FRIENDS LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED

Active
Company number 00475201Private limited companyIncorporated 1949

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 65110

Where the company stands among the 1,682 active companies whose first SIC code is 65110 (Life insurance).

Company age77.0 years
Older than 99% · median 14.3 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ARDONAGH GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED£3.9bn
  2. AVIVA LIFE & PENSIONS UK LIMITED£3.7bn
  3. NAMECO (NO. 1185) LIMITED£3.7bn
  4. PHOENIX LIFE LIMITED£965m
  5. VITALITY LIFE LIMITED£757.6m
  6. CARDIF INSURANCE HOLDINGS PLC£531.1m
  7. MMA HOLDINGS UK PLC£314.7m
  8. CHESNARA LIFE (UK) LIMITED£276.8m
  9. QUILTER LIFE & PENSIONS LIMITED£206.6m
  10. PINNACLE INSURANCE LIMITED£106m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: FRIENDS LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

FRIENDS LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00475201. It was incorporated on 19 Nov 1949. Its status is active. The registered office is in York (YO90). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is life insurance (65110).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,682 active companies whose first SIC code is 65110: It is older than 99% of them (median age 14.3 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £271k.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Feb 2027.

Public contracts

3 contracts

FRIENDS LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2015. Their combined published value is £271k.

Main buyers3
Department for Work and Pensions
1 contract · £151k
HMRC
1 contract · £70k
H M Revenue & Customs
1 contract · £50k
Contracts
  1. BPDTS Ltd - Pension Provider‡Department for Work and Pensions · £151,000
  2. GB-Salford: PSCR-15-1137-ARP-PENSIONS‡HMRC · £70,000
  3. GB-Salford: PSCR- 15- 1137- ARP-Pensions‡H M Revenue & Customs · £50,000 · runs until Dec 2099

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. London And Manchester Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Friends Life Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Friends Life Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to FRIENDS LIFE AND PENSIONS LIMITEDPreviously FRIENDS PROVIDENT PENSIONS LIMITED
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.