a director
5 January 2026	Termination of appointment of a director