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Methodist Insurance Public Limited Company
We have been protecting the property of the Methodist Church since 1872 which makes us the oldest denominational church insurer in the UK.
 The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.
Active 154 years old · 3rd oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1870s
Registered office
BENEFACT HOUSE, 2000 PIONEER AVENUE, GLOUCESTER BUSINESS PARK, BROCKWORTH, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4AW
Other PLCs registered in Gloucester
Online
Website www.methodistinsurance.co.uk
News and announcements on their own site
Social accounts Facebook
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Filing history
This company has 204 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 18/04/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 15/07/2026.
The most recent filings
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Who runs it
The register lists 9 current officers and 27 who have resigned.
Who controls it
The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.
Charges
No charges are registered against this company.
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
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Also at GL3 4AW
- Baptist Insurance Company PLC The
- Benefact Group PLC
- Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company
A shared registered office is not evidence of a relationship. Formation agents and genuine groups look identical on the register.
On the register
- 3rd oldest of 4,506 PLCs
- One of the 1870s 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.