PHOENIX LIFE LIMITED
Company number 01016269 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Phoenix Life Limited is an established UK life insurer with over 50 years of trading history, majority-owned by Pearl Life Holdings Limited and supported by a £69.1 million share capital base. The company benefits from group backing, regulatory compliance, and heritage brand equity in a mature protection and retirement market. Priority strategic actions include digital modernization, product expansion into retirement income, and leveraging group distribution while managing parent dependency and regulatory risk.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1971-06-30
- Registered office
- 10 Brindleyplace, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B1 2JB
- Postcode
- B1 2JB
- Capital
- 69,087,572 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 70 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-24
- Next due by
- 2027-10-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 65110 Life insurance
Officers 10 current · 85 resigned
Group structure 48 subsidiaries
Controlled by PEARL LIFE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5883709 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- phoenixlife.co.uk
Phoenix Life is part of Standard Life plc, we both share an aligned ambition to help every customer enjoy a life full of possibilities.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE LINKED INSURANCES LIMITED | 2005-12-29 |
| ROYAL HERITAGE LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED | 1998-12-31 |
| LLOYD'S LIFE ASSURANCE LIMITED | 1986-06-09 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| EDWARD PAVILION, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE L3 4SL | 2006-12-28 |
| NEW HALL PLACE, OLD HALL STREET, LIVERPOOL, L3 9UE | 2006-01-09 |
| NEW HALL PLACE, OLD HALL STREET, LIVERPOOL, L69 3HS | 2000-02-02 |
| 20 CLIFTON ST, LONDON, EC2A, 4HX | 1987-07-16 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 33 similar companies in B, trading since 1971
The class of 1971
53%
of the 4,842 companies incorporated in 1971 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 289 titles
- Freehold
- 259
- Leasehold
- 30
- Most recent registration
- 2026-01-15
- Price paid, where recorded
- £553,827,135
- Where
- Greater London (48), West Midlands (27), Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole (12)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM216722 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2026-01-15 | — |
| 394472 | Greater London | Freehold | 2025-10-24 | — |
| NGL805921 | Greater London | Freehold | 2025-10-24 | — |
| NGL825052 | Greater London | Freehold | 2025-10-22 | £40,400,000 |
| NGL910457 | Greater London | Freehold | 2025-10-22 | £40,400,000 |
| WM739627 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2025-10-21 | £3,825,000 |
| ON203795 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2025-06-20 | — |
| WM574711 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2025-06-03 | £14,240,000 |
| WM435390 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2025-05-16 | — |
| WM594571 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2025-05-16 | — |
| WM87296 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2025-05-16 | — |
| DN442750 | Devon | Freehold | 2025-03-03 | £215,000 |
| SGL636227 | Greater London | Freehold | 2024-07-17 | £60,842,500 |
| TGL112938 | Greater London | Freehold | 2024-07-17 | — |
| AV165131 | South Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2023-12-28 | — |
| BM6278 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2023-12-28 | — |
| CB181373 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2023-12-28 | £485,000 |
| CU82213 | Westmorland And Furness | Leasehold | 2023-12-28 | — |
| DY318652 | Derbyshire | Freehold | 2023-12-28 | — |
| EGL374078 | Greater London | Freehold | 2023-12-28 | £435,000 |
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This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.