PHOENIX & LONDON ASSURANCE LIMITED
Company number 00894616 · Monitor this company
The most recent accounts indicate this company is dormant and not trading.
Executive summary
Phoenix & London Assurance Limited represents a legacy insurance entity that has transitioned from active underwriting (under its former Sun Alliance and London Assurance identity) to a dormant subsidiary within the Phoenix Group structure. While conventional performance metrics are inapplicable given its non-trading status, the company's £81 million share capital and six-director board significantly exceed typical dormant insurance subsidiary benchmarks, indicating either substantial residual policyholder obligations or a strategic capital management function. The entity exemplifies the broader consolidation trend in UK closed-book life insurance, where specialist consolidators acquire and manage legacy portfolios with robust governance structures to meet regulatory requirements under Solvency II and PRA supervision.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1966-12-22
- Registered office
- 10 Brindleyplace, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B1 2JB
- Postcode
- B1 2JB
- Capital
- 81,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Dormant
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2025-10-06
- Next due by
- 2026-10-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74990 Non-trading company
Officers 5 current · 73 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by PEARL LIFE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SUN ALLIANCE AND LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED | 2005-04-15 |
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 |
| 1 BARTHOLOMEW LANE, LONDON EC2N 2AB | 1998-12-24 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 932 similar companies in B, trading since 1966