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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-18 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£88M

+166.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£3B

+2.4% vs 2023

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£548M

-31.1% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. THE CANADA LIFE GROUP (U.K.) LIMITED 1995-05-18 → present
  2. THE MANULIFE GROUP LIMITED 1988-07-08 → 1995-05-18
  3. LIPBRIM LIMITED 1988-03-09 → 1988-07-08

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £627,300,000£591,100,000
Operating profit £794,300,000£547,600,000
Profit before tax £794,300,000£547,600,000
Net profit £803,400,000£557,800,000
Cash £33,100,000£88,200,000
Total assets less current liabilities £3,104,300,000£3,172,100,000
Net assets £2,779,300,000£2,847,100,000
Equity £2,779,300,000£2,847,100,000
Average employees 00
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 126.6%92.6%
Net margin 128.1%94.4%
Return on capital employed 25.6%17.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 10.6%10.4%
Current ratio 8.75x22.21x
Interest cover 38.75x24.67x

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
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors confirm that having taken into regard the Company's financial position and its expected performance in the future, they are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, that being 12 months from the date of approval of this report.”

Group structure

  1. THE CANADA LIFE GROUP (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
    1. Saol Assurance Designated Activity Company 50% · Ireland · Insurance Company
    2. Canada Life Assurance Europe Public Limited Company 100% · Ireland · Life Assurance
    3. Canada Life Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Life Assurance
    4. Irish Life Investment Managers Limited 100% · Ireland · Investment fund manager

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 62 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GAMMON, Alison Jane Secretary 2024-02-29
DUNNE, Brenda Maria Director 2023-02-23 May 1966 Irish
HARNEY, David Director 2020-08-18 Mar 1969 Irish
PARSONS, Andrew Mark Director 2025-05-22 Jan 1965 British
RIX-BROOM, Lindsey Claire Director 2025-07-01 May 1980 British
Show 62 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CRANSTON, Kareen Secretary 2007-09-11 2008-08-31
GARVIN, Amy Victoria Gwynne Secretary 2009-05-19 2012-10-05
GEIRINGER, Bruno Marcel David Secretary 1997-11-20 2003-04-04
JENKINS, Evan Thomas Secretary 1995-03-10 1997-11-20
LABRUM, Phillip Joseph Secretary 1993-05-07
MUIR, Christopher William Secretary 2003-04-04 2007-02-21
ODUYEMI, Olutoyin Secretary 2023-10-13 2024-02-29
RODRIGUEZ, Lisa Annette Secretary 2018-02-22 2023-10-13
SHAH, Shachi Secretary 1993-11-26 1995-03-10
SULLIVAN, Michael William Secretary 1993-05-10 1993-11-26
TEMPLE, John Nicholas Secretary 2008-11-11 2009-05-19
TEMPLE, John Nicholas Secretary 2007-02-21 2007-09-11
TRICKETT, Jeremy William Secretary 2017-02-23 2018-02-22
WOLFFE, Alain Nathaniel Secretary 2014-11-21 2017-02-23
ACTON, William Lawrence Director 2002-09-25 2011-09-14
ACTON, William Lawrence Director 1997-02-06 1997-11-20
BAIN, George Sayers, Professor Sir Director 1999-11-18 2014-05-22
BAIN, George Sayers, Professor Director 1997-02-06 1998-02-20
BOWLES, Richard Douglas Director 1993-06-07
BRIGHT, Stephen Michael Director 1999-05-17 1999-11-18
BROWN, Douglas Allan Director 2014-05-22 2015-02-26
CAMPBELL, Marcia Dominic Director 2016-05-20 2025-05-22
CAMPBELL, Marcia Dominic Director 2016-01-12 2016-01-12
COLLETT, Martin Roger Director 1995-03-10 1997-02-12
CUSHNAHAN, Francis Director 1995-03-10
DAVIDSON, Andrew Scott Rutherford Director 1999-11-18 2000-02-21
DAVIDSON, Andrew Scott Rutherford Director 1997-02-06 1998-02-20
DICKSON, Olivia Catherine Director 2011-02-28 2015-02-26
DIX, Roger Charles Director 1995-03-10 1996-09-27
FORRESTER, Brian Oliver Director 2015-10-30 2016-12-31
GILMOUR, Ian Director 1997-06-16 2014-05-22
GOODALE, Mark Director 1994-07-14 1995-03-10
HAYES, Cecil Director 2017-04-20 2023-05-25
HEPHER, Michael Leslie Director 1999-11-18 2015-02-26
JAMAL, Arshil Director 2015-07-09 2020-02-27
JAMAL, Arshil Director 2014-08-12 2015-02-26
KING, Christopher Philip Director 1999-11-18 2001-02-16
KING, Christopher Philip Director 1997-02-06 1998-02-20
LONEY, David Allen Director 2011-09-14 2015-02-26
MAHON, Paul Anthony Director 2015-02-26 2025-07-01
MCARTHUR, Susan Jane Director 2017-09-14 2023-09-28
MCCANN, William Mary Director 2000-02-21 2003-11-12
MCFEETORS, Raymond Lindsay Director 2003-11-13 2014-10-31
MCLEOD, Charles Director 1998-02-19 1998-06-26
MILLS, Rye Douglas Director 1995-03-10 1997-06-13
MOSS, Nathan Director 2015-11-30 2023-09-28
MOUNSEY, Joseph Backhouse Director 1992-06-11
NETHERTON, Derek Nigel Donald Director 2011-10-26 2022-08-31
NIELD, David Alexander Director 2006-02-08 2015-02-26
NIELD, David Alexander Director 1999-11-18 2003-07-31
NIELD, David Alexander Director 1997-02-06 1998-02-19
ORR, Robert Jeffrey Director 2015-02-26 2023-09-28
PITMAN, Aimee Joan Geraldine Director 2001-09-07 2003-11-12
RICHARDS, William Jeffrey Director 1998-06-26 1999-11-18
RICHARDS, William Jeffrey Director 1995-03-10 1997-02-12
RYAN, JR, Thomas Timothy Director 2015-03-20 2017-09-14
SAUNDERS, Angie Director 1994-05-18 1994-07-14
SIMONS, Frederick Allan Director 1995-03-10
SULLIVAN, Michael William Director 1993-11-26
VANASELJA, Siim Alden Director 2015-10-21 2023-09-28
WAGENER, Jeremy Rupert Sinclair Director 1999-11-18 2003-11-12
WAGENER, Jeremy Rupert Sinclair Director 1997-02-06 1998-02-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Gregory Fleming Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2024-02-22 Active
Mr Gary Doer Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2023-05-29 Active
Ms Sophie Desmarais Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2018-03-03 Active
Mr Guy Fortin Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-06-30
Mr Michel Plessis-Belair Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-01-01
Ms Jacqueline Desmarais Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-03-03
Mr Andre Desmarais Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Paul Desmarais, Jr Individual ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 311 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-18 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-07-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-05-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-05-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-15 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-15 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-07-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-20 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-04-18 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-02-29 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-02-29 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-17 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-10-17 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

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

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

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