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Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company

With over 135 years of experience offering honest advice, deep expertise and caring protection, we offer specialist insurance and financial services. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 139 years old · 22nd oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s

Company number00024869
StatusActive
Incorporated03/08/1887
Accounts last made up to31/12/2025
Next accounts due30/06/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier213800E5HL2O1FU4I690
Charges outstanding2

Registered office

BENEFACT HOUSE 2000 PIONEER AVENUE, GLOUCESTER BUSINESS PARK, BROCKWORTH, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4AW

Other PLCs registered in Gloucester

Online

Website www.ecclesiastical.com

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts Facebook

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Filing history

This company has 361 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 01/06/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 12/08/2026.

Filings: officer changes63
Filings: accounts15
Filings: confirmation statements11
Filings: annual returns4
Filings: incorporation2
Filings: resolutions1

The most recent filings

Confirmation statement 12/08/2026
Resolution filed 09/07/2026
Memorandum articles 09/07/2026
Group accounts 01/06/2026
Director appointed 05/05/2026
Director appointed 09/02/2026
Director resigned 31/12/2025
Director resigned 31/12/2025
Director appointed 18/12/2025
Confirmation statement 28/07/2025

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 11 current officers and 50 who have resigned.

Rachael Jane Hall Secretaryappointed 25/05/1995
Mark Edmund Hacquoil Bennett Directorappointed 01/01/2025
Karen Belinda Venerable Best Directorappointed 19/08/2024
Francois-Xavier Bernard Boisseau Directorappointed 19/03/2019
Jane Elizabeth Dale Directorappointed 03/02/2026
Mark Christopher John Hews Directorappointed 02/06/2009
Stephen Mark Jeffrey Lamport Directorappointed 23/03/2020
Michael Anthony Murphy Directorappointed 03/12/2025
David Andrew Torrance Directorappointed 01/10/2026
Gail Louise Tucker Directorappointed 01/05/2026
Stephanie Jacinta Whyte Directorappointed 16/07/2013

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Benefact Group Plc
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares; Holds 75% to 100% of the voting rights; Can appoint and remove directors
since 02/07/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 3 registered charges, of which 2 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Charge of deposit
National Westminster Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 11/01/2010
Trust deed supplemental to a trust deed dated 23 june 1983 made between ecclesiastical insurance group PLC and the law debenture trust corporation PLC
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation PLC (The Trustee)
Fully satisfied, created 01/08/2003
Charge
City Bank Na
Outstanding, created 03/12/1987

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Also at GL3 4AW

A shared registered office is not evidence of a relationship. Formation agents and genuine groups look identical on the register.

On the register

  • 22nd oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1880s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)