Ecclesiastical Life Limited
Reference number: 110318
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
Check their details
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Benefact House, 2000 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 4AW, United Kingdom
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 00243111
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 October 1929 (96 years old)
- Registered office
- Benefact House, 2000 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4AW, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Life insurance (SIC 65110)
- Pension funding (SIC 65300)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pickernell | Director | Sep 1978 | 19 Nov 2018 |
| Stephen John O'Dwyer | Director | Jul 1969 | 10 Jun 2020 |
| Mark Edmund Hacquoil Bennett | Director | Feb 1982 | 9 Jul 2021 |
| Ian St John Martin | Director | May 1964 | 19 Sep 2024 |
| Denise Patricia Cockrem | Director | Nov 1962 | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Rachael Jane Hall | Secretary | Not published | 25 May 1995 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
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- Accepting Deposits
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Carrying out contracts of insurance
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Effecting contracts of insurance
- Establishing/operating/winding up a personal pension scheme
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Limits on what they may do
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Activities only in respect of long term insurance.
The firm may only carry on listed activities in respect of the investments specified for the purpose of its long term insurance business.
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds 2 earlier registered names for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Allchurches Life Assurance Limited
- Pendle Insurance Company Limited
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