PHOENIX LIFE CA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-12 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-26
Watchouts
Cash
£124M
+2.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£151M
-2.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£55M
-46.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PHOENIX LIFE CA LIMITED 2024-11-18 → present
- SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.K.) LIMITED 1969-07-28 → 2024-11-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £253,633,000 | £239,085,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £101,704,000 | £54,657,000 | |
| Net profit | £78,364,000 | £41,944,000 | |
| Cash | £121,738,000 | £124,330,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £154,863,000 | £151,367,000 | |
| Equity | £154,863,000 | £151,367,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 30.9% | 17.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.0% | 97.9% |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, and as they have concluded that the company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements (the 'going concern period').”
Group structure
- PHOENIX LIFE CA LIMITED · parent
- Barnwood Properties Limited
Significant events
- “The company is closed to new business and ceased selling new individual life and pensions business with effect from 28 February 2001.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 59 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEARL GROUP SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-04-01 | — | — |
| BRIGGS, Andrew David | Director | 2024-04-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| COOK, Karin Alexandra | Director | 2024-05-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| GILL, Jora Singh | Director | 2023-10-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
| GREGORY, Mark Julian, Mr | Director | 2025-08-25 | Aug 1963 | British |
| HARRIS, Rosemary | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
| HARRIS, Timothy Walter | Director | 2023-10-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MUIR, Martin John | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| NICANDROU, Nicolaos Andreas | Director | 2026-05-08 | Aug 1965 | British |
Show 59 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Barry John | Secretary | — | 1996-03-25 |
| HOBBS, Margaret Fleur | Secretary | 2010-01-28 | 2024-04-01 |
| JONES, Alison Mary | Secretary | 1996-03-27 | 1999-02-12 |
| LITTLEJOHN, Robert Edward Stuart | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | 2010-01-28 |
| ANSTEE, Eric Edward | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2019-09-24 |
| ASKARI, Hasan | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2017-06-30 |
| BAKER, Richard William Shelmerdine | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| BATEMAN, Timothy John | Director | 2001-09-12 | 2002-03-01 |
| BATES, Maurice Edward | Director | — | 1998-08-31 |
| BAXENDELL, Peter Brian, Sir | Director | — | 1995-04-22 |
| BIRRELL, Andrew Seaton | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2023-09-30 |
| BLACKBURN, Barry John | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2001-07-30 |
| BOSCIA, Jon Andrew | Director | 2010-08-25 | 2010-08-25 |
| BOSCIA, Jon Andrew | Director | 2010-07-23 | 2011-03-31 |
| BOWE, Amanda Helen | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| BREALEY, Richard Arthur, Professor | Director | 1994-07-15 | 1995-04-22 |
| BRINDLE, John Arthur | Director | — | 1995-04-22 |
| CAIRNS, Arlene | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2026-05-07 |
| CONNOR, Dean Arthur | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2007-12-31 |
| COOMBES, Stephen Mark | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2016-02-29 |
| CRASTON, Ian Adam | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| CURRAN, Bernard Andrew | Director | 2024-04-09 | 2025-05-08 |
| DAVIDSON, Anthony Beverley | Director | 2000-09-14 | 2012-07-01 |
| DAVIES, David Wyndham | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2012-04-01 |
| DAVIES, Paul John | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2003-02-28 |
| DUNLEY-OWEN, Tracy | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2023-09-30 |
| FULLER, Janet Christine | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2013-05-03 |
| GALT, Thomas Maunsel | Director | — | 1994-07-15 |
| GARDNER, Edward Ian | Director | 2001-09-12 | 2005-04-29 |
| GARDNER, John Robert | Director | — | 1995-04-22 |
| GARNER, Katherine Angela | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2024-04-01 |
| GREEN, Philip Harding | Director | 1996-12-31 | 1998-11-13 |
| HAMMOND, David | Director | 1995-04-22 | 1996-10-01 |
| HANBY, Peter Nicholas | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2002-09-30 |
| HAYNES, Neil Leonard | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2008-11-03 |
| HILL, Stuart Terence | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2001-07-19 |
| HOUSTON, Julie | Director | 2001-09-12 | 2001-09-12 |
| KENT, Neville Dean | Director | 2009-12-29 | 2011-12-31 |
| LISTER, John Robert | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2025-08-24 |
| LOCKYER, Philip Martin | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2001-07-02 |
| MCNEIL, John Duncan | Director | — | 1995-04-22 |
| MEANEY, Brid Mary | Director | 2024-04-16 | 2024-08-19 |
| MEEK, Robert George | Director | 1996-12-31 | 1999-01-22 |
| MELCHER, Andrew Stephen | Director | 1999-02-12 | 2002-11-21 |
| MOSS, Jonathan Stephen | Director | 2012-01-31 | 2018-06-28 |
| PERRIN, Amanda Louise | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2000-10-27 |
| POYNTZ-WRIGHT, Nicholas Hugh | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| PRIEUR, Claude James | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2006-09-06 |
| REID, Robert Paul, Sir | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2008-04-01 |
| SALIPANTE, Robert | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2009-10-30 |
| SHARKEY, Robert John | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2010-11-30 |
| SHARMAN, Paul | Director | 1996-06-21 | 1998-09-01 |
| SISMEY DURRANT, Mark Timothy John | Director | 1999-01-20 | 1999-10-01 |
| STEWART, Donald Alexander | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2017-12-31 |
| SUTCLIFFE, James Harry | Director | 2017-07-15 | 2023-09-30 |
| SUTCLIFFE, James Harry | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2011-12-31 |
| TATE, Jonathan Charles Hyatt | Director | 1995-04-22 | 1996-05-31 |
| THAKRAR, Rakesh Kishore | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| WILLMAN, George Lester | Director | 1995-04-22 | 1996-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Life Financial Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-04-03 |
| Phoenix Life Ca Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 283 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5.7%
£253,633,000 £239,085,000
-
Cash
+2.1%
£121,738,000 £124,330,000
-
Net assets
-2.3%
£154,863,000 £151,367,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-46.3%
£101,704,000 £54,657,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers