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Jon Kimche

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{{short description|'''Swiss-born British journalist; editor of the ''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'' (1952-1967)'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jon Kimche
| image = Jon Kimche Canadian Jewish Chronicle 8 Sept 1967.jpg
| caption = Kimche in the ''Canadian Jewish Chronicle Review'', September 1967
| birth_date = {{Start date|1909|06|17}}
| birth_place = [[St. Gallen|St Gall]], Switzerland
| death_date = {{Start date|1994|03|09}}
| nationality = British
| occupation = Journalist; editor; author
| known_for = Editor of the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'' (1952-1967); Middle East correspondent
| spouse = [[Edith Christina (Toni) Bromige]]
| relatives = [[David Kimche]] (brother)
}}
[[File:Jon Kimche Canadian Jewish Chronicle 8 Sept 1967.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Jon Kimche]] in the [[Canadian Jewish Chronicle Review]], on his appointment as correspondent for that paper. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=883&dat=19670908&id=q6haAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wUsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3933,5963950 Jon Kimche joins Chronicle Review] 8 September 1967, p. 1.]]

[[Jon Kimche]] (17 June 1909 – 9 March 1994) was a Swiss-born British journalist.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

==Early life==
Kimche was born in St Gall, Switzerland. His father, a fervent Zionist, later brought the family to London.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref>

His father was a liberal Zionist who had been the youngest member present at [[Theodor Herzl]]'s first Zionist Congress held at Basle in 1897.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

During the 1930s, he worked in a Hampstead bookshop with [[George Orwell]].<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref> From there he moved to the [[Independent Labour Party]] bookshop off Fleet Street.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

==World War Two==
According to the ''Guardian'''s obituary, "Kimche used his Swiss passport during the second world war to travel throughout Europe on mysterious assignments for Britain and the Zionist movement."<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref>

Kimche was recruited as a writer for the [[Observer]] by [[David Astor]].<ref>Richard Cockett, OBITUARY: DAVID ASTOR, ''Independent'', 8 December 2001.</ref> He became the military correspondent, a role he also served for [[Reuters]] and the [[Evening Standard]].<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref> He covered Spain, Austria and the Middle East.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

He served as Deputy Editor of [[Tribune]] from 1942 to 1944, running the paper under the nominal editorship of [[Aneurin Bevan]].<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref> where he appointed [[George Orwell]] as literary editor and columnist.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref>

He spent the final year of the war with [[Reuters]].<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

==Post-war==
At the beginning of 1946, [[Michael Foot]] recruited Kimche as editor of Tribune.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

Kimche lost the job after disappearing from the office in December 1946, when he was called upon by the Zionist underground to negotiate the release of a ship full of holocaust survivors travelling to Palestine from Turkish waters.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref><ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

In a letter of 10 January 1947, to the DSO Palestine, [[MI5]] head Sir [[Percy Sillitoe]] reported on the activities of [[Teddy Kollek]] in London, stating "One of his closest contacts is [[Jon Kimche|John Kimche]]."<ref name="KV2s2262">National Archives KV 2/2262.</ref>

Kimche covered the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and established good relations with [[David Ben-Gurion]].<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref> The historian [[David Cesarani]] records that in this period the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' carried front-page coverage of Israel's founding "with reports furnished by its new Israel correspondent, Jon Kimche".<ref name="Ces195">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841-1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 195.</ref>

He wrote the book ''Seven Fallen Pillars'' (1950) on British policy in Palestine. Together with his brother David, he wrote ''The Secret Roads'' (1956), on illegal immigration to Palestine and ''Both Sides Of The Hill'' (1960), on Israeli and Arab attitudes in the 1948 war and after.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref><ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

In the early 1950s, he again worked for Reuters, visiting capitals across the Arab world.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

==Jewish Observer==
[[File:Kimche Times 1967 cover of JO.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cover of the controversial edition of the [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]] which led to [[Jon Kimche]] being sacked as editor by the [[Zionist Federation]] in March 1967. <ref>Source: The News Team 'An Editor challenges Instruction: Banned article will be offered this week and every week' ''[[The Times]]'', 10 March 1967, p. 12, Col D</ref>]]
From 1952 to 1967, he was editor of the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', the official publication of the [[Zionist Federation]].<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref>

In February 1967, criticised the Israeli government over the ''Bul'' magazine affair:
::Earlier this month it became known that both the ''New York Times'' and ''Time'' magazine had sent reporters to Israel to investigate the case, and on Sunday morning the ''New York Times'' published the results of its inquiries on its front page. It gave an account of the arrest of the two editors, and quoted a fairly obscure French periodical, which had reported that the trouble had arisen over a conflict between the Prime Minister and the chief of Israel's intelligence over matters arising from the Ben Barka affair. The Israel government spokesman thereupon categorically denied there had been any Israeli involvement in the abduction of the Moroccan Socialist leader.<ref>Jon Kimche, Strange Case of Two Editors, ''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', 24 February 1967.</ref>

In March 1967, Kimche's publishers, the board of directors of the Zionist Review dismissed him after a dispute in which he accused their major stockholder, the Zionist Federation of Britain of censorship of material in the magazine. The Zionist Federation is the principal stockholder in the Zionist Review, publisher of the Observer.
In an open letter to Kimche, The board denied that the dispute was prompted by an intervention some days earlier by Israel's Prime Minister [[Levi Eshkol]], who had objected to an article criticising Israel's Minister of Justice [[Yaakov-Shimshon Shapira|Yaacov Shapiro]]. The board charged Kimche with ignoring instructions from the editorial committee not to print an article on unemployment in Israel, which the committee considered misleading.<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1967/03/13/2748517/editor-of-london-jewish-observer-dismissed-by-zionist-federation Editor of London ‘jewish Observer’ Dismissed by Zionist Federation], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 13 March 1967.</ref>

The Israeli government also denied any role in the dismissal, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which stated:
::The Foreign Ministry's spokesman said the only action taken by the Government was a protest by Israel's envoy to London, Ambassador [[Aharin Remez]], against the Observer's call for the resignation of Minister of Justice [[Yaacov Shapiro]], and the periodical's criticism of the Israeli Judiciary as a result of the secret arrest, trial and sentencing to one-year prison terms of two editors of [[Bul]] magazine.<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1967/03/14/2748528/israel-denies-involvement-in-dismissal-of-jewish-observer-editor Israel Denies Involvement in Dismissal of ‘jewish Observer’ Editor], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 14 March 1967.</ref>

During a vote of no confidence in his government, Prime Minister Eshkol .charged that the publication had printed material influenced by a member of [[Rafi]] "with whom Kimche is friendly"', the Jewish Telegraph Agency reported.
::He was believed to have referred to [[Shimon Peres]], the former deputy defense minister who is one of the [[Rafi]] leaders.
::Mr. Eshkol said that an article by Mr. Kimche not only asked for the resignation of Minister of Justice Yaacov Shapiro, but "cast suspicion on the integrity of the entire administration of justice in Israel."<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1967/03/21/2748788/nonconfidence-motion-against-eshkol-government-defeated-in-knesset Non-confidence Motion Against Eshkol Government Defeated in Knesset], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 21 Mar 1967.</ref>

===Suspension week and succession, March 1967===
On 10 March 1967 the ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'' reported that the ''Observer'' had not appeared on its publication day because of a conflict between Kimche and the [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]] over a report on unemployment in Israel. Kimche said that neither the English nor the French edition would appear that week, the sole reason being his refusal "to accept the instituting of a censorship by the Zionist Federation over reports to be published in the two papers." The directors of the publishing company, the agency noted, were all members of the Federation's executive. A board statement said that, by agreement with the editor, an editorial board had laid down a policy which he undertook to carry out; that the board "deemed it wrong to publish an article on unemployment in Israel which, in the board's view, gave an incomplete analysis of the situation"; that the editor had refused to accept that decision; and that the directors were taking legal advice.<ref name="JTA67cens">[https://www.jta.org/archive/editor-of-london-jewish-publication-resents-zionist-censorship Editor of London Jewish Publication Resents Zionist Censorship] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 10 March 1967, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref> The same report said that in Jerusalem both the Israeli Cabinet and the [[Jewish Agency for Israel|Jewish Agency]] executive had sharply criticised the ''Observer'' for attacks, under Kimche's name, on the Minister of Justice in connection with the secret trial of the editors of ''[[Bul]]''.<ref name="JTA67cens" />

On 17 March 1967 the agency reported that the paper had reappeared on schedule after Kimche's dismissal the previous Friday, and that [[L. Schafler|Dr. Leo Shafler]], deputy general secretary of the British Zionist Federation, would serve as acting editor until a new editor was chosen; Shafler had termed the unemployment article "misleading".<ref name="JTA67reapp">[https://www.jta.org/archive/london-jewish-observer-reappears-new-editor-to-be-chosen London 'Jewish Observer' Reappears; New Editor to Be Chosen] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 17 March 1967, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref> On 23 March it reported that the board of [[Zionist Review Ltd]] had appointed [[Maurice Samuelson]], the assistant editor, as acting editor, and named Shafler (who had served as acting editor since Kimche's dismissal) as managing editor.<ref name="JTA67sam">[https://www.jta.org/archive/london-jewish-observer-announces-appointment-of-new-editor London 'Jewish Observer' Announces Appointment of New Editor] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 23 March 1967, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref>

Accounts of who prompted the dismissal differ. The Zionist Review board's open letter, as reported by the ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'' on 13 March, denied that the dispute "emanated from" an intervention by [[Levi Eshkol]]. Israel's Foreign Ministry denied government involvement in the dismissal and said the only official action had been Ambassador [[Aharon Remez|Aharin Remez]]'s protest in London.<ref name="JTA67deny">[https://www.jta.org/archive/israel-denies-involvement-in-dismissal-of-jewish-observer-editor Israel Denies Involvement in Dismissal of 'Jewish Observer' Editor] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 14 March 1967, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref> By contrast, [[Joseph Finklestone]]'s 1994 ''Guardian'' obituary wrote that "it was the direct intervention of the Israeli prime minister that led to Kimche's dismissal."<ref name="GuardianObit" />

Journalist [[Leon T. Hadar]] offers a slightly different version of this period, stating:
::His close ties with the leaders of the new Jewish state, including Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, helped him secure Israeli government funding for a magazine on Middle Eastern affairs which he began to publish in London in the late 1950s. The magazine folded in 1965 after Israeli financial support was withdrawn.<ref name="Hadar">Leon T. Hadar, [http://www.washington-report.org/component/content/article/134-1991-october/2292-david-kimche-israels-leading-spy-and-would-be-mossad-chief.html David Kimche: Israel's Leading Spy and Would-Be Mossad Chief], ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', October 1991.</ref>

According to Hadar, the real reason for the withdrawal was the split in [[Mapai]] in the wake of the [[Lavon Affair]]:
::Jon Kimche sided with Ben-Gurion. As a result, Kimche incurred the wrath of the Old Man's more moderate political rivals who, under the leadership of Prime Minister [[Levi Eshkol]], took control of the party and the government in the mid 1960s.

::What directly triggered the decision to stop the funding for the magazine, however, was an editorial written by Kimche which accused Eshkol of ordering the [[Mossad]] to assassinate the Moroccan opposition leader, [[Mehdi Ben Barka]], in 1965. (Eshkol argued that it was Mossad chief [[Meir Amit]], Ben-Gurion's ally, who gave the order without consulting Eshkol, even though he was prime minister at the time.)<ref name="Hadar">Leon T. Hadar, [http://www.washington-report.org/component/content/article/134-1991-october/2292-david-kimche-israels-leading-spy-and-would-be-mossad-chief.html David Kimche: Israel's Leading Spy and Would-Be Mossad Chief], ''Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'', October 1991.</ref>

==Later career==
After leaving the ''Jewish Observer'' Kimche became the 'Middle East expert' of the London ''Evening Standard'' and 'a frequent contributor to the ''[[Illustrated London News]]'', the BBC and the television services'.<ref name="CJCR">[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=883&dat=19670908&id=q6haAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wUsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3933,5963950 Jon Kimche joins Chronicle Review] ''Canadian Jewish Chronicle Review'', 8 September 1967, p. 1.</ref> During the 'Six Day War' Kimche also broadcast for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.<ref name="CJCR"/> In September 1967 Kimche was appointed to write 'an exclusive weekly report on... the Middle East' for the ''Canadian Jewish Chronicle Review''.<ref name="CJCR"/>

The Six Day War, and the subsequent War of Attrition led to new writing opportunities with the ''Evening Standard''. In 1968, Zionist backers including [[Marcus Sieff]] and [[George Weidenfeld]] set him up as editor of the [[New Middle East]] but this role ended in 1971, when he clashed with his editorial board over contributions from three leading members of the [[Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding]].<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref><ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

In 1973, shortly before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, Kimche reported in the London ''Evening Standard'' that the Egyptians had moved their Soviet SAM missiles umbrella on the Suez front in defiance of the American-brokered agreement. This prompted some to wonder if he had received a tip-off from [[Mossad]] where his brother [[David Kimche]] was a senior officer.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref> He was nevertheless dropped by the ''Standard'' at around this time because his reports of secret meetings were regarded as increasingly dubious. He was criticised for not citing sources, while he was in turn critical of academics who relied too much on official documentary records.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

His last editorship was at a newsletter initially entitled [[Afro-Asian Affairs]] and subsequently [[Arab-Asian Affairs]] which ran for four years from 1975.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref>

In 1978, he forecast the success of the Camp David talks, when others were predicting their failure.<ref name="TimesObit">Jon Kimche, ''The Times'', 15 March 1994.</ref>

==Affiliations==
*[[Next Century Foundation for Peace]]
===Connections===
*[[David Kimche]] - brother
*[[Edith Christina (Toni) Bromige]] - wife
*[[Elkana Galli]] - co-founder of [[L'Observateur du Moyen Orient]]

==Resources==
*University Archives [http://www.universityarchives.com/Find-an-Item/Results-List/Item-Detail.aspx?ItemID=55118 Archive of seven important content letters to leftist British journalist Jon Kimche, editor of the “Jewish Observer” in London from Shimon Peres, Eliahu Elath, Jacob Tsur, Israel Sieff and Nahum Goldmann.], Israeli Archive Judaica Number 55118, Date 1958-1963
* [[Erskine Childers]], [[Walid Khalidi]] and [[Jon Kimche]] [http://www.palestine-studies.org/enakba/exodus/Erskine%20Childers,%20Walid%20Khalidi,%20Jon%20Kimche,%20et%20al.pdf The ''Spectator'' Correspondence], Appendix E. this correspondence was reproduced in Appendix E in Walid Khalidi 'Plan Dalet Revisited', ''Journal of Palestine Studies'' 18(1), Autumn 1988. Original publication from the ''Spectator'' following the 12 May 1961 of Erskine Childers' original article.

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Journalists|Kimche, Jon]]

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-07-01 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 1 July 1960 (Vol. 9, No. 27), used in a gallery identifying the periodical. Headline: "Behind the Nasser Facade".

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-07-01_9_27
* IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of scandata leaf 7 (pageType Title) — the issue front page with masthead. An earlier upload used scandata leaf 1 (pageType Cover), which was the library buckram binding of the bound volume, not the issue front page; that file was replaced by this leaf-7 image on 9 November 2026.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

Jewish Observer and Middle East Review

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{{short description|'''Weekly published in London by Zionist Review Ltd for the Zionist Federation from 1952 to 1977'''}}
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| defunct = {{Start date|1977|12}}
| founder = [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation of Great Britain]]
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| parent = [[Zionist Review Ltd]] (principal shareholder: [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]])<ref name="JTA67a" />
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[[File:L-observateur-Jerusalem Liberee-4 June 1967.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The cover of the French edition of the ''Jewish Observer'', [[L'Observateur du Moyen Orient et de L'Afrique]] after the occupation of East Jerusalem by Israeli forces in the Six Day War, 9 june 1967, Vol XVI No. 23.]]

The [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]] was founded in 1952, replacing the ''[[Zionist Review]]'' as the official publication of the [[Zionist Federation of Britain]].<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1952/02/01/3030419/last-issue-of-zionist-review-of-britain-appears-today Last Issue of “Zionist Review” of Britain Appears Today], JTA, 1 February 1952.</ref> The journal ceased publication in 1977 and was eventually replaced by the resurrection of the ''[[Zionist Review]]'' in 1982.

According to [[Emanuel Litvinoff]] who became Assistant Editor at the ''Observer'' in the mid 1950s:

:I found myself a job on a journal called The ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]''. In fact I was one of the founders of it because there had been a previous weekly called The ''[[Zionist Review]]'', they had taken on rather a good journalist as the editor. ...[[Jon Kimche]], who... had a pretty good reputation as a war correspondent actually and a war expert, a military expert for I think ''The Observer'' and The ''Evening Standard'' and he had plans to turn this funny little magazine The ''[[Zionist Review]]'' into something more substantial so I was in at the planning stage and I became the Assistant Editor.<ref>99.29/59 [http://www.movinghere.org.uk/search/..%5Cdeliveryfiles%5Cmol%5C99.29%5C99.29_59%5C1.rtf Interview with Emanuel Litvinoff], Interviewer: Hannah Berman, Date: 22nd January 1998</ref>
==Publisher==
The journal was published by [[Zionist Review Ltd]], in which the [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]] was the principal shareholder, the company that had published the ''[[Zionist Review]]''. In March 1967 the ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'' reported that "The Zionist Federation is the principal stockholder in the Zionist Review, publisher of the Observer", and that the company's board of directors had dismissed [[Jon Kimche]] as editor.<ref name="JTA67a">[https://www.jta.org/archive/editor-of-london-jewish-observer-dismissed-by-zionist-federation Editor of London 'Jewish Observer' Dismissed by Zionist Federation] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 13 March 1967, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Ten days later it reported that "The board of directors of the Zionist Review, Ltd. publishers of the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review" had appointed [[Maurice Samuelson]], the assistant editor, as acting editor, and named [[L. Schafler|Dr. L. Schafler]], acting editor since Kimche's dismissal, as managing editor.<ref name="JTA67b">[https://www.jta.org/archive/london-jewish-observer-announces-appointment-of-new-editor London 'Jewish Observer' Announces Appointment of New Editor] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 23 March 1967, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

Before he edited the ''Observer'', Kimche had been ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''<nowiki/>'s Israel correspondent in 1947–48, as the state of Israel was established, according to the historian [[David Cesarani]].<ref name="Ces195">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 195.</ref>

Imprints on issues digitised by the [[Internet Archive]] name the publisher as "Zionist Review Limited, 77 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1" and the printer as "Narod Press Ltd., 129/131 Cavell Street, London, E.1" (the 1953 imprint reads "The Narod Press"). The same issues list [[Jon Kimche]] as editor.<ref name="IA1953-10-02">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 2, No. 40 (2 October 1953), imprint, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-10-02_2_40 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1960-07-01">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 9, No. 27 (1 July 1960), imprint, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-07-01_9_27 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1961-12-29">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 52 (29 December 1961), imprint, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-12-29_10_52 Internet Archive].</ref> The masthead gives the cover price as sixpence in 1953 and ninepence by 1960–61, and (by 1960) subscriptions at £2 a year; the paper stated that it was "registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper".<ref name="IA1953-07-03">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 2, No. 27 (3 July 1953), front page, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-07-03_2_27 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1960-09-30">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 9, No. 40 (30 September 1960), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-09-30_9_40 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1960-07-01" /> Editorial offices are given as 129 Salisbury Square House, Salisbury Square, London E.C.4 in 1953, and as 100 Salisbury Square House by 1960; advertisements, accounts and circulation were handled from 77 Great Russell Street.<ref name="IA1953-07-03" /><ref name="IA1960-07-01" /> Issues from 1960 also list a Paris bureau, "L'Observateur du Moyen-Orient, 38 Avenue de l'Opéra".<ref name="IA1960-07-01" />

==Internet Archive holdings==
The Internet Archive collection [https://archive.org/details/pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review Jewish Observer and Middle East Review] holds '''105''' digitised weekly issues (ISSN 0021-6623): Vol. 2 Nos. 27–52 (3 July–25 December 1953), Vol. 9 Nos. 27–53 (1 July–30 December 1960), and Vol. 10 Nos. 1–52 (6 January–29 December 1961).<ref name="IAcoll">Internet Archive, [https://archive.org/details/pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review Jewish Observer and Middle East Review] (collection <code>pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review</code>), metadata and holdings list, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref> It does not include the 1952 launch year, the years 1954–59, or the 1962–77 run through closure. Collection metadata states that the title was established in 1952, ceased in 1977, was published weekly by Zionist Review Ltd., and was the official publication of the Zionist Federation of Britain.<ref name="IAcoll" />

==Selected front pages==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-07-03 front page.jpg|3 July 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 27). Lead on the ex-Mufti's activities in Egypt and Pakistan; price sixpence. Part of the masthead and headline is obscured in the Archive scan.<ref name="IA1953-07-03" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-10-02 front page.jpg|2 October 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 40). Cover: opening parade of the Fourth Maccabiah in Ramat Gan.<ref name="IA1953-10-02" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-11-13 front page.jpg|13 November 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 46). Cover photograph of [[David Ben-Gurion]].<ref name="IA1953-11-13">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 2, No. 46 (13 November 1953), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-11-13_2_46 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-07-01 front page.jpg|1 July 1960 (Vol. 9, No. 27). Front-page headline "Behind the Nasser Facade"; photograph of a Cairo street workshop.<ref name="IA1960-07-01" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-09-30 front page.jpg|30 September 1960 (Vol. 9, No. 40). "Mediterranean Challenge—Russian Fleet Moves In"; cover of Soviet ships.<ref name="IA1960-09-30" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-01-06 front page.jpg|6 January 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 1). "Why Not Tell The People?"; cover photograph of Ben-Gurion.<ref name="IA1961-01-06">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 1 (6 January 1961), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-01-06_10_1 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-04-14 front page.jpg|14 April 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 15). "Israel: What Kind of a People?"; cover shows [[Moshe Dayan]] and [[Shimon Peres]], days after the [[Adolf Eichmann]] trial opened.<ref name="IA1961-04-14">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 15 (14 April 1961), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-04-14_10_15 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-07-07 front page.jpg|7 July 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 27). "Kuwait: Britain's Round — But Moscow's Game?"; cover photograph of [[Nikita Khrushchev]].<ref name="IA1961-07-07">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 27 (7 July 1961), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-07-07_10_27 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-12-29 front page.jpg|29 December 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 52). Last issue in the Archive holdings for 1961; "Diminishing Spheres of Influence—Britons at Bahrein Court".<ref name="IA1961-12-29" />
</gallery>

==Closure==

It was former editor [[Maurice Samuelson]] who announced the closure of the journal at the end of 1977.

:The [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]], the world's oldest Zionist weekly paper, closed down this week because of lack of funds. The organ of the [[Zionist Federation of Great Britain]] first appeared more than 60 years ago under the title ''[[Zionist Review]]''. It was given its present name in 1952. The demise of the paper followed the withdrawal of a direct subsidy by the [[Jewish Agency]] in Jerusalem, which had kept it in business for the past three years. Previously, it had been largely financed by a block subscription by the [[Joint Israel Appeal]]. The ending of the block subscription caused the circulation to be cut from more than 12,000 copies a week to about 4000.

:Some of the outstanding figures in Zionism had been associated with the Review. The paper opened in May 1917 on the instigation of Dr. [[Chaim Weizmann]], then president of the [[British Zionist Federation]]. Sir [[Leon Simon]], a close friend of Weizmann, was the first editor. Later editors included [[Paul Goodman]], the Rev. [[Maurice Perlzweig]], [[Moshe Pearlman]] and Dr. [[S. Levenberg]]. In announcing the closing of the paper, the Zionist Federation said they hope to bring out a monthly magazine in the middle of 1978, concentrating on ideological articles rather than news analysis.<ref>Maurice Samuelson [http://archive.jta.org/article/1977/12/29/2980251/oldest-zionist-paper-closed Oldest Zionist Paper Closed] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 29 December 1977.</ref>

==People==

Under the editorship of Kimche the Observer was not always ideologically unbending. It employed Emanuel Litvinoff, the former Communist - who 'was not a Zionist'<ref name="Burnley">Judith Burnley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/26/emanuel-litvinoff Emanuel Litvinoff obituary: Poet and novelist, born in the East End, who railed against the fate of the Jews in his work] ''The Guardian'', Monday 26 September 2011 18.24 BST</ref> - whose final published novel, ''Falls the Shadow'' (1983), included an Israeli citizen who is revealed as a former concentration camp guard. '"Litvinoff knew his book would be found provocative," says Wright, "but he wrote it because he was worried by the way Israel was invoking the memory of the Holocaust to justify outrages of its own."'<ref name="Laity">Paul Laity Review: A LIFE IN WRITING: Emanuel Litvinoff: Antisemitism was a sort of unwanted inheritance: you were lumbered with it. Now it was on the doorstep again. Interview by Paul Laity ''The Guardian'' (London) - Final Edition August 9, 2008 Saturday Pg. 10</ref> [[Paul Kohn]] worked as a writer for the Observer and in later life was said to 'maintain he's an unrepentant non-Zionist and stays [in Israel] because of the weather.'<ref name="White">Ian White 'Opening Pandora's box' ''Jerusalem Post'', March 4, 2011 Friday Pg. 28. </ref>

According to [[Joseph Finklestone]] in an obituary for the ''Guardian'':

:It was as editor of the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review from 1952 to 1967 that Kimche displayed all his passion for Zionism, his incisive writing, his independence, his insistence that all sides of the Arab-Israel problem must be fearlessly discussed - and his propensity to shock. So worried was the [[Zionist Federation]], which published the journal, that an official was assigned to read all the proofs before publication. Kimche managed to avoid his censor, to the consternation of the ZF leaders. However, they learned of his intention to print an article claiming that unemployment in Israel was twice as high as had been officially disclosed and emigration was on the rise. Kimche refused to withdraw the article, the ZF refused to print the magazine containing it - and Kimche was sacked. Kimche had been accused of interfering in Israel's internal affairs - but it was the direct intervention of the Israeli prime minister that led to Kimche's dismissal. This revealed what a vital journal the Observer had become for anyone interested in the Middle East.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref>

===Editorial staff===
====Editors====
*[[Jon Kimche]] edited the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'' from 1952 to 1967.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref> In March 1967, Kimche's publishers, the board of directors of the Zionist Review dismissed him after a dispute in which he accused their major stockholder, the Zionist Federation of Britain of censorship of material in the magazine. The Zionist Federation was the principal stockholder in the Zionist Review, publisher of the Observer. In an open letter to Kimche, The board denied that the dispute was prompted by an intervention some days earlier by Israel's Prime Minister [[Levi Eshkol]], who had objected to an article criticising Israel's Minister of Justice [[Yaakov-Shimshon Shapira|Yaacov Shapiro]]. The board charged Kimche with ignoring instructions from the editorial committee not to print an article on unemployment in Israel, which the committee considered misleading.<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1967/03/13/2748517/editor-of-london-jewish-observer-dismissed-by-zionist-federation Editor of London ‘Jewish Observer’ Dismissed by Zionist Federation], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 13 March 1967.</ref><ref>For further details see the page on [[Jon Kimche]]</ref>

*Dr. [[L. Schafler]] (served as acting editor since early March 1967, named managing editor from 22 March 1967).<ref name="JTA">[http://archive.jta.org/article/1967/03/23/2748825/london-jewish-observer-announces-appointment-of-new-editor London ‘Jewish Observer’ Announces Appointment of New Editor'] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', MARCH 23, 1967</ref>

*[[Maurice Samuelson]] (Spent more than four years at the Observer including in the post of Assistant editor, before taking over as editor from 22 March 1967<ref name="JTA"/> a position he held for 'more then seven' years.<ref>[http://cdn.jta.org/archive_pdfs/1977/1977-12-13_233.pdf David Landau, Maurice Samuelson to cover talks in Cairo for JTA], ''JTA daily news bulletin'', 13 December 1977, No. 233, p. 1</ref>

*[[Hyam Corney]] Editor circa 1974-1977. '[[Hyam Corney]], [[Maurice Samuelson|his]] assistant for two years, who previously worked for the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', was appointed editor - an assignment which he has carried out until today.'<ref name="JO77">''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', Vol. 26, 1977</ref>
====Assistant editors and other staff====
*[[Emanuel Litvinoff]] (Writer, born 5 May 1915; died 24 September 2011) According to an obituary in the ''Guardian'': 'To make ends meet, Emanuel took a job on the ''[[Zionist Review]]'' (although he was not a Zionist), and became deputy editor on the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]''.'<ref name="Burnley"/> Another Guardian reports states that he was employed there in 1956.<ref name="Laity"/>

*[[Geoffrey Paul]] (Assistant Editor) According to David Cesarani 'He found work in the public relations department of the [[Jewish Agency]], under Dr [[Selig Brodetsky]] and Dr [[Schneier Levenberg]], and later with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. For three years he was assistant editor of the [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]], edited by [[Jon Kimche]]. In 1958, [[William Frankel]] invited him to join the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]''. Beginning as a sub-editor on the foreign news desk, he was subsequently appointed the Israel correspondent and was later sent to New York to cover the USA.'<ref>David Cesarani 'The Jewish press in a divided community: Geoffrey Paul, 1977–1990' pp. 236-247 Chapter 9 in ''The “Jewish Chronicle” and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.</ref>

*[[Arye Haskel]] 'In the early 1970s, when I was editor of the London-based Jewish Observer and Middle East Review, Arye was its Jerusalem correspondent.'<ref>[[Hyam Corney]] August 13: Arye Haskel: A tribute ''[[Jerusalem Post]]'', 08/12/2009 21:11</ref>

* [[Jan Shure]], Deputy Editor. According to Shure: 'Around three decades ago, I was deputy editor at a small, now defunct, UK publication called the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review.'<ref name="Shure">Jan Shure '[http://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/we-could-have-dealt-campus-hate-long-ago We could have dealt with campus hate long ago: We are reaping the whirlwind of our past inability to counter anti-Jewish propaganda in universities], ''The JC.com'' February 12, 2009.</ref> This suggests she worked there around the mide 1970s in the last few years of the publication of the journal, which ceased publication in 1977. She also noted that:

::In common with the JC, it devoted a great number of column inches to the issue of Palestinian propaganda on UK campuses. Apart from news stories in both publications reporting the avalanche of Arab propaganda on campus, and a small, heroic number of individual voices calling for the Jewish community to do more to help students combat it, the Jewish establishment failed to step up — with human resources, educational support, PR or advertising campaigns or cash — to counter the Palestinian narrative being imparted to students across British universities.<ref name="Shure"/>

*[[Elkana Galli]] According to an Obituary: 'By the late 1950s,... Elkana Galli had returned to Europe, establishing a French edition of the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review. In the mid-sixties, he was Deputy Editor in London of the French and German editions of l'Observateur du Moyen Orient et de l'Africa, and Der Nahe Osten. He later published multi-language editions of a very intelligence-oriented newsletter on the Middle East, from Israel. Little wonder, then, that his long association with the Israeli leadership led him to become Director of Information Communications and Foreign Relations for Israel Aircraft Industries, for many years the largest industrial enterprise in the Middle East.<ref> GRC 'Elkana Galli', ''Defense & Foreign Affairs' Strategic Policy'', September 2012 Pg. 18.</ref>

===Writers and journalists===
*[[Lionel Kochan]] 'For some time he was a journalist for the''[[ Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]''.' According to an obituary 'Lionel Kochan's personal journey reflected his views on Jewish history and helps to explain his later opposition to the establishment in the United Kingdom of 27 January as a national day of Holocaust remembrance and more generally to what he condemned as the "Holocaust industry".'<ref>MICHAEL PINTO-DUSCHINSKY OBITUARY: LIONEL KOCHAN; JEWISH HISTORIAN WHO DEPLORED THE 'HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY'''The Independent'' (London) October 27, 2005, Thursday OBITUARIES; Pg. 39</ref>

*[[Paul Kohn]] 'In 1951 he joined the army and after service in a combat unit found himself eventually in the [[IDF Spokesman's Office]] beginning a long career in journalism which continued when he joined The Jerusalem Post in 1954 as a reporter in the Tel Aviv office.... After a few years as a [[Jewish Agency]] emissary in London, he returned to the Post as a sports journalist and stayed there until his retirement. Other journalistic posts were as an Associated Press stringer and writer for the now defunct ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'' in London.<ref name="White"/>

==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review Jewish Observer and Middle East Review] at the [[Internet Archive]] (105 digitised issues, 1953 and 1960–61)<ref name="IAcoll" />

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]
[[Category:Zionist movement UK]]

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-07-03 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 3 July 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 27), used in a gallery identifying the periodical. Part of the masthead and lead headline is obscured by a solid black area that is present in the Internet Archive scan of this leaf; it was not introduced by the download. No other copy of this issue was found in the Archive collection.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-07-03_2_27
* IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of leaf `_0001.jp2` (scandata pageType Cover — the magazine front for this item). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize. Pixel comparison with a fresh IIIF fetch of the same leaf matches the dark region exactly.
* Issue date as given on the page (table of contents / imprint); volume Vol. 2, No. 27 per Archive metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-07-01 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 1 July 1960 (Vol. 9, No. 27), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-07-01_9_27
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

Raymond Harrod

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{{short description|'''British newspaper executive; managing director of ''The Jewish Chronicle'' from 2018 to 2020'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Raymond Harrod
| image = Raymond Harrod Jewish Chronicle 2018.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Raymond Harrod (Jewish Chronicle photograph, 2018)
| birth_date = December 1977
| nationality = British
| residence = [[Bushey]]
| occupation = Newspaper executive; company director
| known_for = Managing director of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' (2018–2020)
}}
'''Raymond Jonathan Harrod''' (born December 1977) is a British newspaper executive who was managing director of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' from January 2018 and an executive director of its publisher when the paper was refinanced in 2019 and sold in 2020.<ref name="JC2018">JC Reporter, [https://www.thejc.com/news/jc-appoints-new-managing-director-r0fn262s JC appoints new managing director] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 17 January 2018, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHHarrod">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/IkUj6oJQr4x4iPAjwrALxOc2aIw/appointments Raymond Jonathan HARROD: appointments] (10 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
In January 2018 ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that Harrod, described as a "Bushey man", had been appointed managing director. He had joined the paper in 1996 and was previously its operations director. He was quoted as saying that the paper would "continue our journey to become the leading English language media brand serving Jewish audiences worldwide".<ref name="JC2018" />

Companies House records him as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) from 31 January 2014, and as a director and secretary of [[JC Online Limited]] from 4 December 2017.<ref name="CHHarrod" /><ref name="CHHarrodSec1">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/UnBDI6zFpf3v4RLIU795KN3gvsw/appointments Raymond HARROD: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

When the paper's refinancing was announced in June 2019, ''InPublishing'' reported that [[Alan Jacobs (born 1962)|Alan Jacobs]] would replace [[Stephen Grabiner]] as non-executive chair, that [[David Kershaw (born 1954)|David Kershaw]] would join as a non-executive director, and that "Current Executive Directors Raymond Harrod, [[Stephen Pollard]] and [[Debbie Rose]] will all remain on the Board."<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

In April 2020 ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that ''The Jewish Chronicle'' and ''[[Jewish News]]'' were to close, after staff were told that their parent company had run out of money.<ref name="Guardian2020">Jim Waterson, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/08/jewish-chronicle-and-jewish-news-to-be-liquidated-and-staff-laid-off Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News to close and staff laid off] ''The Guardian'', 8 April 2020, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Harrod was appointed a director and the secretary of [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) on its incorporation on 15 April 2020.<ref name="CHHarrod" /><ref name="CHHarrodSec2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/VdRiBxgJTVPo6uLFPgV8nRwKyJ8/appointments Raymond HARROD: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CH12557970">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12557970 Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited (12557970)], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Other appointments ==
Companies House records Harrod as a director of [[British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem]] from 8 April 2013 to 4 September 2017, and as a current director of [[Harrod Leisure Ltd]] (from 19 November 2020), [[Waverdale Developments Limited]] (from 21 December 2021) and [[Kingfisher Health Club Limited]] (from 28 June 2023).<ref name="CHHarrod" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Raymond Jonathan Harrod, with two linked secretary records (12 in all; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Kingfisher Health Club Limited]] (14968461) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 28 June 2023 || – || Active
|-
| [[Waverdale Developments Limited]] (01434641) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 21 December 2021 || – || Active
|-
| [[Harrod Leisure Ltd]] (13031053) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 19 November 2020 || – || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 15 April 2020 || – || Dissolved 21 September 2021
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) || Secretary<ref name="CHHarrodSec2" /> || 15 April 2020 || – || Dissolved 21 September 2021
|-
| [[JC Online Limited]] (03958216) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 4 December 2017 || – || Dissolved 13 October 2020
|-
| [[JC Online Limited]] (03958216) || Secretary<ref name="CHHarrodSec1" /> || 4 December 2017 || – || Dissolved 13 October 2020
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 31 January 2014 || – || Dissolved 2 February 2023
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (00961929; Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited until 27 April 2020) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 31 January 2014 || – || Dissolved 20 September 2022
|-
| [[British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem]] (04877476) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 8 April 2013 || 4 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Pension Trustees Limited]] (05896074) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 1 April 2013 || 16 April 2013 || Dissolved 12 February 2019
|-
| [[Heatherwood Court Management Limited]] (06352517) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 6 April 2011 || – || Active
|}

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Media|Harrod, Raymond]]

File:Raymond Harrod Jewish Chronicle 2018.jpg

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== Summary ==
Portrait of [[Raymond Harrod]], used to identify the subject of the article.

== Source ==
* "Raymond Harrod appointed managing director of The Jewish Chronicle", [https://www.thejc.com/news/raymond-harrod-appointed-managing-director-of-the-jewish-chronicle-1.457218 The Jewish Chronicle, 17 January 2018] (og:image). Unaltered JPEG conversion from the article's webp if applicable. Photographer not stated.

== Copyright ==
Copyright holder not stated beyond The Jewish Chronicle; no licence or reuse terms were given. Not released under a free licence. Used for identification of the article's subject, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-12-29 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 29 December 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 52), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-12-29_10_52
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-07-07 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 7 July 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 27), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-07-07_10_27
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-04-14 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 14 April 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 15), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-04-14_10_15
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-01-06 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 6 January 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 1), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-01-06_10_1
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-09-30 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 30 September 1960 (Vol. 9, No. 40), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-09-30_9_40
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-07-01 front page.jpg

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File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-11-13 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 13 November 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 46), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-11-13_2_46
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-10-02 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 2 October 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 40), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-10-02_2_40
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-07-03 front page.jpg

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== Summary ==
Front page of ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 3 July 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 27), used in a gallery identifying the periodical.

== Source ==
* Internet Archive item: https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-07-03_2_27
* Local file is an IIIF JPEG derivative (width 1200) of the first content page (leaf `_0001.jp2`). Unaltered beyond that IIIF resize.
* Issue date and volume/number as given on the masthead and in the Archive item metadata.

== Copyright ==
No rights statement, licence URL or free-licence claim is given on the Internet Archive item. Not released under a free licence. Used as a low-resolution cover for identification and historical illustration of the periodical, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

Zionist Review

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{{short description|'''Official journal of the Zionist Federation in Britain, published 1917–1927, 1934–1952 and from 1982'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Zionist Review
| logo =
| type = Journal (weekly from 1934)
| founded = {{Start date|1917|05}}
| founder = [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|English Zionist Federation]], at the instigation of [[Chaim Weizmann]]<ref name="JTA77">Maurice Samuelson, [https://www.jta.org/archive/oldest-zionist-paper-closed Oldest Zionist Paper Closed] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 29 December 1977, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>
| hq_location = London
| industry = Periodical publishing
| parent = [[Zionist Review Ltd]] (principal shareholder: [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]])<ref name="JTA67">[https://www.jta.org/archive/london-jewish-observer-announces-appointment-of-new-editor London 'Jewish Observer' Announces Appointment of New Editor] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 23 March 1967, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>
}}
The ''[[Zionist Review]]'' was the official publication of the [[Zionist Federation]]. It was published between May 1917 and June 1927; 15 March 1934-1952 and 1982-1995. It was replaced by the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'' between 1952 and 1977.
==History==

Under the editorship of [[Schneier Levenberg]] (1941-48) the ''Jewish Chronicle'' reported that: 'the "ZR" seems to be tending more and more towards becoming the mouthpiece of the [[General Zionist Party]], although for a long time it appeared to give more prominence to Labour Zionist views'.<ref name="PZ">'Poale Zion journal', ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' 31 December 1948, p. 6</ref> This was in the context of the announcement that Levenberg had just become a contributor to the new [[Poale Zion]] paper ''[[Jewish Vanguard]]'' as well as remaining as editor of the ''Zionist Review''.<ref name="PZ"/>

==Relations with the Jewish Chronicle==
The historian [[David Cesarani]] records that in March 1918 the [[League of British Jews]], seeking a licence for a non-Zionist newspaper from the wartime Paper Commission, complained that "a licence has been issued for a third Jewish paper in this country which is also Zionist - namely 'The Zionist Review'".<ref name="Ces126">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 125–126.</ref> In the early 1920s, he writes, the ''Review'' was at odds with ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'': "the pro-Weizmann Zionist Review chided the Jewish Chronicle for its florid pronouncements and its treatment of the Arab question", and [[Chaim Weizmann|Weizmann]]'s followers answered the ''Chronicle''<nowiki/>'s editor [[Leopold Greenberg]] in its pages.<ref name="Ces129">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 129–130.</ref> Cesarani dates "the demise of the Zionist Review" to 1926, after which the ''Monthly Pioneer'' (1928–33) carried the Zionist case in England.<ref name="Ces132">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 132.</ref>

During the 1937 debate over the partition of Palestine, Cesarani writes that the [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]] "could rely on the Zionist Review", which campaigned for [[Israel Feldman]] in the election for a vice-presidency of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews|Board of Deputies]] and "accused the editorials in the Jewish Chronicle of flagrantly ignoring the facts in Palestine".<ref name="Ces162">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 162.</ref> In May and June 1943, before the Board of Deputies elections, "the Jewish Chronicle and the Zionist Review traded invective and editorial blows".<ref name="Ces185">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 185.</ref>

In August 1941 the ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'' quoted the ''Review'', which it called the "organ of the Zionist movement in England", as saying that "At no time has the voice of America been so important for Zionism as now".<ref name="JTA41">[https://www.jta.org/archive/americas-attitude-toward-future-of-palestine-is-important-believe-british-zionists America's Attitude Toward Future of Palestine is Important, Believe British Zionists] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 1 August 1941, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

==Publisher==
The ''Review'' and its successor, the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', were published by [[Zionist Review Ltd]], in which, according to the ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'' in 1967, the [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]] was "the principal stockholder".<ref name="JTA67" /><ref name="JTA67a">[https://www.jta.org/archive/editor-of-london-jewish-observer-dismissed-by-zionist-federation Editor of London 'Jewish Observer' Dismissed by Zionist Federation] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 13 March 1967, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Imprints on digitised issues of the successor title name the publisher as "Zionist Review Limited, 77 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1".<ref name="IAJO1960">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 9, No. 27 (1 July 1960), imprint, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-07-01_9_27 Internet Archive], accessed 9 November 2026.</ref> The agency reported on 1 February 1952 that the last issue of the "35-year-old publication" would appear the next day, and that it would be replaced by a new magazine edited by [[Jon Kimche]].<ref name="JTA52">[https://www.jta.org/archive/last-issue-of-zionist-review-of-britain-appears-today Last Issue of "Zionist Review" of Britain Appears Today] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 1 February 1952, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> When the ''Jewish Observer'' closed in December 1977, the Zionist Federation said it hoped to bring out a monthly magazine in mid-1978, "concentrating on ideological articles rather than news analysis".<ref name="JTA77" />

==Closure - 1952==
The ''American Jewish Yearbook 1953'', reported:

:The replacement of the thirty-year-old Zionist Review by the [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]] under the editorship of [[Jon Kimche]] was a frank acknowledgment that a specifically Zionist organ could no longer stimulate readership and win solvency in Britain. The new journal, sponsored by the [[Zionist Federation]], was inaugurated in March 1952, and represented a departure from the house organ style of its predecessor in favor of one of wider political significance. An interesting innovation was the ''[[Zionist Year Book]]'', the first issue of which was published in October 1951.<ref>'Britain' ''American Jewish Yearbook 1953'', 1953, p. 238</ref>

==Editors==
*1917-19 - [[Albert Montefiore Hyamson]] Joint Editor, ''Zionist Review''<ref>UCL Archives [http://archives.ucl.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=RefNo=='GASTER/1/A/HYA/4'&dsqDb=Catalog Hyamson; Albert Montefiore (1875-1954)]</ref>
*[[Leon Simon]]<ref name="ZYB">''[[Zionist Year Book]]'', 1972, p. 97</ref> 'Sir [[Leon Simon]], a close friend of [[Chaim Weizmann|Weizmann]], was the first editor.'<ref>Maurice Samuelson [http://archive.jta.org/article/1977/12/29/2980251/oldest-zionist-paper-closed Oldest Zionist Paper Closed] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 29 December 1977.</ref>
*1920-1926 and 1934-1938 - [[Paul Goodman (Zionist Review)|Paul Goodman]] Co-Editor<ref>UCL Archives [http://archives.ucl.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=RefNo=='GASTER/1/A/GOO/5'&dsqDb=Catalog RefNo GASTER/1/A/GOO/5 Goodman; Romana (fl. 1907); née Manczyk; Goodman; Paul (1875-1949)]</ref>
*1934 - ? Rev. [[Maurice Perlzweig]] (1895-1985)<ref>Maurice Samuelson [http://archive.jta.org/article/1977/12/29/2980251/oldest-zionist-paper-closed Oldest Zionist Paper Closed] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 29 December 1977.</ref> Co-editor from 15 March 1934 - <ref name="JC34"/>
*[[Gabriel Cohen]]<ref name="ZYB"/> Associate Editor from 15 march 1934.<ref name="JC34">'Zionist Federation', ''Jewish Chronicle, 15 February 1934, p. 26</ref>
* 1934 - [[Moshe Pearlman]] (Died April 1986) 'editor of the Zionist Review in the 1930s, working out of the London offices of the [[Jewish Agency]]'.<ref name="JC">David Cesarani ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841-1991'', Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 194</ref> The Zionist Review had ceased publication in 1928 'but it reappeared in March 1934 in a new format as a weekly with [[Maurice Pearlman]] as editor'.<ref name="JO77">''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', Vol. 26, 1977</ref> 'He spent a year in a kibbutz in 1936 and subsequently published his first book, ''Collective Adventure'' in 1938.' Pearlman 'had served with the British army in Greece with [[David Kessler]] before becoming a [[Haganah]] spokesman' in the 1940s.<ref name="JC"/> He went on to become 'a well-known author, the first [[Israel Defense Force]] [[IDF Spokesperson's Unit|official spokesman]], founder and first director of the Israel Government Press Office, and an early director of Israel Radio', He 'was a close adviser to Prime Minister [[David Ben Gurion]]. He was recalled to the army in the Six Day War, when he served with his friend, [[Moshe Dayan]].'<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1986/04/07/3003903/moshe-pearlman-dead-at-75 Moshe Pearlman Dead at 75], ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 7 April 1986. </ref>
*[[S Temkin]]<ref>''[[Zionist Year Book]]'', 1972, p. 100</ref>
* 1941-1948 - Dr. [[S. Levenberg]]<ref>[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=3251&inst_id=1&nv1=search&nv2= LEVENBERG, Dr Schneier, fl 1930-1991, Zionist], AIM25 Archives. </ref>
* 1948-1950 - [[David Krivine]] editor of the ''Zionist Review'' 'Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, in 1919, Krivine studied at Oxford, and was wounded twice during World War II as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment... He ...made aliya in 1950. During the 1950s he served as Israel's representative to the International Labor Office and was a technical adviser to then prime minister David Ben-Gurion from 1957-58.' Krivine 'joined the [[Jerusalem Post|Post]] in 1959 as an economic correspondent' and was 'a member of The Jerusalem Post editorial staff for over 30 years'<ref>Jerusalem Post Reporter 'Post' veteran David Krivine dies, ''The Jerusalem Post'' October 4, 1992, Sunday</ref>
*Circa 1951 - [[Arthur Saul Super]] (b 1 July 1908, d 1979, Editor<ref>''[[Zionist Review]]'', 3 August 1951, p. 8</ref>) Editor of the ''[[Zionist Year Book]]'' in 1953.<ref>Arthur Saul Super [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zionist-Arthur-Federation-Britain-Ireland/dp/B002L69QV0 Zionist Year Book 1953], Amazon</ref>'Super had come to South Africa in 1960 as editor of the ''Zionist Record'', but left journalism to join the ministry of the Johannesburg United Progressive Jewish congregation in January 1964.'<ref> [http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1965_12_NSAfrica.pdf North Africa], ''American Jewish Yearbook, 1965'', p.494</ref> In the 1950s he was 'deputy editor' of the ''[[Jerusalem Post]]''.<ref>Aryeh Newman 'Letters', ''Jerusalem Post'' December 11, 2012 Tuesday</ref>
*[[Abraham Baum]]<ref name="ZYB"/>
*Prior to early 1960s - [[Haim Lewis]], former editor of the Zionist Review (London) 'arrived in Johannesburg in September [1963] to become editor of the ''Zionist Record''.<ref> [http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1965_12_NSAfrica.pdf North Africa], ''American Jewish Yearbook, 1965'', p.496</ref>
*1952 - 1977 Replaced by ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]''
*1982-1994 - ?
* Circa 1995 - [[Joseph Finklestone]] (Sep. 25, 1924-Jan. 1, 2002) Foreign and Home News editor of the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' in 1980.<ref>'Award winner' ''The Times'', Thursday, Sep 04, 1980; pg. 16; Issue 60715; col A </ref> Foreign editor of the Chronicle in 1984<ref>Husain flying to Cairo for talks about PLO initiative on West Bank From Robert Fisk, ''The Times'', Friday, Nov 30, 1984; pg. 8; Issue 62000; col A</ref> and 1985.<ref>The Times, Thursday, Nov 07, 1985; pg. 14; Issue 62289; col A, The Times Diary </ref> In 1997, he wrote 'so meagre are the resources of the Zionist Federation that it is unable to publish regularly its famous journal ''[[Zionist Review]]''.'<ref>Joseph Finklestone, 'Zionism and British Jews', in Stephen Massil (ed) ''The Jewish Year Book 1997'', London: Valentine Mitchell, 1997, p.xxx</ref>

==Notes==
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{{short description|'''Weekly published in London by Zionist Review Ltd for the Zionist Federation from 1952 to 1977'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Jewish Observer and Middle East Review
| logo =
| type = Weekly journal
| founded = {{Start date|1952}}
| defunct = {{Start date|1977|12}}
| founder = [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation of Great Britain]]
| hq_location = London
| industry = Periodical publishing
| parent = [[Zionist Review Ltd]] (principal shareholder: [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]])<ref name="JTA67a" />
}}
[[File:L-observateur-Jerusalem Liberee-4 June 1967.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The cover of the French edition of the ''Jewish Observer'', [[L'Observateur du Moyen Orient et de L'Afrique]] after the occupation of East Jerusalem by Israeli forces in the Six Day War, 9 june 1967, Vol XVI No. 23.]]

The [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]] was founded in 1952, replacing the ''[[Zionist Review]]'' as the official publication of the [[Zionist Federation of Britain]].<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1952/02/01/3030419/last-issue-of-zionist-review-of-britain-appears-today Last Issue of “Zionist Review” of Britain Appears Today], JTA, 1 February 1952.</ref> The journal ceased publication in 1977 and was eventually replaced by the resurrection of the ''[[Zionist Review]]'' in 1982.

According to [[Emanuel Litvinoff]] who became Assistant Editor at the ''Observer'' in the mid 1950s:

:I found myself a job on a journal called The ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]''. In fact I was one of the founders of it because there had been a previous weekly called The ''[[Zionist Review]]'', they had taken on rather a good journalist as the editor. ...[[Jon Kimche]], who... had a pretty good reputation as a war correspondent actually and a war expert, a military expert for I think ''The Observer'' and The ''Evening Standard'' and he had plans to turn this funny little magazine The ''[[Zionist Review]]'' into something more substantial so I was in at the planning stage and I became the Assistant Editor.<ref>99.29/59 [http://www.movinghere.org.uk/search/..%5Cdeliveryfiles%5Cmol%5C99.29%5C99.29_59%5C1.rtf Interview with Emanuel Litvinoff], Interviewer: Hannah Berman, Date: 22nd January 1998</ref>
==Publisher==
The journal was published by [[Zionist Review Ltd]], in which the [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]] was the principal shareholder, the company that had published the ''[[Zionist Review]]''. In March 1967 the ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'' reported that "The Zionist Federation is the principal stockholder in the Zionist Review, publisher of the Observer", and that the company's board of directors had dismissed [[Jon Kimche]] as editor.<ref name="JTA67a">[https://www.jta.org/archive/editor-of-london-jewish-observer-dismissed-by-zionist-federation Editor of London 'Jewish Observer' Dismissed by Zionist Federation] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 13 March 1967, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Ten days later it reported that "The board of directors of the Zionist Review, Ltd. publishers of the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review" had appointed [[Maurice Samuelson]], the assistant editor, as acting editor, and named [[L. Schafler|Dr. L. Schafler]], acting editor since Kimche's dismissal, as managing editor.<ref name="JTA67b">[https://www.jta.org/archive/london-jewish-observer-announces-appointment-of-new-editor London 'Jewish Observer' Announces Appointment of New Editor] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 23 March 1967, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

Before he edited the ''Observer'', Kimche had been ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''<nowiki/>'s Israel correspondent in 1947–48, as the state of Israel was established, according to the historian [[David Cesarani]].<ref name="Ces195">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 195.</ref>

Imprints on issues digitised by the [[Internet Archive]] name the publisher as "Zionist Review Limited, 77 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1" and the printer as "Narod Press Ltd., 129/131 Cavell Street, London, E.1" (the 1953 imprint reads "The Narod Press"). The same issues list [[Jon Kimche]] as editor.<ref name="IA1953-10-02">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 2, No. 40 (2 October 1953), imprint, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-10-02_2_40 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1960-07-01">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 9, No. 27 (1 July 1960), imprint, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-07-01_9_27 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1961-12-29">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 52 (29 December 1961), imprint, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-12-29_10_52 Internet Archive].</ref> The masthead gives the cover price as sixpence in 1953 and ninepence by 1960–61, and (by 1960) subscriptions at £2 a year; the paper stated that it was "registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper".<ref name="IA1953-07-03">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 2, No. 27 (3 July 1953), front page, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-07-03_2_27 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1960-09-30">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 9, No. 40 (30 September 1960), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1960-09-30_9_40 Internet Archive].</ref><ref name="IA1960-07-01" /> Editorial offices are given as 129 Salisbury Square House, Salisbury Square, London E.C.4 in 1953, and as 100 Salisbury Square House by 1960; advertisements, accounts and circulation were handled from 77 Great Russell Street.<ref name="IA1953-07-03" /><ref name="IA1960-07-01" /> Issues from 1960 also list a Paris bureau, "L'Observateur du Moyen-Orient, 38 Avenue de l'Opéra".<ref name="IA1960-07-01" />

==Internet Archive holdings==
The Internet Archive collection [https://archive.org/details/pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review Jewish Observer and Middle East Review] holds '''105''' digitised weekly issues (ISSN 0021-6623): Vol. 2 Nos. 27–52 (3 July–25 December 1953), Vol. 9 Nos. 27–53 (1 July–30 December 1960), and Vol. 10 Nos. 1–52 (6 January–29 December 1961).<ref name="IAcoll">Internet Archive, [https://archive.org/details/pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review Jewish Observer and Middle East Review] (collection <code>pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review</code>), metadata and holdings list, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref> It does not include the 1952 launch year, the years 1954–59, or the 1962–77 run through closure. Collection metadata states that the title was established in 1952, ceased in 1977, was published weekly by Zionist Review Ltd., and was the official publication of the Zionist Federation of Britain.<ref name="IAcoll" />

==Selected front pages==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-07-03 front page.jpg|3 July 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 27). Lead: the ex-Mufti's activities in Egypt and Pakistan; price sixpence.<ref name="IA1953-07-03" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-10-02 front page.jpg|2 October 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 40). Cover: opening parade of the Fourth Maccabiah in Ramat Gan.<ref name="IA1953-10-02" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1953-11-13 front page.jpg|13 November 1953 (Vol. 2, No. 46). Cover photograph of [[David Ben-Gurion]].<ref name="IA1953-11-13">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 2, No. 46 (13 November 1953), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-11-13_2_46 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-07-01 front page.jpg|1 July 1960 (Vol. 9, No. 27). Lead headline "The Nasser Facade"; cover, old Cairo.<ref name="IA1960-07-01" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1960-09-30 front page.jpg|30 September 1960 (Vol. 9, No. 40). "Mediterranean Challenge—Russian Fleet Moves In"; cover of Soviet ships.<ref name="IA1960-09-30" />
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-01-06 front page.jpg|6 January 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 1). "Why Not Tell The People?"; cover photograph of Ben-Gurion.<ref name="IA1961-01-06">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 1 (6 January 1961), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-01-06_10_1 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-04-14 front page.jpg|14 April 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 15). "Israel: What Kind of a People?"; cover shows [[Moshe Dayan]] and [[Shimon Peres]], days after the [[Adolf Eichmann]] trial opened.<ref name="IA1961-04-14">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 15 (14 April 1961), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-04-14_10_15 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-07-07 front page.jpg|7 July 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 27). "Kuwait: Britain's Round — But Moscow's Game?"; cover photograph of [[Nikita Khrushchev]].<ref name="IA1961-07-07">''Jewish Observer and Middle East Review'', Vol. 10, No. 27 (7 July 1961), [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1961-07-07_10_27 Internet Archive].</ref>
File:Jewish Observer and Middle East Review 1961-12-29 front page.jpg|29 December 1961 (Vol. 10, No. 52). Last issue in the Archive holdings for 1961; "Diminishing Spheres of Influence—Britons at Bahrein Court".<ref name="IA1961-12-29" />
</gallery>

==Closure==

It was former editor [[Maurice Samuelson]] who announced the closure of the journal at the end of 1977.

:The [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]], the world's oldest Zionist weekly paper, closed down this week because of lack of funds. The organ of the [[Zionist Federation of Great Britain]] first appeared more than 60 years ago under the title ''[[Zionist Review]]''. It was given its present name in 1952. The demise of the paper followed the withdrawal of a direct subsidy by the [[Jewish Agency]] in Jerusalem, which had kept it in business for the past three years. Previously, it had been largely financed by a block subscription by the [[Joint Israel Appeal]]. The ending of the block subscription caused the circulation to be cut from more than 12,000 copies a week to about 4000.

:Some of the outstanding figures in Zionism had been associated with the Review. The paper opened in May 1917 on the instigation of Dr. [[Chaim Weizmann]], then president of the [[British Zionist Federation]]. Sir [[Leon Simon]], a close friend of Weizmann, was the first editor. Later editors included [[Paul Goodman]], the Rev. [[Maurice Perlzweig]], [[Moshe Pearlman]] and Dr. [[S. Levenberg]]. In announcing the closing of the paper, the Zionist Federation said they hope to bring out a monthly magazine in the middle of 1978, concentrating on ideological articles rather than news analysis.<ref>Maurice Samuelson [http://archive.jta.org/article/1977/12/29/2980251/oldest-zionist-paper-closed Oldest Zionist Paper Closed] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 29 December 1977.</ref>

==People==

Under the editorship of Kimche the Observer was not always ideologically unbending. It employed Emanuel Litvinoff, the former Communist - who 'was not a Zionist'<ref name="Burnley">Judith Burnley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/26/emanuel-litvinoff Emanuel Litvinoff obituary: Poet and novelist, born in the East End, who railed against the fate of the Jews in his work] ''The Guardian'', Monday 26 September 2011 18.24 BST</ref> - whose final published novel, ''Falls the Shadow'' (1983), included an Israeli citizen who is revealed as a former concentration camp guard. '"Litvinoff knew his book would be found provocative," says Wright, "but he wrote it because he was worried by the way Israel was invoking the memory of the Holocaust to justify outrages of its own."'<ref name="Laity">Paul Laity Review: A LIFE IN WRITING: Emanuel Litvinoff: Antisemitism was a sort of unwanted inheritance: you were lumbered with it. Now it was on the doorstep again. Interview by Paul Laity ''The Guardian'' (London) - Final Edition August 9, 2008 Saturday Pg. 10</ref> [[Paul Kohn]] worked as a writer for the Observer and in later life was said to 'maintain he's an unrepentant non-Zionist and stays [in Israel] because of the weather.'<ref name="White">Ian White 'Opening Pandora's box' ''Jerusalem Post'', March 4, 2011 Friday Pg. 28. </ref>

According to [[Joseph Finklestone]] in an obituary for the ''Guardian'':

:It was as editor of the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review from 1952 to 1967 that Kimche displayed all his passion for Zionism, his incisive writing, his independence, his insistence that all sides of the Arab-Israel problem must be fearlessly discussed - and his propensity to shock. So worried was the [[Zionist Federation]], which published the journal, that an official was assigned to read all the proofs before publication. Kimche managed to avoid his censor, to the consternation of the ZF leaders. However, they learned of his intention to print an article claiming that unemployment in Israel was twice as high as had been officially disclosed and emigration was on the rise. Kimche refused to withdraw the article, the ZF refused to print the magazine containing it - and Kimche was sacked. Kimche had been accused of interfering in Israel's internal affairs - but it was the direct intervention of the Israeli prime minister that led to Kimche's dismissal. This revealed what a vital journal the Observer had become for anyone interested in the Middle East.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref>

===Editorial staff===
====Editors====
*[[Jon Kimche]] edited the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'' from 1952 to 1967.<ref name="GuardianObit">Joseph Finklestone, SCOOPING THE MIDDLE EAST; Obituary: Jon Kimche, ''Guardian'', 19 March 1994.</ref> In March 1967, Kimche's publishers, the board of directors of the Zionist Review dismissed him after a dispute in which he accused their major stockholder, the Zionist Federation of Britain of censorship of material in the magazine. The Zionist Federation was the principal stockholder in the Zionist Review, publisher of the Observer. In an open letter to Kimche, The board denied that the dispute was prompted by an intervention some days earlier by Israel's Prime Minister [[Levi Eshkol]], who had objected to an article criticising Israel's Minister of Justice [[Yaakov-Shimshon Shapira|Yaacov Shapiro]]. The board charged Kimche with ignoring instructions from the editorial committee not to print an article on unemployment in Israel, which the committee considered misleading.<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1967/03/13/2748517/editor-of-london-jewish-observer-dismissed-by-zionist-federation Editor of London ‘Jewish Observer’ Dismissed by Zionist Federation], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 13 March 1967.</ref><ref>For further details see the page on [[Jon Kimche]]</ref>

*Dr. [[L. Schafler]] (served as acting editor since early March 1967, named managing editor from 22 March 1967).<ref name="JTA">[http://archive.jta.org/article/1967/03/23/2748825/london-jewish-observer-announces-appointment-of-new-editor London ‘Jewish Observer’ Announces Appointment of New Editor'] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', MARCH 23, 1967</ref>

*[[Maurice Samuelson]] (Spent more than four years at the Observer including in the post of Assistant editor, before taking over as editor from 22 March 1967<ref name="JTA"/> a position he held for 'more then seven' years.<ref>[http://cdn.jta.org/archive_pdfs/1977/1977-12-13_233.pdf David Landau, Maurice Samuelson to cover talks in Cairo for JTA], ''JTA daily news bulletin'', 13 December 1977, No. 233, p. 1</ref>

*[[Hyam Corney]] Editor circa 1974-1977. '[[Hyam Corney]], [[Maurice Samuelson|his]] assistant for two years, who previously worked for the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', was appointed editor - an assignment which he has carried out until today.'<ref name="JO77">''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', Vol. 26, 1977</ref>
====Assistant editors and other staff====
*[[Emanuel Litvinoff]] (Writer, born 5 May 1915; died 24 September 2011) According to an obituary in the ''Guardian'': 'To make ends meet, Emanuel took a job on the ''[[Zionist Review]]'' (although he was not a Zionist), and became deputy editor on the ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]''.'<ref name="Burnley"/> Another Guardian reports states that he was employed there in 1956.<ref name="Laity"/>

*[[Geoffrey Paul]] (Assistant Editor) According to David Cesarani 'He found work in the public relations department of the [[Jewish Agency]], under Dr [[Selig Brodetsky]] and Dr [[Schneier Levenberg]], and later with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. For three years he was assistant editor of the [[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]], edited by [[Jon Kimche]]. In 1958, [[William Frankel]] invited him to join the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]''. Beginning as a sub-editor on the foreign news desk, he was subsequently appointed the Israel correspondent and was later sent to New York to cover the USA.'<ref>David Cesarani 'The Jewish press in a divided community: Geoffrey Paul, 1977–1990' pp. 236-247 Chapter 9 in ''The “Jewish Chronicle” and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.</ref>

*[[Arye Haskel]] 'In the early 1970s, when I was editor of the London-based Jewish Observer and Middle East Review, Arye was its Jerusalem correspondent.'<ref>[[Hyam Corney]] August 13: Arye Haskel: A tribute ''[[Jerusalem Post]]'', 08/12/2009 21:11</ref>

* [[Jan Shure]], Deputy Editor. According to Shure: 'Around three decades ago, I was deputy editor at a small, now defunct, UK publication called the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review.'<ref name="Shure">Jan Shure '[http://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/we-could-have-dealt-campus-hate-long-ago We could have dealt with campus hate long ago: We are reaping the whirlwind of our past inability to counter anti-Jewish propaganda in universities], ''The JC.com'' February 12, 2009.</ref> This suggests she worked there around the mide 1970s in the last few years of the publication of the journal, which ceased publication in 1977. She also noted that:

::In common with the JC, it devoted a great number of column inches to the issue of Palestinian propaganda on UK campuses. Apart from news stories in both publications reporting the avalanche of Arab propaganda on campus, and a small, heroic number of individual voices calling for the Jewish community to do more to help students combat it, the Jewish establishment failed to step up — with human resources, educational support, PR or advertising campaigns or cash — to counter the Palestinian narrative being imparted to students across British universities.<ref name="Shure"/>

*[[Elkana Galli]] According to an Obituary: 'By the late 1950s,... Elkana Galli had returned to Europe, establishing a French edition of the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review. In the mid-sixties, he was Deputy Editor in London of the French and German editions of l'Observateur du Moyen Orient et de l'Africa, and Der Nahe Osten. He later published multi-language editions of a very intelligence-oriented newsletter on the Middle East, from Israel. Little wonder, then, that his long association with the Israeli leadership led him to become Director of Information Communications and Foreign Relations for Israel Aircraft Industries, for many years the largest industrial enterprise in the Middle East.<ref> GRC 'Elkana Galli', ''Defense & Foreign Affairs' Strategic Policy'', September 2012 Pg. 18.</ref>

===Writers and journalists===
*[[Lionel Kochan]] 'For some time he was a journalist for the''[[ Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]''.' According to an obituary 'Lionel Kochan's personal journey reflected his views on Jewish history and helps to explain his later opposition to the establishment in the United Kingdom of 27 January as a national day of Holocaust remembrance and more generally to what he condemned as the "Holocaust industry".'<ref>MICHAEL PINTO-DUSCHINSKY OBITUARY: LIONEL KOCHAN; JEWISH HISTORIAN WHO DEPLORED THE 'HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY'''The Independent'' (London) October 27, 2005, Thursday OBITUARIES; Pg. 39</ref>

*[[Paul Kohn]] 'In 1951 he joined the army and after service in a combat unit found himself eventually in the [[IDF Spokesman's Office]] beginning a long career in journalism which continued when he joined The Jerusalem Post in 1954 as a reporter in the Tel Aviv office.... After a few years as a [[Jewish Agency]] emissary in London, he returned to the Post as a sports journalist and stayed there until his retirement. Other journalistic posts were as an Associated Press stringer and writer for the now defunct ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'' in London.<ref name="White"/>

==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/pub_jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review Jewish Observer and Middle East Review] at the [[Internet Archive]] (105 digitised issues, 1953 and 1960–61)<ref name="IAcoll" />

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category:Israel Lobby]]
[[Category:Zionist movement UK]]

Frank Harris (journalist)

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Jewish-media research: New page: Frank Harris (journalist) (sourced profile)

{{short description|'''British journalist; co-founder and first editor of the ''Jewish Telegraph'' (1950–1979)'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Frank Harris
| image =
| death_date = {{Start date|1979|07}}
| nationality = British
| occupation = Journalist; newspaper editor and publisher
| known_for = Co-founder and first editor of the ''[[Jewish Telegraph]]''
| spouse = [[Vivienne Harris]]
| children = [[Paul Harris (born 1951)|Paul Harris]]
}}
'''Frank Harris''' (died July 1979) was a British journalist who founded the Manchester-based ''[[Jewish Telegraph]]'' with his wife, [[Vivienne Harris]], in 1950, and edited it until his death.<ref name="Guardian2000">Paul Harris, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/dec/11/mondaymediasection.pressandpublishing3 All hands on deck] ''The Guardian'', 11 December 2000, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MEN">Alice McKeegan, [https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/founder-of-jewish-telegraph-vivienne-harris-855934 Founder of Jewish Telegraph, Vivienne Harris, dies aged 89] ''Manchester Evening News'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Jewish Telegraph ==
His son, [[Paul Harris (born 1951)|Paul Harris]], described him as "a London Jew" who, two years after the foundation of Israel in 1948, set out "to provide the large Manchester Jewish community with its own paid-for newspaper". He wrote that his parents started the ''[[Jewish Telegraph]]'' "with a borrowed typewriter and £50 capital" to compete with the free ''[[Jewish Gazette]]'' and ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''.<ref name="Guardian2000" /> The ''Manchester Evening News'' reported that Frank Harris was "a freelance journalist from London" who came to Manchester and found that the only Jewish publication there was a free sheet, and that the couple started the paper from their dining room in [[Salford]].<ref name="MEN" /> ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'' reported in 2000 that in fifty years the paper had had only two editors, Frank Harris and his son.<ref name="Herald2000">[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12162280.fifty-years-of-informing-the-faithful/ Fifty years of informing the faithful] ''The Herald'' (Glasgow), 9 December 2000, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

According to Paul Harris, ''The Jewish Chronicle'' responded to the ''Telegraph''<nowiki/>'s growth by buying the ailing ''Jewish Gazette'', moving it to city-centre offices and starting a Leeds edition, and the ''Telegraph''<nowiki/>'s contract printer gave six weeks' notice. He wrote that by the early 1960s the ''Telegraph'' was selling more copies in Manchester than the ''Gazette'' and the ''Chronicle'' combined, and that a Leeds edition of the ''Telegraph'' was launched in 1976.<ref name="Guardian2000" /> The historian [[David Cesarani]] dates ''The Jewish Chronicle''<nowiki/>'s purchase of the ''Jewish Gazette'' to April 1954, and records that the ''Jewish Telegraph'' was also printed in Manchester.<ref name="Cesarani">[[David Cesarani]], ''The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 197.</ref>

== Death ==
Paul Harris wrote that his father "died suddenly on press day in July 1979", and that he took over the paper at the age of 28.<ref name="Guardian2000" /><ref name="Herald2000" />

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Editors|Harris, Frank]]
[[Category:Journalists|Harris, Frank]]

Raymond Harrod

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Jewish-media research: New page: Raymond Harrod (sourced profile)

{{short description|'''British newspaper executive; managing director of ''The Jewish Chronicle'' from 2018 to 2020'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Raymond Harrod
| image =
| birth_date = December 1977
| nationality = British
| residence = [[Bushey]]
| occupation = Newspaper executive; company director
| known_for = Managing director of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' (2018–2020)
}}
'''Raymond Jonathan Harrod''' (born December 1977) is a British newspaper executive who was managing director of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' from January 2018 and an executive director of its publisher when the paper was refinanced in 2019 and sold in 2020.<ref name="JC2018">JC Reporter, [https://www.thejc.com/news/jc-appoints-new-managing-director-r0fn262s JC appoints new managing director] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 17 January 2018, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHHarrod">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/IkUj6oJQr4x4iPAjwrALxOc2aIw/appointments Raymond Jonathan HARROD: appointments] (10 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
In January 2018 ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that Harrod, described as a "Bushey man", had been appointed managing director. He had joined the paper in 1996 and was previously its operations director. He was quoted as saying that the paper would "continue our journey to become the leading English language media brand serving Jewish audiences worldwide".<ref name="JC2018" />

Companies House records him as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) from 31 January 2014, and as a director and secretary of [[JC Online Limited]] from 4 December 2017.<ref name="CHHarrod" /><ref name="CHHarrodSec1">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/UnBDI6zFpf3v4RLIU795KN3gvsw/appointments Raymond HARROD: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

When the paper's refinancing was announced in June 2019, ''InPublishing'' reported that [[Alan Jacobs (born 1962)|Alan Jacobs]] would replace [[Stephen Grabiner]] as non-executive chair, that [[David Kershaw (born 1954)|David Kershaw]] would join as a non-executive director, and that "Current Executive Directors Raymond Harrod, [[Stephen Pollard]] and [[Debbie Rose]] will all remain on the Board."<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

In April 2020 ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that ''The Jewish Chronicle'' and ''[[Jewish News]]'' were to close, after staff were told that their parent company had run out of money.<ref name="Guardian2020">Jim Waterson, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/08/jewish-chronicle-and-jewish-news-to-be-liquidated-and-staff-laid-off Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News to close and staff laid off] ''The Guardian'', 8 April 2020, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Harrod was appointed a director and the secretary of [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) on its incorporation on 15 April 2020.<ref name="CHHarrod" /><ref name="CHHarrodSec2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/VdRiBxgJTVPo6uLFPgV8nRwKyJ8/appointments Raymond HARROD: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CH12557970">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12557970 Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited (12557970)], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Other appointments ==
Companies House records Harrod as a director of [[British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem]] from 8 April 2013 to 4 September 2017, and as a current director of [[Harrod Leisure Ltd]] (from 19 November 2020), [[Waverdale Developments Limited]] (from 21 December 2021) and [[Kingfisher Health Club Limited]] (from 28 June 2023).<ref name="CHHarrod" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Raymond Jonathan Harrod, with two linked secretary records (12 in all; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Kingfisher Health Club Limited]] (14968461) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 28 June 2023 || – || Active
|-
| [[Waverdale Developments Limited]] (01434641) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 21 December 2021 || – || Active
|-
| [[Harrod Leisure Ltd]] (13031053) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 19 November 2020 || – || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 15 April 2020 || – || Dissolved 21 September 2021
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) || Secretary<ref name="CHHarrodSec2" /> || 15 April 2020 || – || Dissolved 21 September 2021
|-
| [[JC Online Limited]] (03958216) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 4 December 2017 || – || Dissolved 13 October 2020
|-
| [[JC Online Limited]] (03958216) || Secretary<ref name="CHHarrodSec1" /> || 4 December 2017 || – || Dissolved 13 October 2020
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 31 January 2014 || – || Dissolved 2 February 2023
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (00961929; Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited until 27 April 2020) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 31 January 2014 || – || Dissolved 20 September 2022
|-
| [[British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem]] (04877476) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 8 April 2013 || 4 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Pension Trustees Limited]] (05896074) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 1 April 2013 || 16 April 2013 || Dissolved 12 February 2019
|-
| [[Heatherwood Court Management Limited]] (06352517) || Director<ref name="CHHarrod" /> || 6 April 2011 || – || Active
|}

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Media|Harrod, Raymond]]

Vivienne Harris

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Jewish-media research: Correct death date to 4 March 2011 (JTA; Companies House; MEN original byline 10 Mar 2011)

{{Infobox person
| name = Vivienne Harris
| image =
| death_date = {{Start date|2011|03|04}}
| nationality = British
| occupation = Newspaper publisher
| known_for = Co-founder and financial director of the ''[[Jewish Telegraph]]''
| awards = MBE
}}
'''Vivienne Harris''' (died 4 March 2011) was a British newspaper publisher who founded the Manchester-based ''[[Jewish Telegraph]]'' in 1950 with her husband, [[Frank Harris (journalist)|Frank Harris]], and remained its financial director until shortly before her death.<ref name="JTA2011">Alan D. Abbey, [https://www.jta.org/2011/03/15/obituaries/the-eulogizer-british-jewish-media-executive-sholom-aleichems-physician-grandson The Eulogizer: British Jewish media executive, Sholom Aleichem's physician grandson] ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 15 March 2011, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MEN2011">Alice McKeegan, [https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/founder-of-jewish-telegraph-vivienne-harris-855934 Founder of Jewish Telegraph, Vivienne Harris, dies aged 89] ''Manchester Evening News'', 10 March 2011, accessed 9 November 2026.</ref>

== Jewish Telegraph ==
According to her son [[Paul Harris (born 1951)|Paul Harris]], his parents started the paper "with a borrowed typewriter and £50 capital" to compete with the free ''Jewish Gazette'' and ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' in the north of England.<ref name="Guardian2000">Paul Harris, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/dec/11/mondaymediasection.pressandpublishing3 All hands on deck] ''The Guardian'', 11 December 2000, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> A report in ''The Herald'' marking the paper's fiftieth anniversary described Frank and Vivienne Harris as having "invented a newspaper" at their dining-room table.<ref name="Herald2000">[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12162280.fifty-years-of-informing-the-faithful/ Fifty years of informing the faithful] ''The Herald'' (Glasgow), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The ''Manchester Evening News'' reported that she oversaw the paper's growth to four editions, in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow, and was still working as financial director the week before she died.<ref name="MEN2011" />

Companies House lists Vivienne Harris as a director and secretary of [[The Jewish Telegraph Limited]] from before July 1991 until 4 March 2011. It records her birth month as November 1921; the ''Manchester Evening News'' gave her age at death as 89.<ref name="CHJT">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00626689/officers The Jewish Telegraph Limited (00626689): officers], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MEN2011" />

== Other work and honours ==
The ''Manchester Evening News'' reported that she was an organiser for the [[Citizens Advice Bureau]], supported [[Save the Children]] and Jewish charities, and was appointed MBE for services to journalism and the community.<ref name="MEN2011" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Vivienne Harris (3 in all: 2 as director, 1 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[The Jewish Telegraph Limited]] (00626689) || Director<ref name="CHOffVivienneHarris">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/vHrZXtHGa0QU3rBaTvk6E9smqlk/appointments Vivienne HARRIS: appointments] (3 appointments), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || Before 9 July 1991 || 4 March 2011 || Active
|-
| [[The Jewish Telegraph Limited]] (00626689) || Secretary<ref name="CHOffVivienneHarris" /> || Before 9 July 1991 || 4 March 2011 || Active
|-
| [[Devonshire Court Management Company (Salford) No 2 Ltd]] (00848604) || Director<ref name="CHOffVivienneHarris" /> || Before 25 February 1992 || 24 January 2011 || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer record cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Media|Harris, Vivienne]]
[[Category:Manchester|Harris, Vivienne]]

Jewish Quarterly

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Jewish-media research: Add infobox (facts from existing cited sources) with logo

{{Infobox company
| name = The Jewish Quarterly
| logo = Jewish Quarterly logo.png
| image_size = 220px
| caption = ''The Jewish Quarterly'' logo
| type = Quarterly journal
| foundation = 1953<ref name="JQ70" />
| founder = [[Jacob Sonntag]]<ref name="JQ70" />
| key_people = [[Jonathan Pearlman]] (editor); [[Morry Schwartz]] (publisher under licence)<ref name="JC2020" />
| industry = Magazine publishing
| owner = [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]] (charity 268589)<ref name="CC268589" />
| homepage = [https://jewishquarterly.com jewishquarterly.com]<ref name="JQAbout" />
}}
Jewish Quarterly
The Jewish Quarterly is managed by the [[Jewish Literary Trust Ltd]]. Registered charity No. 268589
==History==
''The Jewish Quarterly'' was founded in 1953 by [[Jacob Sonntag]], a journalist born in 1905 in Bukovina who had come to Britain as a refugee in November 1938; he edited it from 1953 until his death on 27 June 1984. A history published by the journal for its seventieth anniversary describes it as founded in Britain by Jewish refugees from Central and Eastern Europe, and quotes the historian [[William D. Rubinstein|W. D. Rubinstein]] as writing that Sonntag "edited the Quarterly almost single-handedly, always on a shoestring budget".<ref name="JQ70">[https://jewishquarterly.com/jq/the-jewish-quarterly-at-seventy/212 The Jewish Quarterly at seventy] ''The Jewish Quarterly'', 2023, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The same article names later editors including [[Elena Lappin]] (1994–97), [[Matthew Reisz]] (1997–2007) and [[Rachel Lasserson]] (2007–13), with [[Natasha Lehrer (Jewish Quarterly editor)|Natasha Lehrer]] and [[Devorah Baum]] as guest editors of the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversary issues.<ref name="JQ70" />

The journal is the other name on the Charity Commission register of [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]] (charity 268589; company 01189861), incorporated on 7 November 1974.<ref name="CC268589">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/268589 Jewish Literary Trust Limited (268589)] register entry, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

==Relaunch under licence, 2021==
In November 2020 ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that the Melbourne-based publisher [[Morry Schwartz]] had taken an 18-year licence from the journal's trustees to publish it, rather than buying it outright. Schwartz was quoted: "I'm not the owner, I'm the licensee. I have editorial independence, but we [he and the trustees] agree on the general direction of its contents." The report named [[Jonathan Pearlman]], editor of Schwartz's ''Australian Foreign Affairs'', as editor, and [[Ian Black]], [[Natasha Lehrer (Jewish Quarterly editor)|Natasha Lehrer]] and [[Jo Glanville]] as consulting editors. It said Schwartz had learned of the journal's difficulties from [[Andrew Renton]], who had been on its board.<ref name="JC2020">Jenni Frazer, [https://www.thejc.com/news/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jewish-quarterly-ko4zkuoh The media investor relaunching the Jewish Quarterly] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 30 November 2020, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The journal's website says it relaunched in 2021 and is distributed worldwide, and that Pearlman is also world editor of ''[[The Saturday Paper]]''.<ref name="JQAbout">[https://jewishquarterly.com/about About] ''The Jewish Quarterly'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

==Editors==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editors named in the sources cited
! Editor !! Years
|-
| [[Jacob Sonntag]] || 1953–1984<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Elena Lappin]] || 1994–1997<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Matthew Reisz]] || 1997–2007<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Rachel Lasserson]] || 2007–2013<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Keith Kahn-Harris]] || 2015 (spring issue masthead)
|-
| [[Jonathan Pearlman]] || 2020–present<ref name="JC2020" /><ref name="JQAbout" />
|}

==People==
===Circa 2015===
*Editor [[Keith Kahn-Harris]]
*Creative Director [[Guilherme Gustavo Condeixa]] Poetry Editor [[Richard Berengarten]] Obituaries Editor [[Lawrence Joffe]] Online Editor [[Nicola Christie]] Digital Journalist Matthew Despard Content Marketing Interventionist Monica Bussolati, Bussolati Associates
*Founding Editor [[Jacob Sonntag]] (1953 – 1984)
====Trustees====
[[Lance Blackstone]], [[Mark Goldberg]], [[Mike Green]], [[James Freedman]], [[Andrew Renton]], [[Stanley Salter]]

====Advisory Board====
[[Devorah Baum]], Professor [[David Feldman]] (Director, [[Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism]], Birkbeck, University of London), [[Amerlia Glaser]] (Associate Professor, Univ. of California, San Diego), [[Sophie Lewis]], [[David Shneer]] (Singer Professor of Jewish History, University of Colorado, Boulder) Dr [[Adam Sutcliffe]] (Senior Lecturer in European History, King's Colllege, London)
====Editorial Board====
[[Natasha Blumenthal]], [[Daniel Lichman]], [[David Mazower]], [[Daniella Peled]], [[Howard Cooper]], [[Naomi Gryn]], [[Lawrence Joffe]], [[Sean Shapiro]]
==Contact==
Contact details info@jewishquarterly.org editor@jewishquarterly.org Address : 28 St. Albans Lane, London NW11 7QE, United Kingdom www.jewishquarterly.org UK bookshop distributor: Central Books Tel: +44 (0)20 8986 4854 Printed and bound in the UK by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester
==Sponsors and Patrons==
[[The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation]] | Anonymous [[The Humanitarian Trust]] | [[The John S Cohen Foundation]] | [[The Shoresh Trust]] | [[The Lord Kalms]] | Sir [[Trevor Chinn]] CVO| Mr [[Martin Paisner]] OBE | [[The Denis and Sheila Cohen Charitable Trust]] | [[The Sidney and Elizabeth Corob Charitable Trust]] | [[The Rifkind Levy Charitable Settlement]] | Mr [[James Freedman]] | [[Michael Green]] QC | [[Robin Hyman]] and [[Inge Hyman]] | Dr [[Tony Klug]] | Mr [[David Levin]] | [[Daniel Pelts]] and [[Elizabeth Peltz]] | [[Sara Philips]] and [[Paul Philips]] | Mr [[Stephen Rubin]] | Mrs [[Barbara Sieratzky]] and Dr [[Harry Sieratzky]]
==Friends==
*[[Edward Freedman]] | [[Bencie Woll]] | [[Manuela Grayson]] | [[Hazel Woolfson]] | [[David Joseph]] | [[Laurence Rabinowitz]] | [[Peter Rosengard]] | Karen Segal Jon Turner David Stern Hilary Urban [[Hannah Weisfeld]]<ref>https://kahn-harris.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JQ-spring-2015-digital-full-run_compressed.pdf</ref>

==Notes==
<references />

[[Category:Magazines|Jewish Quarterly]]
[[Category:Media|Jewish Quarterly]]

File:Jewish Quarterly logo.png

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Jewish Renaissance

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Jewish-media research: Add infobox image (File:Jewish Renaissance masthead.png) with source credit on file page

{{Infobox company
| name = Jewish Renaissance
| logo = Jewish Renaissance masthead.png
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Jewish Renaissance masthead
| type = Quarterly magazine published by a charitable company
| foundation = 2001
| founder = [[Janet Levin]]
| location = Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
| key_people = [[Rebecca Taylor]] (editor); [[Aviva Dautch]] (executive director); [[Andrew Michael Gordon|Andrew Gordon]] (chair of trustees); [[David Dangoor]] (president)
| industry = Magazine publishing
| owner = [[Renaissance Publishing]] (charity 1152871)
| homepage = [https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk jewishrenaissance.org.uk]
}}
'''''Jewish Renaissance''''' (''JR'') is a British quarterly magazine about Jewish culture, founded in 2001 by [[Janet Levin]]. It is published by [[Renaissance Publishing]], a charitable company registered with the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] (charity 1152871; company 04245529), which uses ''Jewish Renaissance'' as its working name.<ref name="JRStory">Janet Levin, [https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/our-story Our story & mission] ''Jewish Renaissance'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CC1152871">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5037860/full-print Renaissance Publishing (1152871): full register entry], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== History ==
In an account published on the magazine's website, [[Janet Levin|Levin]] wrote that she had run a market research consultancy, with ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' among her clients, before founding ''JR'' in 2001 at the age of 58. She wrote that she invited [[Lionel Gordon]], whom she described as a former chairman of the ''JC'', to chair the venture, and recruited an editorial advisory board that included [[Geraldine Auerbach]] of the [[Jewish Music Institute]], [[Clive Lawton]], [[David Glasser]] of [[Ben Uri Gallery and Museum|Ben Uri]], [[Rickie Burman]] of the [[Jewish Museum London|Jewish Museum]], [[Maureen Lipman]] and [[Arnold Wesker]].<ref name="JRStory" /> In 2014 a new team led by [[Rebecca Taylor]], formerly news editor of ''[[Time Out]]'', took over the magazine, which was enlarged to 64 pages and redesigned.<ref name="JRStory" />

The publishing company was incorporated on 3 July 2001 as Renaissance Publishing Limited and changed its name to Renaissance Publishing on 23 April 2013.<ref name="CH4245529">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04245529 Renaissance Publishing (04245529): overview], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The charity was registered on 15 July 2013; its governing document is memorandum and articles incorporated on 26 April 2013, and its objects are to advance public education on Jewish culture, arts, heritage, history, religion and community through publishing and through lectures, events and educational tours.<ref name="CC1152871" />

== Staff and governance ==
The magazine's website names [[Rebecca Taylor]] as editor and Dr [[Aviva Dautch]] as executive director. It says [[Janet Levin|Levin]] retired as chief executive early in 2019, and describes [[David Dangoor]] as president and "the main sponsor of Jewish Renaissance". [[Andrew Michael Gordon|Andrew Gordon]] became chair of trustees in August 2023, succeeding [[Ian Michael Lancaster|Ian Lancaster]].<ref name="JRTeam">[https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/meet-the-team Meet the team] ''Jewish Renaissance'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

The Charity Commission lists seven trustees: [[Andrew Michael Gordon|Andrew Gordon]] (chair), [[Lucy Jane Walford|Lucy Walford]], [[Jacqueline Amanda Klein]], [[Hester Carmel Abrams|Hester Abrams]], [[Spencer William Debson|Spencer Debson]], [[David Samuel Benmayer|David Benmayer]] and [[Patti Langton]] (Lady Collins).<ref name="CC1152871" /> Companies House records Benmayer's resignation as a director on 31 July 2026.<ref name="CH4245529Off">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04245529/officers Renaissance Publishing (04245529): officers], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

=== Directors and secretaries of Renaissance Publishing ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Officers of Renaissance Publishing (company 04245529), Companies House
! Name !! Role !! Born (month/year) !! Appointed !! Resigned
|-
| [[Janet Frances Falush]] || Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 3 July 2001 || 28 September 2016
|-
| [[Temple Secretaries Limited]] || Nominee Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 3 July 2001 || 3 July 2001
|-
| [[Janet Frances Falush]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || March 1943 || 3 July 2001 || 8 February 2019
|-
| [[Lionel Lawrence Gordon]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || August 1933 || 3 July 2001 || 14 October 2015
|-
| [[Company Directors Limited]] || Nominee Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 3 July 2001 || 3 July 2001
|-
| [[Ian Michael Lancaster]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || November 1948 || 11 March 2013 || 5 June 2025
|-
| [[Martin David Motz]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || July 1950 || 11 March 2013 || 10 January 2024
|-
| [[Bernard Gross]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || June 1953 || 21 May 2014 || 10 February 2016
|-
| [[Judy Ruth Weleminsky]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || October 1950 || 7 January 2015 || 31 August 2022
|-
| [[Judy Weleminsky]] || Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 28 September 2016 || 10 August 2022
|-
| [[Brian Harris]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || November 1949 || 1 March 2017 || 30 April 2023
|-
| [[Patti Langton|Patti Langton (Lady Collins)]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || December 1947 || 17 May 2017 || —
|-
| [[Diane Henrietta Lukeman]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || March 1942 || 28 February 2018 || 9 October 2018
|-
| [[David Samuel Benmayer]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || August 1988 || 1 August 2020 || 31 July 2026
|-
| [[Andrew Michael Gordon]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || December 1961 || 21 February 2022 || —
|-
| [[Lorraine Sheridan]] || Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 10 August 2022 || —
|-
| [[Spencer William Debson]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || October 1964 || 17 August 2023 || —
|-
| [[Hester Carmel Abrams]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || February 1963 || 21 March 2024 || —
|-
| [[Jacqueline Amanda Klein]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || January 1977 || 4 May 2026 || —
|-
| [[Lucy Jane Walford]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || May 1979 || 4 May 2026 || —
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Renaissance Publishing (charity 1152871): income and expenditure
! Year ending !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 31 July 2021 || £205,490 || £221,180
|-
| 31 July 2022 || £333,180 || £291,000
|-
| 31 July 2023 || £303,292 || £303,864
|-
| 31 July 2024 || £438,190 || £458,090
|-
| 31 July 2025 || £449,868 || £462,549
|}
Source: Charity Commission register.<ref name="CC1152871" /> Figures for 2021, 2022 and 2024 are given by the register to the nearest £10. The register records one employee with total benefits of £60,000–£70,000 in 2024–25, and a receipt of funds from the Lyons Learning Project (charity 1166512) on 11 July 2025.<ref name="CC1152871" />

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Media|Jewish Renaissance]]
[[Category:Magazines|Jewish Renaissance]]
[[Category:Charities|Jewish Renaissance]]

File:Jewish Renaissance masthead.png

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== Summary ==
Masthead (title logo) of ''[[Jewish Renaissance]]'', used to identify the magazine.

== Source ==
* Cropped from the cover collage image on the Jewish Renaissance website, jewishrenaissance.org.uk (accessed 8 November 2026): https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587e46d129687f2d2ff30d8f/1626727721005-3N504TI0PRAQUSRH05LB/_coverimage_03jul.jpg. Cropped to the masthead of the July 2020 cover; otherwise unaltered. Copyright: Renaissance Publishing.

== Copyright ==
Copyright holder not stated beyond the source's credit; no licence or reuse terms were given by the source. Not released under a free licence. Used for identification of the article's subject, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

Clive Wolman

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{{Infobox person
| name = Clive Wolman
| image = Clive Wolman Thomas More Chambers.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Clive Wolman (Thomas More Chambers photograph)
| birth_name = Clive Richard Wolman
| birth_date = April 1956
| nationality = British
| education = St Catherine's College, Oxford (PPE); London Business School (MBA)
| occupation = Barrister; former financial journalist
| known_for = Chair of the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]] at the 2019 refinancing of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''
}}
'''Clive Richard Wolman''' (born April 1956) is a British barrister and former financial journalist. He chaired the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]], then the charitable owner of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', when the paper was refinanced in June 2019, and was a director of the foundation from 2010 to 2019.<ref name="TMC">Thomas More Chambers, [https://thomasmore.co.uk/Profile/clive-wolman Clive Wolman], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHWolman">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/vU0hPP5NM5392upQBGzaLzxjuJI/appointments Clive Richard WOLMAN: appointments] (2 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Journalism ==
According to his chambers profile, Wolman graduated with first-class honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]], and worked for seven years at the ''[[Financial Times]]'', latterly as its securities and investment banking industry correspondent, during which time he completed a part-time MBA at [[London Business School]]. He was then City editor of ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' for six years, in charge of its business coverage and the ''Financial Mail on Sunday'' section. He "set up, edited and partly financed" a weekly financial newspaper, the ''London Financial News'', which he says was sold after ten years for £80 million, in two parts, to the ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'' and to [[Dice Holdings]].<ref name="TMC" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Efinancialnews Limited]] from 6 December 1995 to 16 December 1998.<ref name="CHWolman2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/c6A8rvy9rowEcP3llxRYG4CVv9Q/appointments Clive Richard WOLMAN: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Legal career ==
Wolman qualified as a barrister in 2003 and practises from [[Thomas More Chambers]] in London. His profile describes his practice as "primarily of commercial litigation, insolvency, financial services, company law and shareholder disputes, professional negligence and property and planning disputes", and lists cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, including ''Hayes v Willoughby'' [2013] UKSC 17.<ref name="TMC" />

== The Kessler Foundation and the Jewish Chronicle ==
Companies House records Wolman as a director of The Kessler Foundation, now [[The Jacob Foundation]], from 29 December 2010 to 21 June 2019.<ref name="CHWolman" /> He was also recorded as the [[person with significant control]] of [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] until 21 June 2019, when Jewish Chronicle Limited and the Kessler Foundation respectively replaced him.<ref name="CH961929PSC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00961929/persons-with-significant-control NCJ Realisation Limited (00961929): persons with significant control], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CH95587FH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00095587/filing-history Jewish Chronicle Limited (00095587): filing history], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

When the paper announced its refinancing in June 2019, ''InPublishing'' described the governance structure as the Kessler Foundation, "the charitable foundation which controls the JC", and the [[Jewish Chronicle Trust Limited|Jewish Chronicle Trust]], and quoted Wolman, as chair of the Kessler Foundation: "In the end, we and the JC Trust decided that our primary consideration had to be to preserve the editorial independence of the JC, particularly at a time when its journalists are playing such an important role in exposing antisemitism in British politics." He thanked the outgoing chairman, [[Stephen Grabiner]], for his "huge unpaid contribution".<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Clive Richard Wolman (3 in all, all as director; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Efinancialnews Limited]] (03089347) || Director<ref name="CHWolman2" /> || 6 December 1995 || 16 December 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Duncan Terrace Garden Limited]] (05513760) || Director<ref name="CHWolman" /> || 24 September 2006 || — || Active
|-
| [[The Jacob Foundation]] (01864076) || Director<ref name="CHWolman" /> || 29 December 2010 || 21 June 2019 || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the two Companies House officer records cited.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Journalists|Wolman, Clive]]
[[Category:Lawyers|Wolman, Clive]]
[[Category:Media|Wolman, Clive]]

File:Clive Wolman Thomas More Chambers.jpg

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Jewish-media research: Upload: Clive Wolman photo from his Thomas More Chambers profile

== Summary ==
Portrait of [[Clive Wolman]], barrister and former financial journalist, used to identify the subject of the article.

== Source ==
* Thomas More Chambers, barrister profile of Clive Wolman (accessed 8 November 2026). Image file: https://cdn.sanity.io/images/747k6t2m/production/148f4c6289a1928ea2931abb7f9d1d6f5d7aed51-1920x1075.jpg (600px rendition). Unaltered. Photographer and date not stated.

== Copyright ==
Copyright holder not stated beyond the source's credit; no licence or reuse terms were given by the source. Not released under a free licence. Used for identification of the article's subject, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

Jewish Literary Trust Ltd

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#REDIRECT [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]]

Jewish Quarterly

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Jewish Quarterly
The Jewish Quarterly is managed by the [[Jewish Literary Trust Ltd]]. Registered charity No. 268589
==History==
''The Jewish Quarterly'' was founded in 1953 by [[Jacob Sonntag]], a journalist born in 1905 in Bukovina who had come to Britain as a refugee in November 1938; he edited it from 1953 until his death on 27 June 1984. A history published by the journal for its seventieth anniversary describes it as founded in Britain by Jewish refugees from Central and Eastern Europe, and quotes the historian [[William D. Rubinstein|W. D. Rubinstein]] as writing that Sonntag "edited the Quarterly almost single-handedly, always on a shoestring budget".<ref name="JQ70">[https://jewishquarterly.com/jq/the-jewish-quarterly-at-seventy/212 The Jewish Quarterly at seventy] ''The Jewish Quarterly'', 2023, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The same article names later editors including [[Elena Lappin]] (1994–97), [[Matthew Reisz]] (1997–2007) and [[Rachel Lasserson]] (2007–13), with [[Natasha Lehrer (Jewish Quarterly editor)|Natasha Lehrer]] and [[Devorah Baum]] as guest editors of the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversary issues.<ref name="JQ70" />

The journal is the other name on the Charity Commission register of [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]] (charity 268589; company 01189861), incorporated on 7 November 1974.<ref name="CC268589">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/268589 Jewish Literary Trust Limited (268589)] register entry, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

==Relaunch under licence, 2021==
In November 2020 ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that the Melbourne-based publisher [[Morry Schwartz]] had taken an 18-year licence from the journal's trustees to publish it, rather than buying it outright. Schwartz was quoted: "I'm not the owner, I'm the licensee. I have editorial independence, but we [he and the trustees] agree on the general direction of its contents." The report named [[Jonathan Pearlman]], editor of Schwartz's ''Australian Foreign Affairs'', as editor, and [[Ian Black]], [[Natasha Lehrer (Jewish Quarterly editor)|Natasha Lehrer]] and [[Jo Glanville]] as consulting editors. It said Schwartz had learned of the journal's difficulties from [[Andrew Renton]], who had been on its board.<ref name="JC2020">Jenni Frazer, [https://www.thejc.com/news/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jewish-quarterly-ko4zkuoh The media investor relaunching the Jewish Quarterly] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 30 November 2020, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The journal's website says it relaunched in 2021 and is distributed worldwide, and that Pearlman is also world editor of ''[[The Saturday Paper]]''.<ref name="JQAbout">[https://jewishquarterly.com/about About] ''The Jewish Quarterly'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

==Editors==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Editors named in the sources cited
! Editor !! Years
|-
| [[Jacob Sonntag]] || 1953–1984<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Elena Lappin]] || 1994–1997<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Matthew Reisz]] || 1997–2007<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Rachel Lasserson]] || 2007–2013<ref name="JQ70" />
|-
| [[Keith Kahn-Harris]] || 2015 (spring issue masthead)
|-
| [[Jonathan Pearlman]] || 2020–present<ref name="JC2020" /><ref name="JQAbout" />
|}

==People==
===Circa 2015===
*Editor [[Keith Kahn-Harris]]
*Creative Director [[Guilherme Gustavo Condeixa]] Poetry Editor [[Richard Berengarten]] Obituaries Editor [[Lawrence Joffe]] Online Editor [[Nicola Christie]] Digital Journalist Matthew Despard Content Marketing Interventionist Monica Bussolati, Bussolati Associates
*Founding Editor [[Jacob Sonntag]] (1953 – 1984)
====Trustees====
[[Lance Blackstone]], [[Mark Goldberg]], [[Mike Green]], [[James Freedman]], [[Andrew Renton]], [[Stanley Salter]]

====Advisory Board====
[[Devorah Baum]], Professor [[David Feldman]] (Director, [[Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism]], Birkbeck, University of London), [[Amerlia Glaser]] (Associate Professor, Univ. of California, San Diego), [[Sophie Lewis]], [[David Shneer]] (Singer Professor of Jewish History, University of Colorado, Boulder) Dr [[Adam Sutcliffe]] (Senior Lecturer in European History, King's Colllege, London)
====Editorial Board====
[[Natasha Blumenthal]], [[Daniel Lichman]], [[David Mazower]], [[Daniella Peled]], [[Howard Cooper]], [[Naomi Gryn]], [[Lawrence Joffe]], [[Sean Shapiro]]
==Contact==
Contact details info@jewishquarterly.org editor@jewishquarterly.org Address : 28 St. Albans Lane, London NW11 7QE, United Kingdom www.jewishquarterly.org UK bookshop distributor: Central Books Tel: +44 (0)20 8986 4854 Printed and bound in the UK by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester
==Sponsors and Patrons==
[[The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation]] | Anonymous [[The Humanitarian Trust]] | [[The John S Cohen Foundation]] | [[The Shoresh Trust]] | [[The Lord Kalms]] | Sir [[Trevor Chinn]] CVO| Mr [[Martin Paisner]] OBE | [[The Denis and Sheila Cohen Charitable Trust]] | [[The Sidney and Elizabeth Corob Charitable Trust]] | [[The Rifkind Levy Charitable Settlement]] | Mr [[James Freedman]] | [[Michael Green]] QC | [[Robin Hyman]] and [[Inge Hyman]] | Dr [[Tony Klug]] | Mr [[David Levin]] | [[Daniel Pelts]] and [[Elizabeth Peltz]] | [[Sara Philips]] and [[Paul Philips]] | Mr [[Stephen Rubin]] | Mrs [[Barbara Sieratzky]] and Dr [[Harry Sieratzky]]
==Friends==
*[[Edward Freedman]] | [[Bencie Woll]] | [[Manuela Grayson]] | [[Hazel Woolfson]] | [[David Joseph]] | [[Laurence Rabinowitz]] | [[Peter Rosengard]] | Karen Segal Jon Turner David Stern Hilary Urban [[Hannah Weisfeld]]<ref>https://kahn-harris.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JQ-spring-2015-digital-full-run_compressed.pdf</ref>

==Notes==
<references />

[[Category:Magazines|Jewish Quarterly]]
[[Category:Media|Jewish Quarterly]]

Clive Wolman

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Jewish-media research: New page: Clive Wolman (sourced profile)

{{Infobox person
| name = Clive Wolman
| image =
| birth_name = Clive Richard Wolman
| birth_date = April 1956
| nationality = British
| education = St Catherine's College, Oxford (PPE); London Business School (MBA)
| occupation = Barrister; former financial journalist
| known_for = Chair of the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]] at the 2019 refinancing of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''
}}
'''Clive Richard Wolman''' (born April 1956) is a British barrister and former financial journalist. He chaired the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]], then the charitable owner of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', when the paper was refinanced in June 2019, and was a director of the foundation from 2010 to 2019.<ref name="TMC">Thomas More Chambers, [https://thomasmore.co.uk/Profile/clive-wolman Clive Wolman], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHWolman">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/vU0hPP5NM5392upQBGzaLzxjuJI/appointments Clive Richard WOLMAN: appointments] (2 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Journalism ==
According to his chambers profile, Wolman graduated with first-class honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]], and worked for seven years at the ''[[Financial Times]]'', latterly as its securities and investment banking industry correspondent, during which time he completed a part-time MBA at [[London Business School]]. He was then City editor of ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' for six years, in charge of its business coverage and the ''Financial Mail on Sunday'' section. He "set up, edited and partly financed" a weekly financial newspaper, the ''London Financial News'', which he says was sold after ten years for £80 million, in two parts, to the ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'' and to [[Dice Holdings]].<ref name="TMC" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Efinancialnews Limited]] from 6 December 1995 to 16 December 1998.<ref name="CHWolman2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/c6A8rvy9rowEcP3llxRYG4CVv9Q/appointments Clive Richard WOLMAN: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Legal career ==
Wolman qualified as a barrister in 2003 and practises from [[Thomas More Chambers]] in London. His profile describes his practice as "primarily of commercial litigation, insolvency, financial services, company law and shareholder disputes, professional negligence and property and planning disputes", and lists cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, including ''Hayes v Willoughby'' [2013] UKSC 17.<ref name="TMC" />

== The Kessler Foundation and the Jewish Chronicle ==
Companies House records Wolman as a director of The Kessler Foundation, now [[The Jacob Foundation]], from 29 December 2010 to 21 June 2019.<ref name="CHWolman" /> He was also recorded as the [[person with significant control]] of [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] until 21 June 2019, when Jewish Chronicle Limited and the Kessler Foundation respectively replaced him.<ref name="CH961929PSC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00961929/persons-with-significant-control NCJ Realisation Limited (00961929): persons with significant control], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CH95587FH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00095587/filing-history Jewish Chronicle Limited (00095587): filing history], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

When the paper announced its refinancing in June 2019, ''InPublishing'' described the governance structure as the Kessler Foundation, "the charitable foundation which controls the JC", and the [[Jewish Chronicle Trust Limited|Jewish Chronicle Trust]], and quoted Wolman, as chair of the Kessler Foundation: "In the end, we and the JC Trust decided that our primary consideration had to be to preserve the editorial independence of the JC, particularly at a time when its journalists are playing such an important role in exposing antisemitism in British politics." He thanked the outgoing chairman, [[Stephen Grabiner]], for his "huge unpaid contribution".<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Clive Richard Wolman (3 in all, all as director; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Efinancialnews Limited]] (03089347) || Director<ref name="CHWolman2" /> || 6 December 1995 || 16 December 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Duncan Terrace Garden Limited]] (05513760) || Director<ref name="CHWolman" /> || 24 September 2006 || — || Active
|-
| [[The Jacob Foundation]] (01864076) || Director<ref name="CHWolman" /> || 29 December 2010 || 21 June 2019 || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the two Companies House officer records cited.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Journalists|Wolman, Clive]]
[[Category:Lawyers|Wolman, Clive]]
[[Category:Media|Wolman, Clive]]

Jewish Literary Trust Limited

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Jewish-media research: New page: Jewish Literary Trust Limited (sourced profile)

{{Infobox company
| name = Jewish Literary Trust Limited
| logo =
| type = Charitable company limited by guarantee
| foundation = {{Start date|1974|11|7|df=y}}
| location = Prestwich, Manchester (registered office)
| key_people = [[Michael Richard Abraham Mocatta|Michael Mocatta]] (chair)
| products = ''[[Jewish Quarterly]]''
| homepage =
}}
'''Jewish Literary Trust Limited''' is a British charitable company (company 01189861; charity 268589) whose register entry gives ''The Jewish Quarterly'' as its other name. It was incorporated on 7 November 1974 and registered as a charity on 13 December 1974.<ref name="CH1189861">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01189861 Jewish Literary Trust Limited (01189861): overview], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CC268589">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/268589 Jewish Literary Trust Limited (268589)] register entry: overview, trustees, financial history and governing document, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's objects include "the general education of the public in matters relating to the literature, language, history, religion, philosophy, government, and culture" of the Jewish people. Its stated principal activity is the general education of the public on matters relating to the Jewish people, and its main way of carrying out its purposes is grant making.<ref name="CC268589" />

== Jewish Quarterly licence ==
In November 2020 ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that the Australian publisher [[Morry Schwartz]] had agreed an 18-year licence with the journal's trustees to publish the ''[[Jewish Quarterly]]''. Schwartz was quoted as saying: "I'm not the owner, I'm the licensee. I have editorial independence, but we [he and the trustees] agree on the general direction of its contents." According to the same report, Schwartz had learned of the journal's difficulties from [[Andrew Renton]], who had been on its board.<ref name="JC2020">Jenni Frazer, [https://www.thejc.com/news/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jewish-quarterly-ko4zkuoh The media investor relaunching the Jewish Quarterly] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 30 November 2020, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Trustees ==
The Charity Commission lists five trustees: [[Michael Richard Abraham Mocatta|Michael Mocatta]] (chair, appointed 2 August 2023), [[Andrew Renton]], [[John Raymond Cohen|John Cohen]], [[Michael Brian Strelitz|Michael Strelitz]] and [[Lance Roy Blackstone|Lance Blackstone]].<ref name="CC268589" />

=== Directors and secretaries ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Officers of Jewish Literary Trust Limited (company 01189861), Companies House
! Name !! Role !! Born (month/year) !! Appointed !! Resigned
|-
| [[Brian Kumar Gangahar]] || Secretary<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || — || Before 1 September 1991 || 8 August 2005
|-
| [[Michael Daniels]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || February 1933 || Before 1 September 1991 || 30 April 2007
|-
| [[Andrew Cecil Franklin]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || March 1957 || Before 1 September 1991 || 21 July 2010
|-
| [[Peter Michael Joseph]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || March 1945 || Before 1 September 1991 || 21 July 2010
|-
| [[Michael Joseph Lazarus]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1934 || Before 1 September 1991 || 3 May 1996
|-
| [[Martin David Paisner]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1943 || Before 1 September 1991 || 2 August 1994
|-
| [[Marion Joan Cohen]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || May 1945 || 16 May 1996 || 21 July 2010
|-
| [[Martin Green]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || October 1933 || 16 May 1996 || 15 July 1997
|-
| [[Emmanuel Grodzinski]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1940 || 16 May 1996 || 21 July 2010
|-
| [[Ellen Margaret Schmidt]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || February 1956 || 26 September 1996 || 31 July 1999
|-
| [[Michael Joseph Lazarus]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1934 || 28 September 1997 || 9 January 2000
|-
| [[Malcolm John Gee]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1937 || 5 January 2000 || 8 April 2002
|-
| [[Jeffrey Isaac Green]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || December 1933 || 5 January 2000 || 6 January 2001
|-
| [[Jeffrey Michael Greenwood]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || April 1935 || 24 July 2001 || 31 October 2003
|-
| [[Edwin David Green]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || October 1939 || 31 October 2003 || 31 May 2004
|-
| [[Paul Andrew Filer]] || Secretary<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || — || 8 August 2005 || 21 July 2010
|-
| [[Paul Andrew Filer]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || October 1957 || 8 August 2005 || 21 July 2010
|-
| [[Lance Roy Blackstone]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || May 1946 || 21 July 2010 || —
|-
| [[Lance Roy Blackstone]] || Secretary<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || — || 21 July 2010 || 12 September 2017
|-
| [[Simeon Galpert]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || July 1947 || 21 July 2010 || 22 September 2011
|-
| [[Mark Monash Goldberg]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1938 || 21 July 2010 || 21 October 2021
|-
| [[Rachel Marcus]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || April 1980 || 21 July 2010 || 28 February 2012
|-
| [[Emma Victoria Rosenblatt]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || May 1967 || 3 November 2010 || 7 March 2011
|-
| [[Stanley Anthony Salter]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || March 1947 || 17 January 2011 || 31 December 2015
|-
| [[James Simon Freedman]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || January 1965 || 28 March 2011 || 7 January 2020
|-
| [[Michael Green]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || October 1964 || 14 December 2011 || 2 May 2014
|-
| [[Andrew Renton]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || February 1963 || 23 March 2012 || 24 October 2018
|-
| [[Jodi Sarah Myers]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || May 1952 || 27 June 2012 || 20 March 2014
|-
| [[Michael Bradley]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1942 || 21 September 2012 || 20 February 2013
|-
| [[Elie Chilton]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1946 || 1 August 2015 || 24 January 2022
|-
| [[Michael Brian Strelitz]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || June 1947 || 1 January 2016 || —
|-
| [[David Mark Herman]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || April 1957 || 1 January 2016 || 24 October 2018
|-
| [[Louise Sara Jacobs]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || July 1964 || 1 January 2016 || 12 September 2017
|-
| [[Stephen Grabiner]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1958 || 1 March 2016 || 12 September 2017
|-
| [[Stephen Grabiner]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || September 1958 || 14 March 2016 || 12 September 2017
|-
| [[Simeon Galpert]] || Secretary<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || — || 15 July 2016 || 24 October 2018
|-
| [[Simeon Galpert]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || July 1947 || 12 September 2016 || 24 October 2018
|-
| [[John Raymond Cohen]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || May 1957 || 23 January 2019 || —
|-
| [[Andrew Renton]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || February 1963 || 23 January 2019 || —
|-
| [[Nadia Valman]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || January 1968 || 24 September 2021 || 13 April 2023
|-
| [[Deborah Mary Baum]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || December 1974 || 1 October 2021 || 20 May 2025
|-
| [[Nicola Anne Glucksmann]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || February 1958 || 1 October 2021 || 2 March 2022
|-
| [[Shelly Freeman]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || November 1971 || 3 February 2023 || 15 May 2025
|-
| [[Ian Buruma]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || December 1951 || 20 April 2023 || 15 May 2025
|-
| [[Larraine Ruth Solomon]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || February 1969 || 26 June 2023 || 1 January 2026
|-
| [[Philip Blumberg]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || April 1950 || 23 August 2023 || 15 May 2025
|-
| [[Michael Richard Abraham Mocatta]] || Director<ref name="CH1189861Off" /> || August 1974 || 2 October 2023 || —
|}
Source: Companies House.<ref name="CH1189861Off">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01189861/officers Jewish Literary Trust Limited (01189861): officers] (47 entries), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Companies House lists appointments made before September 1991 only as "appointed before" that date. It records two overlapping appointments for [[Stephen Grabiner]] (1 and 14 March 2016) and two separate terms for [[Michael Joseph Lazarus|Michael Lazarus]], [[Simeon Galpert]] and [[Andrew Renton]].

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Jewish Literary Trust Limited (charity 268589): income and expenditure
! Year ending !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 31 December 2021 || £785 || £1,360
|-
| 31 December 2022 || £71 || £1,430
|-
| 31 December 2023 || £22,530 || £60
|-
| 31 December 2024 || £11,530 || £26,140
|-
| 31 December 2025 || £68,544 || £62,646
|}
Source: Charity Commission register.<ref name="CC268589" /> The register gives the 2021–2024 figures to the nearest £10. It records that no trustee receives remuneration.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Charities|Jewish Literary Trust Limited]]
[[Category:Companies|Jewish Literary Trust Limited]]
[[Category:Media|Jewish Literary Trust Limited]]

Jewish Renaissance

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Jewish-media research: New page: Jewish Renaissance (sourced profile)

{{Infobox company
| name = Jewish Renaissance
| logo =
| type = Quarterly magazine published by a charitable company
| foundation = 2001
| founder = [[Janet Levin]]
| location = Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
| key_people = [[Rebecca Taylor]] (editor); [[Aviva Dautch]] (executive director); [[Andrew Michael Gordon|Andrew Gordon]] (chair of trustees); [[David Dangoor]] (president)
| industry = Magazine publishing
| owner = [[Renaissance Publishing]] (charity 1152871)
| homepage = [https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk jewishrenaissance.org.uk]
}}
'''''Jewish Renaissance''''' (''JR'') is a British quarterly magazine about Jewish culture, founded in 2001 by [[Janet Levin]]. It is published by [[Renaissance Publishing]], a charitable company registered with the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] (charity 1152871; company 04245529), which uses ''Jewish Renaissance'' as its working name.<ref name="JRStory">Janet Levin, [https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/our-story Our story & mission] ''Jewish Renaissance'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CC1152871">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5037860/full-print Renaissance Publishing (1152871): full register entry], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== History ==
In an account published on the magazine's website, [[Janet Levin|Levin]] wrote that she had run a market research consultancy, with ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' among her clients, before founding ''JR'' in 2001 at the age of 58. She wrote that she invited [[Lionel Gordon]], whom she described as a former chairman of the ''JC'', to chair the venture, and recruited an editorial advisory board that included [[Geraldine Auerbach]] of the [[Jewish Music Institute]], [[Clive Lawton]], [[David Glasser]] of [[Ben Uri Gallery and Museum|Ben Uri]], [[Rickie Burman]] of the [[Jewish Museum London|Jewish Museum]], [[Maureen Lipman]] and [[Arnold Wesker]].<ref name="JRStory" /> In 2014 a new team led by [[Rebecca Taylor]], formerly news editor of ''[[Time Out]]'', took over the magazine, which was enlarged to 64 pages and redesigned.<ref name="JRStory" />

The publishing company was incorporated on 3 July 2001 as Renaissance Publishing Limited and changed its name to Renaissance Publishing on 23 April 2013.<ref name="CH4245529">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04245529 Renaissance Publishing (04245529): overview], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The charity was registered on 15 July 2013; its governing document is memorandum and articles incorporated on 26 April 2013, and its objects are to advance public education on Jewish culture, arts, heritage, history, religion and community through publishing and through lectures, events and educational tours.<ref name="CC1152871" />

== Staff and governance ==
The magazine's website names [[Rebecca Taylor]] as editor and Dr [[Aviva Dautch]] as executive director. It says [[Janet Levin|Levin]] retired as chief executive early in 2019, and describes [[David Dangoor]] as president and "the main sponsor of Jewish Renaissance". [[Andrew Michael Gordon|Andrew Gordon]] became chair of trustees in August 2023, succeeding [[Ian Michael Lancaster|Ian Lancaster]].<ref name="JRTeam">[https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/meet-the-team Meet the team] ''Jewish Renaissance'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

The Charity Commission lists seven trustees: [[Andrew Michael Gordon|Andrew Gordon]] (chair), [[Lucy Jane Walford|Lucy Walford]], [[Jacqueline Amanda Klein]], [[Hester Carmel Abrams|Hester Abrams]], [[Spencer William Debson|Spencer Debson]], [[David Samuel Benmayer|David Benmayer]] and [[Patti Langton]] (Lady Collins).<ref name="CC1152871" /> Companies House records Benmayer's resignation as a director on 31 July 2026.<ref name="CH4245529Off">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04245529/officers Renaissance Publishing (04245529): officers], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

=== Directors and secretaries of Renaissance Publishing ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Officers of Renaissance Publishing (company 04245529), Companies House
! Name !! Role !! Born (month/year) !! Appointed !! Resigned
|-
| [[Janet Frances Falush]] || Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 3 July 2001 || 28 September 2016
|-
| [[Temple Secretaries Limited]] || Nominee Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 3 July 2001 || 3 July 2001
|-
| [[Janet Frances Falush]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || March 1943 || 3 July 2001 || 8 February 2019
|-
| [[Lionel Lawrence Gordon]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || August 1933 || 3 July 2001 || 14 October 2015
|-
| [[Company Directors Limited]] || Nominee Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 3 July 2001 || 3 July 2001
|-
| [[Ian Michael Lancaster]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || November 1948 || 11 March 2013 || 5 June 2025
|-
| [[Martin David Motz]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || July 1950 || 11 March 2013 || 10 January 2024
|-
| [[Bernard Gross]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || June 1953 || 21 May 2014 || 10 February 2016
|-
| [[Judy Ruth Weleminsky]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || October 1950 || 7 January 2015 || 31 August 2022
|-
| [[Judy Weleminsky]] || Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 28 September 2016 || 10 August 2022
|-
| [[Brian Harris]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || November 1949 || 1 March 2017 || 30 April 2023
|-
| [[Patti Langton|Patti Langton (Lady Collins)]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || December 1947 || 17 May 2017 || —
|-
| [[Diane Henrietta Lukeman]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || March 1942 || 28 February 2018 || 9 October 2018
|-
| [[David Samuel Benmayer]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || August 1988 || 1 August 2020 || 31 July 2026
|-
| [[Andrew Michael Gordon]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || December 1961 || 21 February 2022 || —
|-
| [[Lorraine Sheridan]] || Secretary<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || — || 10 August 2022 || —
|-
| [[Spencer William Debson]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || October 1964 || 17 August 2023 || —
|-
| [[Hester Carmel Abrams]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || February 1963 || 21 March 2024 || —
|-
| [[Jacqueline Amanda Klein]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || January 1977 || 4 May 2026 || —
|-
| [[Lucy Jane Walford]] || Director<ref name="CH4245529Off" /> || May 1979 || 4 May 2026 || —
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Renaissance Publishing (charity 1152871): income and expenditure
! Year ending !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 31 July 2021 || £205,490 || £221,180
|-
| 31 July 2022 || £333,180 || £291,000
|-
| 31 July 2023 || £303,292 || £303,864
|-
| 31 July 2024 || £438,190 || £458,090
|-
| 31 July 2025 || £449,868 || £462,549
|}
Source: Charity Commission register.<ref name="CC1152871" /> Figures for 2021, 2022 and 2024 are given by the register to the nearest £10. The register records one employee with total benefits of £60,000–£70,000 in 2024–25, and a receipt of funds from the Lyons Learning Project (charity 1166512) on 11 July 2025.<ref name="CC1152871" />

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Media|Jewish Renaissance]]
[[Category:Magazines|Jewish Renaissance]]
[[Category:Charities|Jewish Renaissance]]

Anthony Grabiner

2026-11-08T11:40:13Z

Jewish-media research: Add infobox image (File:Anthony Grabiner University of Law.jpg) with source credit on file page

{{short description|'''British barrister and life peer; chairman of Arcadia Group and Taveta, 2002–2017'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anthony Grabiner
| image = Anthony Grabiner University of Law.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Lord Grabiner (University of Law photograph)
| birth_date = March 1945
| nationality = British
| occupation = Barrister ([[One Essex Court]]); member of the [[House of Lords]]
| known_for = Non-executive chairman of [[Arcadia Group Limited]] and [[Taveta Investments Limited]]; president of [[The University of Law Limited|the University of Law]]
}}
[[Anthony Grabiner]] (Lord Grabiner) is a life peer in the [[House of Lords]]. He became a [[Labour Party]] member of the Lords in October 1999. <ref name= "About"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-grabiner/2496 Lord Grabiner] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 5 December 2014 </ref>

Grabiner previously held the position of chairman at the [[London School of Economics]] from 1998 to 2007. <ref name= "About"/>

In March 2014 he was appointed to lead the [[Bank of England]] investigation into the role of officials of the Bank in relation to conduct issues in the foreign exchange market.

==Register of Interests==
====Remunerated employment, office, profession====
*Practising barrister
*Master of Clare College, [[Cambridge University]] (part-time from 1 October 2014) <ref name= "About"/>

====Shareholdings====
*[[Arcadia Group Limited]] <ref name= "About"/>

== Parliamentary membership ==
The UK Parliament's members database lists him as "The Lord Grabiner KC", a life peer whose membership began on 26 July 1999. It gives his current affiliation as Crossbench.<ref name="ParlAPI">UK Parliament, [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/2496 Members API: Lord Grabiner (member 2496)] and [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/2496/RegisteredInterests registered interests], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> His registered interests, read on 8 November 2026, list "Practising barrister" and "Non-executive Director, University of Law", together with shareholdings in about 40 listed companies.<ref name="ParlAPI" />

== Legal practice ==
[[One Essex Court]] lists Lord Grabiner KC among its King's Counsel, called to the Bar in 1968 and appointed silk in 1981. It describes him as "a commercial lawyer with a substantial court, arbitration and advisory practice" who also sits as an arbitrator in ICC, LCIA and DIFC disputes.<ref name="OEC">One Essex Court, [https://www.oeclaw.co.uk/barristers/profile/lord-grabiner-kc Lord Grabiner KC], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Arcadia and Taveta ==
''The Daily Telegraph'' reported in December 2002 that Lord Grabiner was the "recently appointed non-executive chairman" of Arcadia, then owned by [[Philip Green (Arcadia)|Philip Green]], and that the new chief operating officer, [[Ian Grabiner]], was "the first cousin of Lord Grabiner QC".<ref name="Telegraph2002">Kate Rankine, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Green puts Grabiner in key Arcadia post] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 December 2002, accessed 8 November 2026 (read from the [https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Wayback Machine copy]).</ref> Companies House records him as a director of Arcadia Group Limited (now [[AGL Realisations Limited]]) from 31 October 2002 to 15 December 2015, and of [[Taveta Investments Limited]] and [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] from 10 June 2009 to 14 July 2017.<ref name="CHAG4">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1kJJYLVzP9QurdpyFL9dZ5PxqkQ/appointments Anthony GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> In May 2016 ''BBC News'' reported that he would give evidence to the Commons inquiry into the sale of [[BHS]], noting that "Lord Grabiner's cousin, Ian Grabiner, is chief executive of Sir Philip's Arcadia Group".<ref name="BBC2016">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36355502 MPs set to question BHS directors and advisers] ''BBC News'', 23 May 2016, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

On 17 July 2017 ''The Guardian'' reported that he had stepped down "with immediate effect" after 15 years as chairman of Taveta, the Green family company that controls Arcadia, and that [[Karren Brady]] would succeed him. The paper recalled that the MPs' report on the collapse of BHS had called him the "apogee of weak corporate governance", who was "content to provide a veneer of establishment credibility to the group while happily disengaging from the key decisions he had a responsibility to scrutinise". It added that he had told MPs he had been a "responsible" chairman.<ref name="Guardian2017">Sarah Butler, [https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/17/karren-brady-to-chair-owner-of-philip-green-arcadia-group Karren Brady to chair firm that owns Philip Green's Arcadia group] ''The Guardian'', 17 July 2017, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Other appointments ==
He took up the post of president of [[The University of Law Limited|the University of Law]] at the start of August 2015 and also serves as a non-executive director.<ref name="LawGazette2015">Chloe Smith, [https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/peer-president-as-university-of-law-reshuffles-management/5050475.article UoL reshuffles management as it offers students money-back guarantee] ''Law Gazette'', 5 August 2015, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The university's board page lists him as "President & Independent Non-Executive Director" and chair of its remuneration committee.<ref name="ULawBoard">The University of Law, [https://www.law.ac.uk/about/management-and-governance/our-board/ Our University Board], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Companies House also records directorships of [[Goldman Sachs International]] (24 June 2015 – 31 May 2021) and [[Goldman Sachs International Bank]] (3 March 2016 – 31 May 2021), [[Next plc]] and [[Next Holdings Limited]] (2002), the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (to 31 December 2007), [[Jewish Chronicle Trust Limited]] (5 January 2004 – 15 December 2019), the [[Jewish Association for Business Ethics]] (1994–2008) and [[St. Paul's School]] (2015–2023).<ref name="CHAG3">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/P6pBhpTsU_PsP-BKZDM0lUD3NVM/appointments Anthony Stephen GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHAG4" /><ref name="CHAG1">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Mh2jA5n9qFGYZqBA5FGaI7sTVBc/appointments Anthony Stephen GRABINER OF ALDWYCH personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHAG2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/wq68KFfRpTzoBTrzAyGW-bEeE8Q/appointments Anthony Stephen GRABINER QC personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Family ==
''The Daily Telegraph'' (2002) and ''BBC News'' (2016) describe the Arcadia chief executive [[Ian Grabiner]] as his cousin, and the Telegraph says "first cousin".<ref name="Telegraph2002" /><ref name="BBC2016" /> A 1999 ''Independent'' article about the media executive [[Stephen Grabiner]] called Anthony Grabiner "another relation" without saying how they are related.<ref name="Independent1999">Nigel Cope, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/friction-explosive-rows-and-humiliation-at-ondigital-1106712.html Friction, explosive rows and humiliation at ONdigital] ''The Independent'', 16 July 1999, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Company appointments ==
Companies House holds five officer records for Anthony Stephen Grabiner, all with a birth month of March 1945. They are combined below.<ref name="CHAG1" /><ref name="CHAG2" /><ref name="CHAG3" /><ref name="CHAG4" /><ref name="CHAG5">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/ORu7V1lQ9GfJxuj2-1o9zIWUSY0/appointments Anthony THE LORD GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Anthony Stephen Grabiner (Lord Grabiner, born March 1945), combined from five officer records (18 appointments; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Former names (Companies House) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (00070527) || Incorporated London School of Economics and Political Science (1901–1957) || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || Not stated || 31 December 2007 || Active
|-
| [[London Court of International Arbitration]] (02047647) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG5" /> || Not stated || 8 May 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Association for Business Ethics]] (02931643) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || 23 May 1994 || 7 January 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Grove End Road Limited]] (03300492) || St Johns Wood Synagogue Charity Limited (1997–1997) || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || 9 January 1997 || 10 July 2024 || Active
|-
| [[United Synagogue Pension Trustee Limited]] (03323123) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || 24 February 1997 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (26 July 2011)
|-
| [[Arnold House School Limited]] (00889424) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 2 December 1998 || 7 February 2014 || Active
|-
| [[Next Holdings Limited]] (00035161) || Next Holdings plc (2016–2016); Next Group plc (2002–2016); Next plc (1986–2002) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 16 May 2002 || 31 October 2002 || Active
|-
| [[Next plc]] (04412362) || Next Group plc (2002–2002); Bronzejasper Public Limited Company (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 9 September 2002 || 31 October 2002 || Active
|-
| [[AGL Realisations Limited]] (00237511) || Arcadia Group Limited (2002–2021); Arcadia Group plc (1998–2002); Burton Group Public Limited Company(the) (1929–1998) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 31 October 2002 || 15 December 2015 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Trust Limited]] (00966860) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 5 January 2004 || 15 December 2019 || Dissolved (19 January 2021)
|-
| [[Wentworth Group Holdings Limited]] (02271092) || Inkwise Limited (1988–1988) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 31 March 2005 || 26 September 2014 || Dissolved (19 July 2022)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] (05137091) || Alnery No. 2446 Limited (2004–2004) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 10 June 2009 || 14 July 2017 || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments Limited]] (04464926) || Ibis (780) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 10 June 2009 || 14 July 2017 || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[St. Paul's School]] (06141973) || — || Director (governor)<ref name="CHAG2" /><ref name="Mail2016">Geoffrey Levy, [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3709808/How-great-good-s-Lord-Tony-Green-s-patsy-QC-reluctant-act-BHS-sold-1-thrice-bankrupt.html How Lord Anthony Grabiner became Sir Philip Green's patsy when BHS was sold] ''Daily Mail'', 27 July 2016: "is a governor of St Paul's".</ref> || 11 March 2015 || 31 July 2023 || Active
|-
| [[Goldman Sachs International]] (02263951) || Trushelfco (No.1266) Limited (1988–1988) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 24 June 2015 || 31 May 2021 || Active
|-
| [[The University of Law Limited]] (07933838) || The College of Law Limited (2012–2012); Col Subco No.1 Limited (2012–2012) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 1 August 2015 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[Goldman Sachs International Bank]] (01122503) || Goldman Sachs Limited (1982–1995); First Dallas Limited (1979–1982); First International Bancshares Limited (1973–1979) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 3 March 2016 || 31 May 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Springfield Capital LLP]] (OC437791) || — || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 8 June 2021 || 25 June 2021 || Active
|}

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category: House of Lords|Grabiner, Anthony]] [[Category:Labour Party|Grabiner, Anthony]][[Category:Financial sector lobbying|Grabiner, Anthony]]
[[Category:Lawyers|Grabiner, Anthony]]
[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Anthony]]

File:Anthony Grabiner University of Law.jpg

2026-11-08T11:40:12Z

Jewish-media research: Upload: Lord Grabiner photo from the University of Law board page

== Summary ==
Portrait of [[Anthony Grabiner]] (Lord Grabiner), president and non-executive director of the University of Law, used to identify the subject of the article.

== Source ==
* The University of Law, "Our board" page, entry "Lord Grabiner", https://www.law.ac.uk/ (governance hub; accessed 8 November 2026). Image file: https://www.law.ac.uk/globalassets/08.-about/1.-hubs/governance-hub/our-board/slplate_20191203_lord-grabiner_cont-im.jpg (500px rendition served by the site). Unaltered. Photographer not stated; file name indicates December 2019.

== Copyright ==
Copyright holder not stated beyond the source's credit; no licence or reuse terms were given by the source. Not released under a free licence. Used for identification of the article's subject, with acknowledgement, under the fair dealing provisions described at [[Powerbase:Copyrights]].

Michael Grabiner

2026-11-08T11:40:06Z

Jewish-media research: Add infobox image (File:Michael Grabiner WUPJ 2021.jpg) with source credit on file page

{{short description|'''British telecoms executive (Energis), private equity partner (Apax) and Reform Judaism lay leader (1950–2021)'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Grabiner
| image = Michael Grabiner WUPJ 2021.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Michael Grabiner (WUPJ photograph, 2021)
| birth_date = August 1950
| death_date = {{Start date|2021|11}}
| nationality = British
| occupation = Telecommunications executive; private equity investor
| known_for = Chief executive of [[Energis plc|Energis]] (1996–2001); partner at [[Apax Partners]]; chair of [[Partnerships for Schools Limited|Partnerships for Schools]]; chair of the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]] (2011–2015)
| siblings = [[Stephen Grabiner]], [[Robert Grabiner]]
}}
'''Michael Grabiner''' CBE (August 1950 – November 2021), known as '''Mike Grabiner''', was a British telecommunications executive who was chief executive of [[Energis plc|Energis]] from 1996 to 2001 and later a director and partner of the private equity firm [[Apax Partners]].<ref name="Independent2002">Liz Vaughan-Adams, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/former-energis-chief-exec-to-join-brother-on-board-of-apax-partners-9135191.html Former Energis chief exec to join brother on board of Apax Partners] ''The Independent'', 15 February 2002, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHMG1">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/6LWLl7Ughx1CoLS5rRHuImjztCs/appointments Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (33 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> He chaired the government schools-investment body [[Partnerships for Schools Limited|Partnerships for Schools]] from 2005 to 2012.<ref name="DfE2010">Department for Education, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/partnerships-for-schools-chairman-appointment-extended-for-12-months Partnerships for Schools chairman appointment extended for 12 months] ''GOV.UK'', 30 November 2010, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHMG1" /> In Jewish communal life he chaired [[The Movement for Reform Judaism]] from 2005 to 2008 and the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]] from 2011 to 2015, and was chair of governors of [[JCoSS]].<ref name="MRJ2021">The Movement for Reform Judaism, [https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/remembering-michael-grabiner-cbe/ Remembering Michael Grabiner CBE], 4 November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="WUPJ2021">World Union for Progressive Judaism, [https://wupj.org/news/2021/11/46774/the-world-union-mourns-the-passing-of-michael-grabiner-zl/ The World Union Mourns the Passing of Michael Grabiner Z"L], November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

He was the brother of [[Stephen Grabiner]] and [[Robert Grabiner]].<ref name="Independent1998">Jeremy Warner, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-stephen-grabiner-all-set-for-the-tv-showdown-1172154.html Profile: Stephen Grabiner – All set for the TV showdown] ''The Independent'', 16 August 1998, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MRJ2021">The Movement for Reform Judaism, [https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/remembering-michael-grabiner-cbe/ Remembering Michael Grabiner CBE], 4 November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph'' described [[Ian Grabiner]] in 2002 as "first cousin of businessmen brothers Stephen and Michael Grabiner".<ref name="Telegraph2002">Kate Rankine, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Green puts Grabiner in key Arcadia post] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 December 2002, accessed 8 November 2026 (read from the [https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Wayback Machine copy]).</ref> He was awarded the CBE in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to education.<ref name="MRJ2021" /> He died in early November 2021, aged 71, after a long illness.<ref name="MRJ2021" /><ref name="WUPJ2021" />

== BT and Energis ==
The government's 2010 announcement on his Partnerships for Schools chairmanship said he had previously been "Director of [[BT]] Europe".<ref name="DfE2010" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Energis Communications Limited]] from 1 January 1996 and of [[Energis plc]] from its formation on 23 September 1997, until he resigned from both on 31 July 2001.<ref name="CHMG1" /> ''The Independent'' wrote in 1998, when Stephen Grabiner ran [[ONdigital]], that "Mike is chief executive of Energis, the telecommunications company that recently made a spectacular stock market debut".<ref name="Independent1998" /> He was also a director of [[Littlewoods Limited]] (then the Littlewoods Organisation Public Limited Company, later Littlewoods plc) from 17 December 1998 to 18 April 2002.<ref name="CHMG1" />

== Apax Partners ==
On 15 February 2002 ''The Independent'' reported that Grabiner, "the former chief executive of the troubled telecoms company Energis", had been made a director of [[Apax Partners]]. He joined "his brother, Stephen Grabiner, who is also a director at Apax". When he retired from Energis he had said that, at 50, he wanted to do something "entirely different".<ref name="Independent2002" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Apax Partners UK Ltd]] (then Apax Partners Ltd) from 12 February 2004 to 7 June 2005, and as a member of [[Apax Partners LLP]] (then Apax Partners Worldwide LLP) from 6 June 2005 to 31 March 2009. During the same period he held portfolio and other directorships, including [[Nexagent Limited]], [[Synetrix (Holdings) Limited]], [[Value Partners Management Consulting Limited]] (then Spectrum Strategy Consultants) and [[Duelguide Holdings Limited]] (then Chelsfield plc).<ref name="CHMG1" /> In 2010 the government described him as "previously a partner at Apax Partners LLP".<ref name="DfE2010" />

== Public appointments and dispute resolution ==
Grabiner was first appointed chair of [[Partnerships for Schools Limited|Partnerships for Schools]] (PfS), which delivered capital investment in schools for the government, on 2 January 2005. He was reappointed in 2008 and, in November 2010, Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]] extended his term to 1 January 2012. The Department for Education said he had volunteered a 30% pay cut, from £25,000 to £17,500 a year, for one to two days' work a month.<ref name="DfE2010" /> Companies House shows him as a director of PfS from 7 February 2005 to 2 January 2012.<ref name="CHMG1" />

He was a director of the [[Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Limited]] (CEDR) from 24 January 2012 to 14 March 2017,<ref name="CHMG1" /> and a second officer record shows him on the boards of CEDR subsidiaries, including [[CEDR Services Limited]] and [[IDRS Limited]], from 22 January 2015 to early 2017.<ref name="CHMG2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/SJLqazOvwUlcQJMWiCnMxL7KJLc/appointments Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (5 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Investment partnerships ==
Companies House lists him as a member of several film, games and energy investment partnerships: [[Ingenious Film Partners LLP]] (2005–2010), [[Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP]] and [[Ingenious Games LLP]] (2006–2011), [[Eclipse Film Partners No. 16 LLP]] (2006–2014), [[Future Fuels No.1 LLP]] (2010–2017) and [[Waterloo Street BPRA Property Fund LLP]] (from 2009, with no resignation recorded).<ref name="CHMG1" />

== Jewish communal roles ==
The [[The Movement for Reform Judaism|Movement for Reform Judaism]] said that Grabiner chaired the movement from 2005 to 2008. It also said he had been "instrumental in creating the cross-denominational school JCoss, where he was a former Trustee and Chair of Governors", and had chaired the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]].<ref name="MRJ2021" /> The World Union gave his term as chair as 2011 to 2015. It also listed him as a member of the boards of UK Jewish Day Schools and the UK [[The Jewish Leadership Council|Jewish Leadership Council]].<ref name="WUPJ2021" /> ''Jewish News'' reported that he had served as Reform's vice-president.<ref name="JN2021">Jewish News Reporter, [https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tributes-paid-to-former-reform-chair-michael-grabiner-who-dies-aged-72/ Tributes paid to former Reform chair Michael Grabiner, who dies aged 72] ''Jewish News'', 10 November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

Companies House records the matching directorships: [[The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust]] (9 January 2008 – 28 December 2016), [[Jewish Community Day School Advisory Board]] (17 May 2006 – 13 November 2012), [[The Jewish Leadership Council]] (14 March 2006 – 31 December 2008), [[B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation]] (11 February 2004 – 1 September 2008), [[Leo Baeck College]] (1 August 2005 – 1 July 2008) and [[UK Jewish Film Ltd]] (28 January 2004 – 23 October 2012).<ref name="CHMG1" />

== Company appointments ==
Companies House holds two officer records for Michael Grabiner, both with a birth month of August 1950. The second covers his CEDR group appointments. They are combined below.<ref name="CHMG1" /><ref name="CHMG2" /> Some appointments still show no resignation date even though he died in 2021.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Michael Grabiner (born August 1950), combined from two officer records (38 appointments; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Former names (Companies House) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Energis Communications Limited]] (02630471) || Telecom Electric Limited (1991–1993); Intercede 915 Limited (1991–1991) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 1 January 1996 || 31 July 2001 || Active
|-
| [[Energis plc]] (03438871) || Energis Group plc (1997–1997) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 23 September 1997 || 31 July 2001 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Metroholdings Limited]] (03511122) || Foreigndeal Limited (1998–1998) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 2 April 1998 || 26 September 2000 || Dissolved (2 July 2024)
|-
| [[Energis Squared Limited]] (03037442) || Planet Online Limited (1995–2000); Planet Internet Services Limited (1995–1995); Fortune 3 Limited (1995–1995) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 28 August 1998 || 31 July 2001 || Active
|-
| [[Energis Holdings Limited]] (03649524) || Thistledew Limited (1998–1998) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 9 November 1998 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (31 October 2017)
|-
| [[Littlewoods Limited]] (00262152) || Littlewoods plc (2000–2002); Littlewoods Organisation Public Limited Company(the) (1932–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 17 December 1998 || 18 April 2002 || Active
|-
| [[Energis (Ireland) Limited]] (NI035793) || Nevada Tele.com Limited (1999–2003); E.v. Limited (1999–1999) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 18 May 1999 || 20 November 2001 || Active
|-
| [[Energis Holdco. Limited]] (03817396) || Upperfleet Limited (1999–1999) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 30 September 1999 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (16 October 2026)
|-
| [[Energis Local Access Limited]] (04050390) || Mangospring Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 29 August 2000 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (12 September 2017)
|-
| [[Energis Management Limited]] (04050367) || Citruscove Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 19 September 2000 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (26 September 2017)
|-
| [[Energis Holdco. II Limited.]] (04071385) || Saddlebright Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 7 November 2000 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (16 October 2026)
|-
| [[Duelguide Holdings Limited]] (02636872) || Chelsfield Limited (2004–2005); Chelsfield plc (1992–2004); Nextlaunch Limited (1991–1992) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 15 August 2002 || 8 June 2004 || Active
|-
| [[Value Partners Management Consulting Limited]] (02843820) || Spectrum Strategy Consultants Limited (1995–2008); Spectrum-Strategy Consultants Limited (1993–1995); Choqs 249 Limited (1993–1993) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 30 January 2003 || 1 March 2007 || Dissolved (2 June 2026)
|-
| [[Nexagent Limited]] (04101137) || Interprovider Limited (2001–2002); Law 2237 Limited (2000–2001) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 23 July 2003 || 8 June 2007 || Dissolved (30 October 2013)
|-
| [[Synetrix (Holdings) Limited]] (03491956) || Equinox Converged Solutions Limited (2001–2005); Eforce Limited (2000–2001); Equinox Solutions Services Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 15 January 2004 || 18 December 2009 || Dissolved (18 February 2021)
|-
| [[UK Jewish Film Ltd]] (03360075) || UK Jewish Film Festival Ltd (2003–2011); Brighton Jewish Film Festival Ltd (1997–2003) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 28 January 2004 || 23 October 2012 || Active
|-
| [[B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation]] (00546659) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 11 February 2004 || 1 September 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Apax Partners UK Ltd]] (01342446) || Apax Partners Ltd (2001–2008); Apax Partners & Co. Ventures Ltd (1991–2001); Alan Patricof Associates Limited (1981–1991) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 12 February 2004 || 7 June 2005 || Active
|-
| [[Partnerships for Schools Limited]] (04650964) || Intercede 1836 Limited (2003–2003) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 7 February 2005 || 2 January 2012 || Dissolved (1 November 2014)
|-
| [[Ingenious Film Partners LLP]] (OC308659) || Ingenious Film Partners 1 LLP (2004–2004) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 29 March 2005 || 6 April 2010 || Active
|-
| [[Apax Partners LLP]] (OC303117) || Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (2002–2008) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 6 June 2005 || 31 March 2009 || Active
|-
| [[Leo Baeck College]] (00626693) || Leo Baeck College - Centre for Jewish Education (2001–2006); The Leo Baeck College (1988–2001); Leo Baeck College Limited(the) (1959–1988) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 1 August 2005 || 1 July 2008 || Active
|-
| [[The Jewish Leadership Council]] (05742840) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 14 March 2006 || 31 December 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Ingenious Games LLP]] (OC314073) || Ingenious Games Partners LLP (2005–2005) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 31 March 2006 || 6 April 2011 || Active
|-
| [[Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP]] (OC314069) || — || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 31 March 2006 || 6 April 2011 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Community Day School Advisory Board]] (04354490) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 17 May 2006 || 13 November 2012 || Active
|-
| [[Eclipse Film Partners No. 16 LLP]] (OC316623) || — || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 24 July 2006 || 5 April 2014 || Dissolved (16 July 2024)
|-
| [[The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust]] (05313603) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 9 January 2008 || 28 December 2016 || Active
|-
| [[GCT Art Investments Ltd]] (06759125) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 26 November 2008 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (20 September 2016)
|-
| [[Waterloo Street BPRA Property Fund LLP]] (OC343712) || — || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 3 April 2009 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[Future Fuels No.1 LLP]] (OC334323) || Bioethanol Partners LLP (2008–2009); Bioethanol Partners No.1 LLP (2008–2008) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 30 September 2010 || 12 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Portland Place Advisers LLP]] (OC366512) || — || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 14 July 2011 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (24 October 2017)
|-
| [[Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Limited]] (02422813) || Centre for Dispute Resolution Limited (1996–2001); European Dispute Resolution Limited (1989–1996); Centralextra Limited (1989–1989) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 24 January 2012 || 14 March 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Centre for Dispute Resolution Limited]] (04200149) || Zzz Corporation Ltd (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 23 March 2017 || Dissolved (22 September 2026)
|-
| [[IDRS Limited]] (05945499) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 14 March 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Mediate Direct Limited]] (04102158) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 14 March 2017 || Active
|-
| [[CEDR Solve Limited]] (04216681) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 14 March 2017 || Dissolved (1 September 2026)
|-
| [[CEDR Services Limited]] (03271988) || European Dispute Resolution Limited (1996–2010); Calmawest Limited (1996–1996) || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 21 January 2017 || Active
|}

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Michael]]
[[Category:Education|Grabiner, Michael]]
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File:Michael Grabiner WUPJ 2021.jpg

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== Summary ==
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== Source ==
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Ian Grabiner

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{{short description|'''British retail executive; chief executive of Arcadia Group, 2009–2020'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ian Grabiner
| image = Ian Grabiner Selectika 2023.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Ian Grabiner (Selectika photograph)
| birth_date = May 1959
| nationality = British
| occupation = Retail executive and investor
| known_for = Chief executive of [[Arcadia Group Limited|Arcadia Group]] (2009–2020); president of [[Selectika]] (from 2023)
}}
'''Ian Michael Grabiner''' (born May 1959) is a British retail executive who was chief executive of [[Arcadia Group Limited|Arcadia Group]], the [[Philip Green (Arcadia)|Philip Green]]-controlled owner of [[Topshop]], [[Topman]], [[Burton]], [[Dorothy Perkins]] and [[Miss Selfridge]], from October 2009 until the group went into administration in November 2020.<ref name="Guardian2009">Zoe Wood, [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/oct/22/sir-philip-green-warning-market-recovery Sir Philip Green names new chief executive of Arcadia store chain] ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2009, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="BBC2020">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55139369 Topshop owner Arcadia goes into administration] ''BBC News'', 30 November 2020, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> He had joined Arcadia as chief operating officer in December 2002.<ref name="Telegraph2002">Kate Rankine, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Green puts Grabiner in key Arcadia post] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 December 2002, accessed 8 November 2026 (read from the [https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Wayback Machine copy]).</ref> In September 2023 he became president of, and an investor in, the fashion e-commerce software company [[Selectika]].<ref name="RTIH2023">Staff Writer, [https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2023/9/22/fashion-retail-veteran-ian-grabiner-makes-substantial-investment-in-selectika-and-becomes-president Fashion retail veteran Ian Grabiner makes 'substantial investment' in Selectika and becomes President] ''Retail Technology Innovation Hub'', 22 September 2023, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

''The Daily Telegraph'' reported in 2002 that Grabiner was "the first cousin of [[Anthony Grabiner|Lord Grabiner QC]], Arcadia's recently appointed non-executive chairman", and a "first cousin of businessmen brothers [[Stephen Grabiner|Stephen]] and [[Michael Grabiner]]".<ref name="Telegraph2002" /> ''BBC News'' also described him in 2016 as "Lord Grabiner's cousin".<ref name="BBC2016">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36355502 MPs set to question BHS directors and advisers] ''BBC News'', 23 May 2016, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Early retail career ==
According to ''The Daily Telegraph'', Grabiner first worked with [[Philip Green (Arcadia)|Philip Green]] at the quoted retailer [[Amber Day]], where he "ran Amber Day's main subsidiary, discount chain What Everyone Wants". He then became commercial director of [[Sports Division]], the sportswear chain owned by Green and [[Tom B Hunter|Tom Hunter]] that was sold to [[JJB Sports]], and later joined Hunter at the e-commerce business Reality, which was sold to [[Great Universal Stores|GUS]] for £35 million around 1999. The paper said he had left GUS two weeks before his Arcadia appointment, having most recently run its distribution and call-centre business.<ref name="Telegraph2002" />

Companies House records match this sequence. Grabiner was a director of [[What Everyone Wants Limited]] (SC049348) from 12 March 1990 to 12 August 1994, and of [[WEW Group plc]] (00410594), formerly Amber Day Holdings, until 12 August 1994. He was a director of [[Sports Division Limited]] (SC144753) and related sportswear companies from 1995–96 until 11 September 1998. From December 1999 to 2 December 2002 he was a director of four Scottish companies then named Reality (later [[GUS Business Holdings Limited]], [[GUS (UK) Holdings 2003]], [[GUS Ventures (2003) Limited]] and [[G.U.S. Catalogue Order Limited]]), and of the former G.U.S. Home Shopping Limited ([[00739600 Limited]]).<ref name="CHIan3">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/2X59fFxAZH-4nA28bwGEvhZ6HN8/appointments Ian Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (30 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Arcadia Group ==
''The Daily Telegraph'' reported on 11 December 2002 that Green, who "two months ago paid £850m for Arcadia", had appointed Grabiner, then 43, as chief operating officer, replacing chief executive [[Stuart Rose]], and that Grabiner was "investing £1.1m for a 1.35pc shareholding in the company".<ref name="Telegraph2002" /> Companies House records his appointment as a director of [[AGL Realisations Limited]] (00237511), then [[Arcadia Group Limited]], on 12 December 2002.<ref name="CHIan3" />

In October 2009 Green made him chief executive. ''The Guardian'' called him Green's "right-hand man" and "a lifetime rag trader who first worked for Green 20 years ago", overseeing a business with sales of £2.7 billion across 3,115 stores after Arcadia absorbed [[BHS]].<ref name="Guardian2009" /> On 10 June 2009 he had become a director of the holding companies [[Taveta Investments Limited]] (04464926) and [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] (05137091), on whose boards his cousin [[Anthony Grabiner|Lord Grabiner]] also sat.<ref name="CHIan3" /><ref name="CHAG4">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1kJJYLVzP9QurdpyFL9dZ5PxqkQ/appointments Anthony GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> After [[Karren Brady]] left the chair of [[Taveta Investments Limited|Taveta]], a Taveta statement quoted by ''Retail Week'' said that Arcadia Group Limited's board remained "under the chairmanship of group CEO Ian Grabiner".<ref name="RetailWeek">[https://www.retail-week.com/fashion/karren-brady-resigns-as-chair-of-arcadia-owner/7031225.article Karren Brady resigns as chair of Arcadia owner] ''Retail Week'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

Arcadia appointed [[Deloitte]] as administrators on 30 November 2020. Grabiner, as chief executive, said that "the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the forced closure of our stores for prolonged periods, has severely impacted on trading across all of our brands".<ref name="BBC2020" /> On 5 December 2018 he was appointed a director of a further 24 Arcadia and Redcastle property and trading companies. Most of these companies, and Arcadia Group Limited itself (renamed [[AGL Realisations Limited]] in December 2021), are recorded by Companies House as in liquidation or dissolved, without resignation dates for him.<ref name="CHIan2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/zWqqtlC1-bW2FavZd1X2Lt_zTYs/appointments Ian Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (27 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHIan3" />

== Later roles ==
On 22 September 2023 [[Selectika]], a visual AI and personalisation company for e-commerce, announced Grabiner as its president and said he had made an undisclosed investment. Selectika's co-founder and chief executive [[Tali Bezalel]] called him "our President and key investor".<ref name="RTIH2023" /> Selectika's website lists him as president.<ref name="Selectika">Selectika, [https://selectika.com/team-member/ian-grabiner/ Ian Grabiner — President], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

His current Companies House appointments include [[Grabiner Family Investments Ltd]] (from 28 November 2022) and [[IMG Consultancy Ltd]] (from 21 March 2022).<ref name="CHIan2" /> He was a director of the Glasgow children's charity [[Radio Clyde Cash for Kids]] (SC365231) from 14 September 2009 to 2 September 2013.<ref name="CHIan3" />

== Company appointments ==
Two Companies House officer records for Ian Michael Grabiner (born May 1959) both include Arcadia group companies, and are combined below.<ref name="CHIan2" /><ref name="CHIan3" /> Where no resignation is recorded, the company is in liquidation or has been dissolved, or the appointment is current.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Ian Michael Grabiner (born May 1959), combined from two officer records (57 appointments; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Former names (Companies House) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[WEW Group plc]] (00410594) || Amber Day Holdings Public Limited Company (1946–1994) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || Not stated || 12 August 1994 || Dissolved (8 October 2013)
|-
| [[What Everyone Wants Limited]] (SC049348) || What Every Women Wants (1971) Limited (1971–1987) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 12 March 1990 || 12 August 1994 || Dissolved (26 February 2013)
|-
| [[Blane Leisure Limited]] (NF003210) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 22 May 1995 || — (no resignation recorded) || Converted/closed
|-
| [[SSL Retail Limited]] (01296016) || Olympus Sport International Limited (1985–1991) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 26 November 1995 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (6 January 2016)
|-
| [[Mayfind Limited]] (03121229) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 26 November 1995 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (21 April 2014)
|-
| [[Sports Division Limited]] (SC144753) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 3 April 1996 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (23 April 2014)
|-
| [[SSL Sports and Leisurewear plc]] (00794310) || Sears Sports and Leisurewear Public Limited Company (1989–1995); Milletts Leisure Shops plc (1978–1989) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 23 May 1996 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (8 September 2015)
|-
| [[Astral Sports and Leisure (Retail) Limited]] (00559053) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 15 September 1997 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (8 September 2015)
|-
| [[Blane Leisure Limited]] (SC109050) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 15 September 1997 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (1 January 2016)
|-
| [[MJM International Limited]] (SC169601) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 4 June 1999 || 9 July 2001 || Dissolved (7 December 2021)
|-
| [[GUS Business Holdings Limited]] (SC201170) || Reality Business Holdings Limited (2000–2003); Enternetuk.com Limited (2000–2000); Enterpriseuk.com Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 21 December 1999 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (29 January 2010)
|-
| [[GUS (UK) Holdings 2003]] (SC182041) || Reality Solutions (UK) Holdings (2000–2003); Reality Group Limited (2000–2000); Reality Creative Design Limited (1998–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 21 December 1999 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (13 April 2011)
|-
| [[GUS Ventures (2003) Limited]] (SC202507) || Reality Solutions UK Limited (2000–2003); Tasteskill Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 20 January 2000 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (29 January 2010)
|-
| [[G.U.S. Catalogue Order Limited]] (SC202754) || Reality Ventures Limited (2000–2003); Heathsort Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 26 January 2000 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (29 January 2010)
|-
| [[00739600 Limited]] (00739600) || G.u.s. Home Shopping Limited (1996–2000); G.U.S. Catalogue Order Limited (1984–1996); British Mail Order Corporation Limited (1962–1984) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 19 October 2000 || 2 December 2002 || In liquidation
|-
| [[AGL Realisations Limited]] (00237511) || Arcadia Group Limited (2002–2021); Arcadia Group plc (1998–2002); Burton Group Public Limited Company(the) (1929–1998) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 12 December 2002 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Zoom.co.uk Limited]] (02029103) || Customlook Limited (1986–1999) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 25 March 2003 || 25 July 2005 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Gresse Street Limited]] (05279893) || Ibis (907) Limited (2004–2005) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 15 March 2005 || 8 March 2007 || Active
|-
| [[Tammy (Girlswear) Limited]] (00755570) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 7 April 2005 || 22 April 2005 || Dissolved (17 May 2022)
|-
| [[Matte Card Services Limited]] (04750439) || Etam Card Services Limited (2003–2005) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 7 April 2005 || 22 April 2005 || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Muse Retail Limited]] (05615625) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 8 November 2005 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (16 August 2022)
|-
| [[Arcadia Group (USA) Limited]] (06404527) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 19 October 2007 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (1 September 2021)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] (05137091) || Alnery No. 2446 Limited (2004–2004) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 10 June 2009 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments Limited]] (04464926) || Ibis (780) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 10 June 2009 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Radio Clyde Cash for Kids]] (SC365231) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 14 September 2009 || 2 September 2013 || Active
|-
| [[SHB Realisations Limited]] (00229606) || BHS Limited (1988–2016); British Home Stores plc (1928–1988) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 24 September 2009 || 11 March 2015 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Revival Acquisitions Limited]] (05071719) || Sensefolder Limited (2004–2004) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 4 March 2011 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (16 August 2022)
|-
| [[Top Shop/Top Man Limited]] (02317752) || Arcadia Group Investments Limited (1997–1999); Mccord Limited (1995–1997); Rail Miles Limited (1988–1995) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 16 January 2013 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Top Shop/Top Man (Holdings) Limited]] (08286047) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 16 January 2013 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[AGBL Opco Realisations Limited]] (01016191) || Arcadia Group Brands Limited (1998–2021); Greenhawk Limited (1997–1998); Dorsub (Tmr) Limited (1994–1997) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 11 September 2014 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (8 March 2023)
|-
| [[TS Wholesale Realisations Limited]] (08458338) || Top Shop/top Man (Wholesale) Limited (2013–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[WR Propco Realisations Limited]] (00306819) || Wallis Retail Properties Limited (2003–2021); Wallis Fashion Group Limited (1976–2003); Wallis & Company (Costumiers) Limited (1935–1976) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle (Freeholds) Limited]] (08975518) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Dor Opco Realisations Limited]] (08907197) || Dorothy Perkins Trading Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[WR Opco Realisations Limited]] (04250825) || Wallis Retail Limited (2001–2021); Fallonland Limited (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[OU Propco Realisations Limited]] (08975615) || Outfit Retail Properties Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[OU Opco Realisations Limited]] (04251395) || Outfit Retail Limited (2001–2021); Jasminedrift Limited (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[BD Propco Realisations Limited]] (04464946) || Burton / Dorothy Perkins Properties Limited (2002–2021); Ibis (784) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[TS (Trinity) Realisations Limited]] (10013441) || Top Shop/top Man (Trinity) Limited (2016–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[MS Opco Realisations Limited]] (04251393) || Miss Selfridge Retail Limited (2001–2021); Jasminebrook Limited (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle Limited]] (03194733) || Burton Group Properties Limited (1996–1998); Pumahaven Limited (1996–1996) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[EV Opco Realisations Limited]] (08907190) || Evans Retail Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle (TCR) Limited]] (10878770) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[MS Propco Realisations Limited]] (00954960) || Miss Selfridge Properties Limited (2003–2021); Miss Selfridge Limited (1969–2003) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Bur Trading Opco Realisations Limited]] (08907182) || Burton Trading Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[TS Propco Realisations Limited]] (04464942) || Top Shop / Top Man Properties Limited (2002–2021); Ibis (783) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle (TS/TM) Limited]] (08975482) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle Investments Limited]] (01702378) || Burton Group Investments Limited (1990–1998); Burton Group Financial Services plc (1987–1990); Welbeck Retail Services Limited (1983–1987) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[TS (Germany) Realisations Limited]] (09999186) || Top Shop/top Man (Germany) Limited (2016–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (9 March 2023)
|-
| [[EV Propco Realisations Limited]] (04464936) || Evans Retail Properties Limited (2002–2021); Ibis (782) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (9 March 2023)
|-
| [[Redcastle (Leaseholds) Limited]] (08975511) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (25 January 2022)
|-
| [[Redcastle Properties Limited]] (03871193) || Carnivaldew Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Top Shop/Top Man (Australia) Limited]] (10842782) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Redcastle (214 Oxford Street) Limited]] (03871240) || Hornfrost Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || 13 September 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Tatham Place Management Limited]] (04232030) || Ellington Place Management Limited (2001–2004) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 1 January 2019 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[IMG Consultancy Ltd]] (13993324) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 21 March 2022 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Family Investments Ltd]] (14510743) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 28 November 2022 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|}

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Ian]]
[[Category:Charity trustees|Grabiner, Ian]]

File:Ian Grabiner Selectika 2023.jpg

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Anthony Grabiner

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{{short description|'''British barrister and life peer; chairman of Arcadia Group and Taveta, 2002–2017'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anthony Grabiner
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = March 1945
| nationality = British
| occupation = Barrister ([[One Essex Court]]); member of the [[House of Lords]]
| known_for = Non-executive chairman of [[Arcadia Group Limited]] and [[Taveta Investments Limited]]; president of [[The University of Law Limited|the University of Law]]
}}
[[Anthony Grabiner]] (Lord Grabiner) is a life peer in the [[House of Lords]]. He became a [[Labour Party]] member of the Lords in October 1999. <ref name= "About"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-grabiner/2496 Lord Grabiner] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 5 December 2014 </ref>

Grabiner previously held the position of chairman at the [[London School of Economics]] from 1998 to 2007. <ref name= "About"/>

In March 2014 he was appointed to lead the [[Bank of England]] investigation into the role of officials of the Bank in relation to conduct issues in the foreign exchange market.

==Register of Interests==
====Remunerated employment, office, profession====
*Practising barrister
*Master of Clare College, [[Cambridge University]] (part-time from 1 October 2014) <ref name= "About"/>

====Shareholdings====
*[[Arcadia Group Limited]] <ref name= "About"/>

== Parliamentary membership ==
The UK Parliament's members database lists him as "The Lord Grabiner KC", a life peer whose membership began on 26 July 1999. It gives his current affiliation as Crossbench.<ref name="ParlAPI">UK Parliament, [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/2496 Members API: Lord Grabiner (member 2496)] and [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/2496/RegisteredInterests registered interests], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> His registered interests, read on 8 November 2026, list "Practising barrister" and "Non-executive Director, University of Law", together with shareholdings in about 40 listed companies.<ref name="ParlAPI" />

== Legal practice ==
[[One Essex Court]] lists Lord Grabiner KC among its King's Counsel, called to the Bar in 1968 and appointed silk in 1981. It describes him as "a commercial lawyer with a substantial court, arbitration and advisory practice" who also sits as an arbitrator in ICC, LCIA and DIFC disputes.<ref name="OEC">One Essex Court, [https://www.oeclaw.co.uk/barristers/profile/lord-grabiner-kc Lord Grabiner KC], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Arcadia and Taveta ==
''The Daily Telegraph'' reported in December 2002 that Lord Grabiner was the "recently appointed non-executive chairman" of Arcadia, then owned by [[Philip Green (Arcadia)|Philip Green]], and that the new chief operating officer, [[Ian Grabiner]], was "the first cousin of Lord Grabiner QC".<ref name="Telegraph2002">Kate Rankine, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Green puts Grabiner in key Arcadia post] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 December 2002, accessed 8 November 2026 (read from the [https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Wayback Machine copy]).</ref> Companies House records him as a director of Arcadia Group Limited (now [[AGL Realisations Limited]]) from 31 October 2002 to 15 December 2015, and of [[Taveta Investments Limited]] and [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] from 10 June 2009 to 14 July 2017.<ref name="CHAG4">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1kJJYLVzP9QurdpyFL9dZ5PxqkQ/appointments Anthony GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> In May 2016 ''BBC News'' reported that he would give evidence to the Commons inquiry into the sale of [[BHS]], noting that "Lord Grabiner's cousin, Ian Grabiner, is chief executive of Sir Philip's Arcadia Group".<ref name="BBC2016">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36355502 MPs set to question BHS directors and advisers] ''BBC News'', 23 May 2016, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

On 17 July 2017 ''The Guardian'' reported that he had stepped down "with immediate effect" after 15 years as chairman of Taveta, the Green family company that controls Arcadia, and that [[Karren Brady]] would succeed him. The paper recalled that the MPs' report on the collapse of BHS had called him the "apogee of weak corporate governance", who was "content to provide a veneer of establishment credibility to the group while happily disengaging from the key decisions he had a responsibility to scrutinise". It added that he had told MPs he had been a "responsible" chairman.<ref name="Guardian2017">Sarah Butler, [https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/17/karren-brady-to-chair-owner-of-philip-green-arcadia-group Karren Brady to chair firm that owns Philip Green's Arcadia group] ''The Guardian'', 17 July 2017, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Other appointments ==
He took up the post of president of [[The University of Law Limited|the University of Law]] at the start of August 2015 and also serves as a non-executive director.<ref name="LawGazette2015">Chloe Smith, [https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/peer-president-as-university-of-law-reshuffles-management/5050475.article UoL reshuffles management as it offers students money-back guarantee] ''Law Gazette'', 5 August 2015, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The university's board page lists him as "President & Independent Non-Executive Director" and chair of its remuneration committee.<ref name="ULawBoard">The University of Law, [https://www.law.ac.uk/about/management-and-governance/our-board/ Our University Board], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Companies House also records directorships of [[Goldman Sachs International]] (24 June 2015 – 31 May 2021) and [[Goldman Sachs International Bank]] (3 March 2016 – 31 May 2021), [[Next plc]] and [[Next Holdings Limited]] (2002), the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (to 31 December 2007), [[Jewish Chronicle Trust Limited]] (5 January 2004 – 15 December 2019), the [[Jewish Association for Business Ethics]] (1994–2008) and [[St. Paul's School]] (2015–2023).<ref name="CHAG3">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/P6pBhpTsU_PsP-BKZDM0lUD3NVM/appointments Anthony Stephen GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHAG4" /><ref name="CHAG1">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Mh2jA5n9qFGYZqBA5FGaI7sTVBc/appointments Anthony Stephen GRABINER OF ALDWYCH personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHAG2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/wq68KFfRpTzoBTrzAyGW-bEeE8Q/appointments Anthony Stephen GRABINER QC personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Family ==
''The Daily Telegraph'' (2002) and ''BBC News'' (2016) describe the Arcadia chief executive [[Ian Grabiner]] as his cousin, and the Telegraph says "first cousin".<ref name="Telegraph2002" /><ref name="BBC2016" /> A 1999 ''Independent'' article about the media executive [[Stephen Grabiner]] called Anthony Grabiner "another relation" without saying how they are related.<ref name="Independent1999">Nigel Cope, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/friction-explosive-rows-and-humiliation-at-ondigital-1106712.html Friction, explosive rows and humiliation at ONdigital] ''The Independent'', 16 July 1999, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Company appointments ==
Companies House holds five officer records for Anthony Stephen Grabiner, all with a birth month of March 1945. They are combined below.<ref name="CHAG1" /><ref name="CHAG2" /><ref name="CHAG3" /><ref name="CHAG4" /><ref name="CHAG5">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/ORu7V1lQ9GfJxuj2-1o9zIWUSY0/appointments Anthony THE LORD GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Anthony Stephen Grabiner (Lord Grabiner, born March 1945), combined from five officer records (18 appointments; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Former names (Companies House) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] (00070527) || Incorporated London School of Economics and Political Science (1901–1957) || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || Not stated || 31 December 2007 || Active
|-
| [[London Court of International Arbitration]] (02047647) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG5" /> || Not stated || 8 May 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Association for Business Ethics]] (02931643) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || 23 May 1994 || 7 January 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Grove End Road Limited]] (03300492) || St Johns Wood Synagogue Charity Limited (1997–1997) || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || 9 January 1997 || 10 July 2024 || Active
|-
| [[United Synagogue Pension Trustee Limited]] (03323123) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG1" /> || 24 February 1997 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (26 July 2011)
|-
| [[Arnold House School Limited]] (00889424) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 2 December 1998 || 7 February 2014 || Active
|-
| [[Next Holdings Limited]] (00035161) || Next Holdings plc (2016–2016); Next Group plc (2002–2016); Next plc (1986–2002) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 16 May 2002 || 31 October 2002 || Active
|-
| [[Next plc]] (04412362) || Next Group plc (2002–2002); Bronzejasper Public Limited Company (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 9 September 2002 || 31 October 2002 || Active
|-
| [[AGL Realisations Limited]] (00237511) || Arcadia Group Limited (2002–2021); Arcadia Group plc (1998–2002); Burton Group Public Limited Company(the) (1929–1998) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 31 October 2002 || 15 December 2015 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Trust Limited]] (00966860) || — || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 5 January 2004 || 15 December 2019 || Dissolved (19 January 2021)
|-
| [[Wentworth Group Holdings Limited]] (02271092) || Inkwise Limited (1988–1988) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 31 March 2005 || 26 September 2014 || Dissolved (19 July 2022)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] (05137091) || Alnery No. 2446 Limited (2004–2004) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 10 June 2009 || 14 July 2017 || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments Limited]] (04464926) || Ibis (780) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHAG4" /> || 10 June 2009 || 14 July 2017 || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[St. Paul's School]] (06141973) || — || Director (governor)<ref name="CHAG2" /><ref name="Mail2016">Geoffrey Levy, [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3709808/How-great-good-s-Lord-Tony-Green-s-patsy-QC-reluctant-act-BHS-sold-1-thrice-bankrupt.html How Lord Anthony Grabiner became Sir Philip Green's patsy when BHS was sold] ''Daily Mail'', 27 July 2016: "is a governor of St Paul's".</ref> || 11 March 2015 || 31 July 2023 || Active
|-
| [[Goldman Sachs International]] (02263951) || Trushelfco (No.1266) Limited (1988–1988) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 24 June 2015 || 31 May 2021 || Active
|-
| [[The University of Law Limited]] (07933838) || The College of Law Limited (2012–2012); Col Subco No.1 Limited (2012–2012) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 1 August 2015 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[Goldman Sachs International Bank]] (01122503) || Goldman Sachs Limited (1982–1995); First Dallas Limited (1979–1982); First International Bancshares Limited (1973–1979) || Director<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 3 March 2016 || 31 May 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Springfield Capital LLP]] (OC437791) || — || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHAG3" /> || 8 June 2021 || 25 June 2021 || Active
|}

==Notes==
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[[Category: House of Lords|Grabiner, Anthony]] [[Category:Labour Party|Grabiner, Anthony]][[Category:Financial sector lobbying|Grabiner, Anthony]]
[[Category:Lawyers|Grabiner, Anthony]]
[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Anthony]]

Stephen Grabiner

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{{Infobox person
| name = Stephen Grabiner
| image = Stephen Grabiner Guardian 2012.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = Stephen Grabiner (Guardian photograph, published 2012)
| birth_date = September 1958
| nationality = British
| occupation = Media executive and investor
| known_for = Chairman of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', 2013–2019; former head of media at [[Apax Partners]]
}}
'''Stephen Grabiner''' (born September 1958) is a British media executive and investor who chaired ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' from October 2013 to June 2019. He was earlier managing director of the ''[[The Telegraph|Daily Telegraph]]'' and head of the media portfolio at the private equity firm [[Apax Partners]].<ref name="Guardian2012">Josh Halliday, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/15/stephen-grabiner-joins-times-board Stephen Grabiner joins Times board of directors] ''The Guardian'', 15 June 2012, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHG">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/BJBOO5yI7uC8Bdp3SedfOSjn8eA/appointments Stephen GRABINER personal appointments] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Newspaper and investment career ==
''The Guardian'' reported in 2012 that Grabiner had been managing director of the ''Daily Telegraph'' for three years, had run [[Express Newspapers]] while at [[United News and Media|United News & Media]] in the late 1990s, and had left [[Apax Partners]] in 2010 after 11 years as head of its media portfolio.<ref name="Guardian2012" /> In June 2012 he was appointed a director of [[Times Newspapers]], publisher of ''[[The Times]]'' and ''The Sunday Times''.<ref name="Guardian2012" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Times Newspapers Holdings Limited]] from 13 June 2012 to 3 March 2022, and as a director or member of Apax Partners companies until 30 November 2010.<ref name="CHG" />

Jeremy Warner's 1998 profile in ''The Independent'' said Grabiner had come across the ''Telegraph'' in the mid-1980s as a management consultant with [[Coopers & Lybrand]]. He was hired by [[Andrew Knight]] as marketing director at the age of 27, on a year's secondment, and was later made managing director. He then ran [[Clive Hollick|Lord Hollick]]'s newspaper interests at [[United News and Media]] before he was recruited by [[Michael Green (Carlton Communications)|Michael Green]] of [[Carlton Communications]] to run [[ONdigital]].<ref name="Independent1998">Jeremy Warner, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-stephen-grabiner-all-set-for-the-tv-showdown-1172154.html Profile: Stephen Grabiner – All set for the TV showdown] ''The Independent'', 16 August 1998, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
Companies House records Grabiner as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited]] from May 2005 to December 2008, and as a director of the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]] from 7 March to 23 October 2013.<ref name="CHG" /><ref name="CHJF">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01864076/officers The Jacob Foundation (01864076): officers] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> On 24 October 2013 ''The Jewish Chronicle'' reported that an extraordinary general meeting had appointed a new board, that the Kessler Foundation, its majority shareholder, had decided to appoint Grabiner to lead it, and that he would stand down as a member of the foundation. The outgoing board included [[Anthony Julius]], [[Daniel Finkelstein|Lord Finkelstein]], Paul Mann and Michael Marx.<ref name="JC2013">[https://www.thejc.com/news/the-jcs-new-board-e8x7yy6c The JC's new Board] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 October 2013, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his reappointment as a director of both companies on 22 October 2013.<ref name="CHG" />

Asked in December 2013 about a rumoured editorial appointment, Grabiner told the ''Evening Standard'' that the paper "is owned by a trust that is there to ensure the paper's editorial independence, so any significant changes would be beyond my remit".<ref name="Standard2013">[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/is-it-all-change-at-the-jewish-chronicle-9024172.html Is it all change at the Jewish Chronicle?] ''Evening Standard'', 24 December 2013, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

He stepped down as chairman in June 2019, when the paper was refinanced through donations to the Kessler Foundation and [[Alan Jacobs (born 1962)|Alan Jacobs]] succeeded him.<ref name="JC2019">[https://www.thejc.com/news/good-news-about-the-future-of-the-jc-yb1zx7yj Good news about the future of the JC] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 20 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The foundation's chair, [[Clive Wolman]], referred to "the huge unpaid contribution" Grabiner had made over six years.<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his resignation from both company boards on 21 June 2019.<ref name="CHG" />

== ONdigital and eVentures ==
In 1998 ''The Independent'' described Grabiner as chief executive of [[ONdigital]], the digital terrestrial pay-TV service owned by [[Carlton Communications|Carlton]] and [[Granada]], then preparing to compete with [[BSkyB]].<ref name="Independent1998" /> On 16 July 1999 the paper reported that he had quit ONdigital "after just 18 months" to develop the British venture capital business of eVentures, which the paper called [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s "new Internet venture capital arm", headed by [[Mark Booth]].<ref name="Independent1999">Nigel Cope, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/friction-explosive-rows-and-humiliation-at-ondigital-1106712.html Friction, explosive rows and humiliation at ONdigital] ''The Independent'', 16 July 1999, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> In 2002 ''The Independent'' said he had worked at [[Apax Partners]] since 2000, "specialising in investing in media and communications businesses".<ref name="Independent2002">Liz Vaughan-Adams, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/former-energis-chief-exec-to-join-brother-on-board-of-apax-partners-9135191.html Former Energis chief exec to join brother on board of Apax Partners] ''The Independent'', 15 February 2002, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Coniston Capital ==
[[Coniston Capital]], a London private equity firm launched in May 2021, said Grabiner supported its founder [[Amit Hindocha]] as non-executive chairman.<ref name="Coniston2021">Coniston Capital, [https://conistoncap.co.uk/2021/05/01/former-mobeus-and-bgf-duo-launch-coniston-capital/ Mobeus and BGF Alum Launches Coniston Capital], 1 May 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Its website states that "Stephen chairs Coniston Capital and our investment committee" and that he "previously led the Global Media Team and the London Practice of Apax Partners".<ref name="ConistonTeam">Coniston Capital, [https://conistoncap.co.uk/the-team-stephen-grabiner/ The Team: Stephen Grabiner], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> His Coniston LLP memberships appear in the table below.<ref name="CHG" />

== The Blue Thread ==
Grabiner chairs the trustees of [[The Blue Thread]] (registered charity 1130704), which describes itself as "the Grabiner family foundation", established with "resources gained over the last 30 years through work in the media and private equity industries".<ref name="BTWebsite">The Blue Thread, [https://www.thebluethread.org.uk/ The Blue Thread – London Based Family Foundation] (official website), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The Charity Commission lists him as a trustee, and the charity's accounts name him as chair.<ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/trustees The Blue Thread – 1130704: Trustees] (register), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="BTAccounts2025">The Blue Thread, ''Annual Report and Financial Statements'' for the year ended 5 April 2025, filed with the Charity Commission 21 January 2026, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns page], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The charity made grants of £3,337,059 in 2024–25, mostly to organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers. Its accounts record that [[Grabiner Management Company Ltd]], "a company whose directors are also Trustees of the Charity", recharged it £173,629 in payroll costs that year.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> Companies House records Grabiner as a director of that company since 20 February 1998.<ref name="CHG" />

== Family ==
''The Independent'' named [[Michael Grabiner|Mike Grabiner]], chief executive of [[Energis plc|Energis]], and [[Robert Grabiner|Robert]], "one of the banking world's top IT specialists", as his brothers.<ref name="Independent1998" /> In 2002 it reported that Mike Grabiner had joined "his brother, Stephen Grabiner", as a director at Apax.<ref name="Independent2002" /> ''The Jewish Chronicle'' described Robert Grabiner, founder of the online tutoring company [[My TutorWeb Limited|MyTutorWeb]], as Stephen's twin brother.<ref name="JCRobert2013">Candice Krieger, [https://www.thejc.com/life/tutoring-for-the-digital-age-d6ov9d01 Tutoring — for the digital age] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 January 2013, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> Stephen Grabiner was a director of My TutorWeb Limited from 27 October 2014 to 26 May 2020.<ref name="CHG" /> ''The Daily Telegraph'' reported in 2002 that the retail executive [[Ian Grabiner]] was a "first cousin of businessmen brothers Stephen and Michael Grabiner".<ref name="Telegraph2002">Kate Rankine, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Green puts Grabiner in key Arcadia post] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 December 2002, accessed 8 November 2026 (read from the [https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Wayback Machine copy]).</ref> ''The Independent'' in 1999 called the barrister [[Anthony Grabiner]] "another relation" without stating the relationship.<ref name="Independent1999" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Stephen Grabiner (76 in all: 64 as director, 12 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Telegraph Books Limited]] (02002119) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || Before 16 May 1991 || 7 June 1996 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Telegraph Publishing Limited]] (01984132) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || Before 16 May 1992 || 7 June 1996 || Active
|-
| [[Telegraph Media Group Limited]] (00451593) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 5 April 1993 || 8 May 1996 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Reach Printing Services (West Ferry) Limited]] (01997219) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 October 1995 || 26 February 1998 || Active
|-
| [[GPC Manchester Limited]] (01985540) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 November 1995 || 7 June 1996 || Active
|-
| [[UBMG Holdings]] (00152298) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 June 1996 || 23 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Express Newspapers]] (00141748) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 June 1996 || 23 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[United Advertising Publications Limited]] (01377454) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 February 1997 || 23 April 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Regional Independent Media Limited]] (01768656) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 May 1997 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Johnston Publishing (North) Ltd.]] (03392487) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 October 1997 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[United Regional Newspapers Limited]] (03212881) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 December 1997 || 23 April 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[PA Media Group Limited]] (00004197) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 December 1997 || 2 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Yorkshire Post Newspapers Limited]] (00002899) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 30 January 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Lancashire Evening Post Limited]] (01344614) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 30 January 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Blackpool Gazette and Herald Limited]] (00042125) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 3 February 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Sheffield Newspapers Limited]] (00780919) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 February 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner Management Company Ltd]] (03162888) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 20 February 1998 || — || Active
|-
| [[Apax Partners UK Ltd]] (01342446) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 16 July 1999 || 31 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Hallco 413 Limited]] (03949621) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 April 2000 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Oberon Media (UK) Limited]] (03555358) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 August 2000 || 21 November 2001 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Hibu plc]] (04180320) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 May 2001 || 11 June 2002 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Holdings 2 Limited]] (04180359) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yellow Pages Limited]] (04175821) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Limited]] (04205228) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[YH Limited]] (04193755) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Hibu plc]] (04180320) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 July 2002 || 30 June 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Studio Limited]] (01674826) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 July 2002 || 15 July 2003 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Yell Sales Limited]] (01403041) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 July 2002 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Apax WW Nominees Ltd.]] (04693597) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 March 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax PP Nominees Limited]] (04255152) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 June 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Partners Europe Managers Ltd]] (04094238) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 June 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Apax Partners|Apax Partners LLP]] (OC303117) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 July 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) (00961929) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 May 2005 || 12 December 2008 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 May 2005 || 12 December 2008 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax WW No.2 Nominees Ltd]] (05841825) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 9 June 2006 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer (Holdco) Limited]] (05938779) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer (Topco) Limited]] (05938774) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Infopro Digital (Bidco) Limited]] (05938776) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Active
|-
| [[Apax Europe VII Nominees Ltd]] (06599576) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 May 2008 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Travelex Holdings Limited]] (05356574) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 May 2008 || 29 January 2015 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer UK Acquisition Limited]] (06337735) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 20 August 2009 || 22 June 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Spring Allies UK Limited]] (06997570) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 September 2009 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner LLP]] (OC357320) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 23 August 2010 || — || Active
|-
| [[UK Israel Business]] (00488496) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 March 2011 || 20 February 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Yachad Ltd]] (07638945) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 May 2011 || 12 September 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Portland Place Advisers LLP]] (OC366512) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 14 July 2011 || 1 August 2012 || Dissolved
|-
| [[The Jewish Museum London]] (02655110) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 15 September 2011 || 31 October 2016 || Active
|-
| [[Timewise Foundation C.I.C.]] (05274371) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 12 October 2011 || 7 May 2018 || Active
|-
| [[Times Newspapers Holdings Limited]] (00206377) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 13 June 2012 || 3 March 2022 || Dissolved
|-
| [[C Squared Networks Ltd]] (08391925) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 February 2013 || — || Active
|-
| [[The Jacob Foundation]] (01864076) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 March 2013 || 23 October 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Rnbills Limited]] (08475257) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 5 April 2013 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Blue Light Developments Limited]] (08675416) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 September 2013 || 17 October 2022 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 October 2013 || 21 June 2019 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) (00961929) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 October 2013 || 21 June 2019 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Timewise Solutions Limited]] (08795991) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Active
|-
| [[Timewise Jobs Limited]] (08796200) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Timewise Recruitment Limited]] (08796204) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner Capital Ltd]] (08913789) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 26 February 2014 || — || Active
|-
| [[My TutorWeb Limited]] (08580263) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 October 2014 || 26 May 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Property Ltd]] (01040409) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 15 December 2014 || — || Active
|-
| [[Pointkirk Group Ltd]] (09442124) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 16 February 2015 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Sportsarchivesco Ltd]] (09515208) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 March 2015 || 15 July 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]] (01189861) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 14 March 2016 || 12 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Original Talent Limited]] (09976212) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 17 October 2019 || 22 June 2022 || Active
|-
| [[Alana AI Limited]] (12075488) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 3 June 2020 || 20 September 2024 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Haymarket Ltd]] (12847049) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 August 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coniston Founder LLP]] (OC434175) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital Management LLP]] (OC434157) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital GP LLP]] (OC434177) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner CBG LLP]] (OC434496) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 December 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner ESG LLP]] (OC435259) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 January 2021 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coniston Founder LLP]] (OC434175) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital Management LLP]] (OC434157) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital GP LLP]] (OC434177) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || 28 June 2022 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Founder II LLP]] (OC456815) || LLP Member (in a trustee capacity)<ref name="CHOffStephenGrabiner2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/PzDiRTgMdABoYgakzFbMhQRjqdk/appointments Stephen Grabiner In His Capacity As Trustee Of THE STEPHEN GRABINER CHILDREN'S TRUST: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 8 August 2025 || — || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer records cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom. Companies House holds these appointments under 2 separate officer records in the same name and month of birth; the additional records are included where career details or co-officers corroborate the identity. Companies House also holds a second entry for his Jewish Literary Trust directorship, dated 1 March 2016, under a separate officer record.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Stephen]]
[[Category:Media|Grabiner, Stephen]]
[[Category:Charity trustees|Grabiner, Stephen]]

The Blue Thread

2026-11-08T11:39:09Z

Jewish-media research: New page: The Blue Thread (sourced profile)

{{short description|'''Grabiner family grant-making charity in London (registered charity 1130704)'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = The Blue Thread
| logo =
| type = Unincorporated charitable trust (grant-making family foundation)
| founded = {{Start date|2009|06|22}}
| founder = Grabiner family
| registration_id = 1130704 ([[Charity Commission for England and Wales]])
| status = Registered (since 23 July 2009)
| headquarters = 17 Portland Place, London W1B 1PU
| location = London
| area_served = United Kingdom and Israel
| services = Grants to small organisations working with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, women experiencing abuse, and Jewish community organisations in the UK and Israel
| registration = England and Wales
| key_people = [[Stephen Grabiner]] (chair of trustees); [[Hannah Hoare (The Blue Thread)|Hannah Hoare]] (executive director)
| website = [https://www.thebluethread.org.uk/ thebluethread.org.uk]
}}
'''The Blue Thread''' is a London-based grant-making charity, registered with the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] as charity number 1130704, which describes itself as "the Grabiner family foundation".<ref name="BTWebsite">The Blue Thread, [https://www.thebluethread.org.uk/ The Blue Thread – London Based Family Foundation] (official website), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CCBlueThread">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/charity-overview The Blue Thread – 1130704: Charity overview], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/governance governance], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/governing-document governing document] and [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/financial-history financial history] (register), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> It was set up under a trust deed dated 22 June 2009 and registered on 23 July 2009. It is chaired by the media executive and investor [[Stephen Grabiner]], and all seven of its trustees bear the Grabiner or Grabiner-Wolfson surname.<ref name="BTAccounts2025">The Blue Thread, ''Annual Report and Financial Statements'' for the year ended 5 April 2025, filed with the Charity Commission 21 January 2026, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns page], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/trustees The Blue Thread – 1130704: Trustees] (register), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

Its website says the foundation "was established with resources gained over the last 30 years through work in the media and private equity industries".<ref name="BTWebsite" /> Its accounts say it is "principally being funded by members of the Grabiner family".<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> Its annual grant-making rose from £379,821 in 2020–21 to £4.65 million in 2022–23, and stood at £3.34 million in 2024–25, mostly for refugee work. Part of this was funded through a partnership with another foundation, This Day.<ref name="BTAccounts2021" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

== Aims and grant-making ==
The governing document's objects are "for any purposes which are charitable in the law of England and Wales for the benefit of the public".<ref name="CCBlueThread" /> The 2025 trustees' report says the charity "predominantly makes grants to small organisations and grassroots groups doing frontline work". It focuses on UK organisations working with "migrants, refugees and asylum seekers" and "women experiencing disadvantage and abuse", and says, "We also support organisations in the Jewish Community in the UK and in Israel." It favours organisations with annual income below £1 million, and its grants are usually unrestricted.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> The register states that the charity "does not accept unsolicited applications for support".<ref name="CCBlueThread" />

On its work in Israel, the 2025 report says: "Most of our funding in Israel supports human rights organisations and those working towards peace and shared society." It adds that the charity also supports organisations helping refugees and asylum seekers there.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> The report lists the political environment for its grantees as a risk: "organisations supporting refugees, vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers both in the UK and in Israel, where the global context of rising far/right politics is particularly challenging", and "organisations in Israel defending human rights, democracy and shared society". It says the charity mitigates this "by funding 'quietly,' with a view to minimizing the publicity for the Foundation".<ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

The website explains the name by reference to the blue thread in the tassels described in the Hebrew Bible. It says the foundation's "approach to philanthropy is based on the Jewish obligation to pursue justice by acting ethically in one's personal and professional life".<ref name="BTWebsite" />

The charity does not publish the names of its grant recipients. Each set of accounts states that it "has taken the statutory exemption under Charity law from disclosing the names of grant recipients during the lifetime of the settlor of the Trust". It reports grants only by category.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> In 2024–25 it made 232 grants to 202 grantees.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> The 2025 accounts disclose one recipient as a related party: grants of £9,720 to [[Our Second Home]], "where the Trustees are also Trustees of The Blue Thread".<ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

== Trustees and staff ==
The Charity Commission register lists seven trustees, but records appointment dates for only four of them.<ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /> The 2021 accounts list five trustees (Stephen, Miriam, Daniel and Sarah Grabiner, and Joseph Grabiner), and the 2022 accounts record Amy Grabiner and Emily Grabiner-Wolfson as appointed on 28 March 2022.<ref name="BTAccounts2021">The Blue Thread, ''Annual Report and Financial Statements'' for the year ended 5 April 2021, filed with the Charity Commission 22 December 2021, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns page], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="BTAccounts2022">The Blue Thread, ''Annual Report and Financial Statements'' for the year ended 5 April 2022, filed with the Charity Commission 26 January 2023, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns page], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The 2022 and later accounts name Stephen Grabiner as chair.<ref name="BTAccounts2022" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> The 2025 report was signed for the board by Daniel Grabiner.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Trustees of The Blue Thread (Charity Commission register and annual reports, read 8 November 2026)
! Trustee !! Role !! Appointed !! Source notes
|-
| [[Stephen Grabiner]] || Trustee; chair || Not stated on register || Chair in the 2022–2025 accounts<ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" />
|-
| [[Miriam Grabiner (trustee, The Blue Thread)|Miriam Grabiner]] || Trustee || Not stated on register || Listed in the 2021–2025 accounts<ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /><ref name="BTAccounts2021" />
|-
| [[Sarah Grabiner (trustee, The Blue Thread)|Sarah Grabiner]] || Trustee || Not stated on register || Listed in the 2021–2025 accounts<ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /><ref name="BTAccounts2021" />
|-
| [[Daniel Grabiner (trustee, The Blue Thread)|Daniel Grabiner]] || Trustee || 16 April 2012 || Signed the 2025 report<ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" />
|-
| [[Joseph Grabiner-Wolfson]] || Trustee || 16 April 2012 || Listed as "Joseph Grabiner" in the 2021 accounts<ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /><ref name="BTAccounts2021" />
|-
| [[Amy Grabiner (trustee, The Blue Thread)|Amy Grabiner]] || Trustee || 28 March 2022 || <ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /><ref name="BTAccounts2022" />
|-
| [[Emily Rose Grabiner-Wolfson]] || Trustee || 28 March 2022 || <ref name="CCBlueThreadTrustees" /><ref name="BTAccounts2022" />
|}

The website says [[Hannah Hoare (The Blue Thread)|Hannah Hoare]] joined as executive director in early 2020.<ref name="BTWebsite" /> The 2022 accounts list Lucie Graham as acting executive director from October 2022 to October 2023, while Hoare was on leave.<ref name="BTAccounts2022" /> The 2025 accounts list Hoare as executive director and Karen Lam as senior associate until October 2025.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> The 2025 report gives the principal office as 17 Portland Place, London W1B 1PU, the auditors as [[Buzzacott Audit LLP]] and the bankers as [[Royal Bank of Scotland]].<ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

== Funding and related parties ==
The trustees' own gifts are reported each year as related-party transactions. The accounts also record that [[Grabiner Management Company Ltd]], "a company whose directors are also Trustees of the charity", recharged the charity's payroll costs: £91,606 in 2020–21, £187,926 in 2023–24 and £173,629 in 2024–25.<ref name="BTAccounts2021" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> Companies House records Stephen Grabiner as a director of Grabiner Management Company Ltd (03162888) since 20 February 1998.<ref name="CHSG">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/BJBOO5yI7uC8Bdp3SedfOSjn8eA/appointments Stephen GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> The 2024–25 report states that on 5 September 2025, after the financial year ended on 5 April 2025, the trustees donated shares valued at £2.63 million "to bring the Charity’s unrestricted reserves back into surplus"; the gift is not part of the 2024–25 income figures.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> In 2020–21, 250,000 quoted shares "were gifted to the charity by a Trustee and by the [[Stephen Grabiner Children's Trust]], whose beneficiaries are also Trustees of the charity", and were sold for £533,790.<ref name="BTAccounts2021" /> In 2024–25 the charity borrowed £100,000 interest-free from a trustee between 5 August and 25 September 2024. On 5 September 2025, after the year end, trustees donated shares worth £2.63 million to restore unrestricted reserves to surplus.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Donations by trustees to The Blue Thread (annual accounts, related-party notes)
! Year ended 5 April !! Donated by trustees
|-
| 2020 || £160,000<ref name="BTAccounts2021" />
|-
| 2021 || £308,103<ref name="BTAccounts2021" />
|-
| 2022 || £1,321,000<ref name="BTAccounts2022" />
|-
| 2023 || £790,000<ref name="BTAccounts2023">The Blue Thread, ''Annual Report and Financial Statements'' for the year ended 5 April 2023, filed with the Charity Commission 1 February 2024, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns page], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>
|-
| 2024 || £927,600<ref name="BTAccounts2024">The Blue Thread, ''Annual Report and Financial Statements'' for the year ended 5 April 2024, filed with the Charity Commission 17 January 2025, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045489/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns page], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>
|-
| 2025 || £857,500<ref name="BTAccounts2025" />
|}

=== Partnership with This Day ===
The 2023 report says that "In March 2022, The Blue Thread began working with This Day, a new charitable foundation", from which it received restricted income "to grant to the migration sector". It says The Blue Thread also helped the new foundation "develop its grantmaking approach, strategy and relationships".<ref name="BTAccounts2023" /> Restricted income was £4,036,000 in 2021–22, £2,102,200 in 2022–23 and £3,000,000 in 2023–24.<ref name="BTAccounts2022" /><ref name="BTAccounts2023" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> The 2024 accounts say that This Day had decided to review its strategy, so its donation for 2024–25 would be "revised downwards".<ref name="BTAccounts2024" /> The 2025 trustees' report records £60,000 of restricted income from "our partner foundation to be disbursed to migration-focused organisations". The 2025 statement of funds, however, books £60,000 to a "Family courts fund", described as pooled funding from a group of funders. After the year end, in July 2025, the charity was notified of £2.18 million from This Day covering July 2025 to December 2027.<ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income, spending and funds of The Blue Thread (Charity Commission register and accounts; years ending 5 April)
! !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025
|-
| Total income || £917,315 || £5,491,431 || £2,940,789 || £4,015,544 || £953,885
|-
| of which donations || £917,250 || £5,484,217 || £2,890,000 || £3,927,600 || £917,500
|-
| Total expenditure || £474,170 || £846,590 || £4,890,000 || £3,244,383 || £3,605,959
|-
| Grants made || £379,821 || £743,928 || £4,654,512 || £3,038,738 || £3,337,059
|-
| Total funds at year end || £707,389 || £5,352,229 || £3,361,342 || £4,150,250 || £1,400,779
|}
Sources: the register's financial history,<ref name="CCBlueThread" /> with exact figures from the accounts where they are given.<ref name="BTAccounts2021" /><ref name="BTAccounts2022" /><ref name="BTAccounts2023" /><ref name="BTAccounts2024" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" /> Figures that the register gives only in rounded form (2021 and 2022 expenditure, and 2023 donations and expenditure) are shown as rounded.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Grants by category (annual accounts; years ending 5 April)
! Category !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025
|-
| Refugees || £22,250 || £82,951 || £271,750 || £2,689,780 || £2,540,663 || £2,511,053
|-
| Women || £5,600 || £77,500 || £151,538 || £410,325 || £219,500 || £254,500
|-
| Welfare || – || £29,765 || £35,000 || £222,176 || £176,360 || £371,000
|-
| Community || £153,676 || £62,034 || £152,237 || £352,939 || £55,870 || £133,300
|-
| Peace and dialogue || £21,768 || £32,600 || £40,000 || £17,000 || £21,545 || £67,206
|-
| Education || £24,787 || £65,565 || £60,927 || £287,923 || £18,500 || –
|-
| Miscellaneous || £880 || £16,798 || £32,476 || £674,369 || £6,300 || –
|-
| Healthcare || £51,230 || £12,608 || – || – || – || –
|-
| Environment || £3,000 || – || – || – || – || –
|-
| Covid || £23,750 || – || – || – || – || –
|-
| '''Total''' || '''£306,941''' || '''£379,821''' || '''£743,928''' || '''£4,654,512''' || '''£3,038,738''' || '''£3,337,059'''
|}
The 2022 accounts restate the 2021 figures without a healthcare line, giving "Miscellaneous" as £29,406. This equals the £16,798 miscellaneous plus £12,608 healthcare shown in the 2021 accounts.<ref name="BTAccounts2021" /><ref name="BTAccounts2022" /><ref name="BTAccounts2023" /><ref name="BTAccounts2024" /><ref name="BTAccounts2025" />

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Charities in England and Wales]]
[[Category:British charities]]
[[Category:Foundations]]

Robert Grabiner

2026-11-08T11:39:04Z

Jewish-media research: New page: Robert Grabiner (sourced profile)

{{short description|'''British IT and programme-management executive; founder of the online tutoring company MyTutor'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Grabiner
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = September 1958
| nationality = British
| occupation = IT programme manager; education-technology entrepreneur
| known_for = Founder of [[My TutorWeb Limited|MyTutor]] (MyTutorWeb)
| siblings = [[Stephen Grabiner]] (twin), [[Michael Grabiner]]
}}
'''Robert Grabiner''' (born September 1958) is a British former City IT and programme-management executive who in 2012–13 founded MyTutorWeb, later [[My TutorWeb Limited|MyTutor]], an online tutoring service.<ref name="JC2013">Candice Krieger, [https://www.thejc.com/life/tutoring-for-the-digital-age-d6ov9d01 Tutoring — for the digital age] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 January 2013, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="Independent2013">Richard Garner, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/why-a-computer-tutor-is-a-smart-move-for-students-8636699.html Why a computer tutor is a smart move for students] ''The Independent'', 3 June 2013, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> ''The Jewish Chronicle'' described him in 2013 as "the twin brother of prominent investor [[Stephen Grabiner]], former head of global media at [[Apax Partners]]", and named [[Michael Grabiner|Michael]] as another brother.<ref name="JC2013" /> A 1998 ''Independent'' profile of Stephen Grabiner said that his brother "Robert is one of the banking world's top IT specialists".<ref name="Independent1998">Jeremy Warner, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-stephen-grabiner-all-set-for-the-tv-showdown-1172154.html Profile: Stephen Grabiner – All set for the TV showdown] ''The Independent'', 16 August 1998, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== City career ==
According to ''The Jewish Chronicle'', Grabiner "started his career as a business analyst for the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 1984, before joining [[Coopers & Lybrand]] as a management consultant in 1987". He then "spent two years as a programme manager at [[UBS AG|UBS]] and five years as programme director at [[ING Barings|ING]]", joined [[ABN AMRO]] in 2002 as an executive director, programme management, and was made redundant there in 2006, after which he did freelance consultancy.<ref name="JC2013" /> Companies House records him as a director of the consultancy company Programme Mentors Limited (later [[Program Mentors Limited]]) from 5 April 2006, and as director and secretary of [[Xpediate Limited]] from 23 April 2008. Both companies have since been dissolved.<ref name="CHRG">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Uasq-hxBKp6BR0h2c6cYhpWJHCs/appointments Robert GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== MyTutor ==
''The Independent'' reported in June 2013 that Grabiner, then 55, had begun recruiting university students as online tutors in November 2012, charging £16 an hour.<ref name="Independent2013" /> ''The Jewish Chronicle'' said he had launched MyTutorWeb using his redundancy money and that he took "£6 on each session"; it also reported that he sought advice from his brother Stephen, "who sits on The Times board of directors".<ref name="JC2013" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[My TutorWeb Limited]] (08580263) from 21 June 2013 to 6 August 2021.<ref name="CHRG" /> Stephen Grabiner was also a director of the company from 27 October 2014 to 26 May 2020.<ref name="CHSG">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/BJBOO5yI7uC8Bdp3SedfOSjn8eA/appointments Stephen GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> MyTutor's "About" page lists both Robert and Stephen Grabiner on its board and describes Robert as the founder who was "a parent frustrated by how hard it was to find a tutor for his daughters".<ref name="MyTutorAbout">MyTutor, [https://www.mytutor.co.uk/about/ About MyTutor: Our Team, Aims and Story], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Robert Grabiner (born September 1958; 4 appointments; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Former names (Companies House) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Program Mentors Limited]] (05769753) || My Tutorweb Ltd (2012–2013); My Tudorweb Ltd (2012–2012); Programme Mentors Limited (2006–2012) || Director<ref name="CHRG" /> || 5 April 2006 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (26 July 2016)
|-
| [[Xpediate Limited]] (06574935) || — || Secretary<ref name="CHRG" /> || 23 April 2008 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (13 September 2011)
|-
| [[Xpediate Limited]] (06574935) || — || Director<ref name="CHRG" /> || 23 April 2008 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (13 September 2011)
|-
| [[My TutorWeb Limited]] (08580263) || — || Director<ref name="CHRG" /> || 21 June 2013 || 6 August 2021 || Active
|}

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Robert]]
[[Category:Education|Grabiner, Robert]]

Michael Grabiner

2026-11-08T11:39:00Z

Jewish-media research: New page: Michael Grabiner (sourced profile)

{{short description|'''British telecoms executive (Energis), private equity partner (Apax) and Reform Judaism lay leader (1950–2021)'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Grabiner
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = August 1950
| death_date = {{Start date|2021|11}}
| nationality = British
| occupation = Telecommunications executive; private equity investor
| known_for = Chief executive of [[Energis plc|Energis]] (1996–2001); partner at [[Apax Partners]]; chair of [[Partnerships for Schools Limited|Partnerships for Schools]]; chair of the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]] (2011–2015)
| siblings = [[Stephen Grabiner]], [[Robert Grabiner]]
}}
'''Michael Grabiner''' CBE (August 1950 – November 2021), known as '''Mike Grabiner''', was a British telecommunications executive who was chief executive of [[Energis plc|Energis]] from 1996 to 2001 and later a director and partner of the private equity firm [[Apax Partners]].<ref name="Independent2002">Liz Vaughan-Adams, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/former-energis-chief-exec-to-join-brother-on-board-of-apax-partners-9135191.html Former Energis chief exec to join brother on board of Apax Partners] ''The Independent'', 15 February 2002, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHMG1">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/6LWLl7Ughx1CoLS5rRHuImjztCs/appointments Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (33 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> He chaired the government schools-investment body [[Partnerships for Schools Limited|Partnerships for Schools]] from 2005 to 2012.<ref name="DfE2010">Department for Education, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/partnerships-for-schools-chairman-appointment-extended-for-12-months Partnerships for Schools chairman appointment extended for 12 months] ''GOV.UK'', 30 November 2010, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHMG1" /> In Jewish communal life he chaired [[The Movement for Reform Judaism]] from 2005 to 2008 and the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]] from 2011 to 2015, and was chair of governors of [[JCoSS]].<ref name="MRJ2021">The Movement for Reform Judaism, [https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/remembering-michael-grabiner-cbe/ Remembering Michael Grabiner CBE], 4 November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="WUPJ2021">World Union for Progressive Judaism, [https://wupj.org/news/2021/11/46774/the-world-union-mourns-the-passing-of-michael-grabiner-zl/ The World Union Mourns the Passing of Michael Grabiner Z"L], November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

He was the brother of [[Stephen Grabiner]] and [[Robert Grabiner]].<ref name="Independent1998">Jeremy Warner, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-stephen-grabiner-all-set-for-the-tv-showdown-1172154.html Profile: Stephen Grabiner – All set for the TV showdown] ''The Independent'', 16 August 1998, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MRJ2021">The Movement for Reform Judaism, [https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/remembering-michael-grabiner-cbe/ Remembering Michael Grabiner CBE], 4 November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph'' described [[Ian Grabiner]] in 2002 as "first cousin of businessmen brothers Stephen and Michael Grabiner".<ref name="Telegraph2002">Kate Rankine, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Green puts Grabiner in key Arcadia post] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 December 2002, accessed 8 November 2026 (read from the [https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Wayback Machine copy]).</ref> He was awarded the CBE in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to education.<ref name="MRJ2021" /> He died in early November 2021, aged 71, after a long illness.<ref name="MRJ2021" /><ref name="WUPJ2021" />

== BT and Energis ==
The government's 2010 announcement on his Partnerships for Schools chairmanship said he had previously been "Director of [[BT]] Europe".<ref name="DfE2010" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Energis Communications Limited]] from 1 January 1996 and of [[Energis plc]] from its formation on 23 September 1997, until he resigned from both on 31 July 2001.<ref name="CHMG1" /> ''The Independent'' wrote in 1998, when Stephen Grabiner ran [[ONdigital]], that "Mike is chief executive of Energis, the telecommunications company that recently made a spectacular stock market debut".<ref name="Independent1998" /> He was also a director of [[Littlewoods Limited]] (then the Littlewoods Organisation Public Limited Company, later Littlewoods plc) from 17 December 1998 to 18 April 2002.<ref name="CHMG1" />

== Apax Partners ==
On 15 February 2002 ''The Independent'' reported that Grabiner, "the former chief executive of the troubled telecoms company Energis", had been made a director of [[Apax Partners]]. He joined "his brother, Stephen Grabiner, who is also a director at Apax". When he retired from Energis he had said that, at 50, he wanted to do something "entirely different".<ref name="Independent2002" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Apax Partners UK Ltd]] (then Apax Partners Ltd) from 12 February 2004 to 7 June 2005, and as a member of [[Apax Partners LLP]] (then Apax Partners Worldwide LLP) from 6 June 2005 to 31 March 2009. During the same period he held portfolio and other directorships, including [[Nexagent Limited]], [[Synetrix (Holdings) Limited]], [[Value Partners Management Consulting Limited]] (then Spectrum Strategy Consultants) and [[Duelguide Holdings Limited]] (then Chelsfield plc).<ref name="CHMG1" /> In 2010 the government described him as "previously a partner at Apax Partners LLP".<ref name="DfE2010" />

== Public appointments and dispute resolution ==
Grabiner was first appointed chair of [[Partnerships for Schools Limited|Partnerships for Schools]] (PfS), which delivered capital investment in schools for the government, on 2 January 2005. He was reappointed in 2008 and, in November 2010, Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]] extended his term to 1 January 2012. The Department for Education said he had volunteered a 30% pay cut, from £25,000 to £17,500 a year, for one to two days' work a month.<ref name="DfE2010" /> Companies House shows him as a director of PfS from 7 February 2005 to 2 January 2012.<ref name="CHMG1" />

He was a director of the [[Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Limited]] (CEDR) from 24 January 2012 to 14 March 2017,<ref name="CHMG1" /> and a second officer record shows him on the boards of CEDR subsidiaries, including [[CEDR Services Limited]] and [[IDRS Limited]], from 22 January 2015 to early 2017.<ref name="CHMG2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/SJLqazOvwUlcQJMWiCnMxL7KJLc/appointments Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (5 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Investment partnerships ==
Companies House lists him as a member of several film, games and energy investment partnerships: [[Ingenious Film Partners LLP]] (2005–2010), [[Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP]] and [[Ingenious Games LLP]] (2006–2011), [[Eclipse Film Partners No. 16 LLP]] (2006–2014), [[Future Fuels No.1 LLP]] (2010–2017) and [[Waterloo Street BPRA Property Fund LLP]] (from 2009, with no resignation recorded).<ref name="CHMG1" />

== Jewish communal roles ==
The [[The Movement for Reform Judaism|Movement for Reform Judaism]] said that Grabiner chaired the movement from 2005 to 2008. It also said he had been "instrumental in creating the cross-denominational school JCoss, where he was a former Trustee and Chair of Governors", and had chaired the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]].<ref name="MRJ2021" /> The World Union gave his term as chair as 2011 to 2015. It also listed him as a member of the boards of UK Jewish Day Schools and the UK [[The Jewish Leadership Council|Jewish Leadership Council]].<ref name="WUPJ2021" /> ''Jewish News'' reported that he had served as Reform's vice-president.<ref name="JN2021">Jewish News Reporter, [https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tributes-paid-to-former-reform-chair-michael-grabiner-who-dies-aged-72/ Tributes paid to former Reform chair Michael Grabiner, who dies aged 72] ''Jewish News'', 10 November 2021, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

Companies House records the matching directorships: [[The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust]] (9 January 2008 – 28 December 2016), [[Jewish Community Day School Advisory Board]] (17 May 2006 – 13 November 2012), [[The Jewish Leadership Council]] (14 March 2006 – 31 December 2008), [[B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation]] (11 February 2004 – 1 September 2008), [[Leo Baeck College]] (1 August 2005 – 1 July 2008) and [[UK Jewish Film Ltd]] (28 January 2004 – 23 October 2012).<ref name="CHMG1" />

== Company appointments ==
Companies House holds two officer records for Michael Grabiner, both with a birth month of August 1950. The second covers his CEDR group appointments. They are combined below.<ref name="CHMG1" /><ref name="CHMG2" /> Some appointments still show no resignation date even though he died in 2021.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Michael Grabiner (born August 1950), combined from two officer records (38 appointments; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Former names (Companies House) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Energis Communications Limited]] (02630471) || Telecom Electric Limited (1991–1993); Intercede 915 Limited (1991–1991) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 1 January 1996 || 31 July 2001 || Active
|-
| [[Energis plc]] (03438871) || Energis Group plc (1997–1997) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 23 September 1997 || 31 July 2001 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Metroholdings Limited]] (03511122) || Foreigndeal Limited (1998–1998) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 2 April 1998 || 26 September 2000 || Dissolved (2 July 2024)
|-
| [[Energis Squared Limited]] (03037442) || Planet Online Limited (1995–2000); Planet Internet Services Limited (1995–1995); Fortune 3 Limited (1995–1995) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 28 August 1998 || 31 July 2001 || Active
|-
| [[Energis Holdings Limited]] (03649524) || Thistledew Limited (1998–1998) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 9 November 1998 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (31 October 2017)
|-
| [[Littlewoods Limited]] (00262152) || Littlewoods plc (2000–2002); Littlewoods Organisation Public Limited Company(the) (1932–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 17 December 1998 || 18 April 2002 || Active
|-
| [[Energis (Ireland) Limited]] (NI035793) || Nevada Tele.com Limited (1999–2003); E.v. Limited (1999–1999) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 18 May 1999 || 20 November 2001 || Active
|-
| [[Energis Holdco. Limited]] (03817396) || Upperfleet Limited (1999–1999) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 30 September 1999 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (16 October 2026)
|-
| [[Energis Local Access Limited]] (04050390) || Mangospring Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 29 August 2000 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (12 September 2017)
|-
| [[Energis Management Limited]] (04050367) || Citruscove Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 19 September 2000 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (26 September 2017)
|-
| [[Energis Holdco. II Limited.]] (04071385) || Saddlebright Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 7 November 2000 || 31 July 2001 || Dissolved (16 October 2026)
|-
| [[Duelguide Holdings Limited]] (02636872) || Chelsfield Limited (2004–2005); Chelsfield plc (1992–2004); Nextlaunch Limited (1991–1992) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 15 August 2002 || 8 June 2004 || Active
|-
| [[Value Partners Management Consulting Limited]] (02843820) || Spectrum Strategy Consultants Limited (1995–2008); Spectrum-Strategy Consultants Limited (1993–1995); Choqs 249 Limited (1993–1993) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 30 January 2003 || 1 March 2007 || Dissolved (2 June 2026)
|-
| [[Nexagent Limited]] (04101137) || Interprovider Limited (2001–2002); Law 2237 Limited (2000–2001) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 23 July 2003 || 8 June 2007 || Dissolved (30 October 2013)
|-
| [[Synetrix (Holdings) Limited]] (03491956) || Equinox Converged Solutions Limited (2001–2005); Eforce Limited (2000–2001); Equinox Solutions Services Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 15 January 2004 || 18 December 2009 || Dissolved (18 February 2021)
|-
| [[UK Jewish Film Ltd]] (03360075) || UK Jewish Film Festival Ltd (2003–2011); Brighton Jewish Film Festival Ltd (1997–2003) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 28 January 2004 || 23 October 2012 || Active
|-
| [[B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation]] (00546659) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 11 February 2004 || 1 September 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Apax Partners UK Ltd]] (01342446) || Apax Partners Ltd (2001–2008); Apax Partners & Co. Ventures Ltd (1991–2001); Alan Patricof Associates Limited (1981–1991) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 12 February 2004 || 7 June 2005 || Active
|-
| [[Partnerships for Schools Limited]] (04650964) || Intercede 1836 Limited (2003–2003) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 7 February 2005 || 2 January 2012 || Dissolved (1 November 2014)
|-
| [[Ingenious Film Partners LLP]] (OC308659) || Ingenious Film Partners 1 LLP (2004–2004) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 29 March 2005 || 6 April 2010 || Active
|-
| [[Apax Partners LLP]] (OC303117) || Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (2002–2008) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 6 June 2005 || 31 March 2009 || Active
|-
| [[Leo Baeck College]] (00626693) || Leo Baeck College - Centre for Jewish Education (2001–2006); The Leo Baeck College (1988–2001); Leo Baeck College Limited(the) (1959–1988) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 1 August 2005 || 1 July 2008 || Active
|-
| [[The Jewish Leadership Council]] (05742840) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 14 March 2006 || 31 December 2008 || Active
|-
| [[Ingenious Games LLP]] (OC314073) || Ingenious Games Partners LLP (2005–2005) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 31 March 2006 || 6 April 2011 || Active
|-
| [[Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP]] (OC314069) || — || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 31 March 2006 || 6 April 2011 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Community Day School Advisory Board]] (04354490) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 17 May 2006 || 13 November 2012 || Active
|-
| [[Eclipse Film Partners No. 16 LLP]] (OC316623) || — || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 24 July 2006 || 5 April 2014 || Dissolved (16 July 2024)
|-
| [[The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust]] (05313603) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 9 January 2008 || 28 December 2016 || Active
|-
| [[GCT Art Investments Ltd]] (06759125) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 26 November 2008 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (20 September 2016)
|-
| [[Waterloo Street BPRA Property Fund LLP]] (OC343712) || — || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 3 April 2009 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[Future Fuels No.1 LLP]] (OC334323) || Bioethanol Partners LLP (2008–2009); Bioethanol Partners No.1 LLP (2008–2008) || LLP Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 30 September 2010 || 12 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Portland Place Advisers LLP]] (OC366512) || — || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 14 July 2011 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (24 October 2017)
|-
| [[Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Limited]] (02422813) || Centre for Dispute Resolution Limited (1996–2001); European Dispute Resolution Limited (1989–1996); Centralextra Limited (1989–1989) || Director<ref name="CHMG1" /> || 24 January 2012 || 14 March 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Centre for Dispute Resolution Limited]] (04200149) || Zzz Corporation Ltd (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 23 March 2017 || Dissolved (22 September 2026)
|-
| [[IDRS Limited]] (05945499) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 14 March 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Mediate Direct Limited]] (04102158) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 14 March 2017 || Active
|-
| [[CEDR Solve Limited]] (04216681) || — || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 14 March 2017 || Dissolved (1 September 2026)
|-
| [[CEDR Services Limited]] (03271988) || European Dispute Resolution Limited (1996–2010); Calmawest Limited (1996–1996) || Director<ref name="CHMG2" /> || 22 January 2015 || 21 January 2017 || Active
|}

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Michael]]
[[Category:Education|Grabiner, Michael]]
[[Category:Charity trustees|Grabiner, Michael]]

Ian Grabiner

2026-11-08T11:38:54Z

Jewish-media research: New page: Ian Grabiner (sourced profile)

{{short description|'''British retail executive; chief executive of Arcadia Group, 2009–2020'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ian Grabiner
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = May 1959
| nationality = British
| occupation = Retail executive and investor
| known_for = Chief executive of [[Arcadia Group Limited|Arcadia Group]] (2009–2020); president of [[Selectika]] (from 2023)
}}
'''Ian Michael Grabiner''' (born May 1959) is a British retail executive who was chief executive of [[Arcadia Group Limited|Arcadia Group]], the [[Philip Green (Arcadia)|Philip Green]]-controlled owner of [[Topshop]], [[Topman]], [[Burton]], [[Dorothy Perkins]] and [[Miss Selfridge]], from October 2009 until the group went into administration in November 2020.<ref name="Guardian2009">Zoe Wood, [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/oct/22/sir-philip-green-warning-market-recovery Sir Philip Green names new chief executive of Arcadia store chain] ''The Guardian'', 22 October 2009, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="BBC2020">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55139369 Topshop owner Arcadia goes into administration] ''BBC News'', 30 November 2020, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> He had joined Arcadia as chief operating officer in December 2002.<ref name="Telegraph2002">Kate Rankine, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Green puts Grabiner in key Arcadia post] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 December 2002, accessed 8 November 2026 (read from the [https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2836193/Green-puts-Grabiner-in-key-Arcadia-post.html Wayback Machine copy]).</ref> In September 2023 he became president of, and an investor in, the fashion e-commerce software company [[Selectika]].<ref name="RTIH2023">Staff Writer, [https://retailtechinnovationhub.com/home/2023/9/22/fashion-retail-veteran-ian-grabiner-makes-substantial-investment-in-selectika-and-becomes-president Fashion retail veteran Ian Grabiner makes 'substantial investment' in Selectika and becomes President] ''Retail Technology Innovation Hub'', 22 September 2023, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

''The Daily Telegraph'' reported in 2002 that Grabiner was "the first cousin of [[Anthony Grabiner|Lord Grabiner QC]], Arcadia's recently appointed non-executive chairman", and a "first cousin of businessmen brothers [[Stephen Grabiner|Stephen]] and [[Michael Grabiner]]".<ref name="Telegraph2002" /> ''BBC News'' also described him in 2016 as "Lord Grabiner's cousin".<ref name="BBC2016">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36355502 MPs set to question BHS directors and advisers] ''BBC News'', 23 May 2016, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Early retail career ==
According to ''The Daily Telegraph'', Grabiner first worked with [[Philip Green (Arcadia)|Philip Green]] at the quoted retailer [[Amber Day]], where he "ran Amber Day's main subsidiary, discount chain What Everyone Wants". He then became commercial director of [[Sports Division]], the sportswear chain owned by Green and [[Tom B Hunter|Tom Hunter]] that was sold to [[JJB Sports]], and later joined Hunter at the e-commerce business Reality, which was sold to [[Great Universal Stores|GUS]] for £35 million around 1999. The paper said he had left GUS two weeks before his Arcadia appointment, having most recently run its distribution and call-centre business.<ref name="Telegraph2002" />

Companies House records match this sequence. Grabiner was a director of [[What Everyone Wants Limited]] (SC049348) from 12 March 1990 to 12 August 1994, and of [[WEW Group plc]] (00410594), formerly Amber Day Holdings, until 12 August 1994. He was a director of [[Sports Division Limited]] (SC144753) and related sportswear companies from 1995–96 until 11 September 1998. From December 1999 to 2 December 2002 he was a director of four Scottish companies then named Reality (later [[GUS Business Holdings Limited]], [[GUS (UK) Holdings 2003]], [[GUS Ventures (2003) Limited]] and [[G.U.S. Catalogue Order Limited]]), and of the former G.U.S. Home Shopping Limited ([[00739600 Limited]]).<ref name="CHIan3">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/2X59fFxAZH-4nA28bwGEvhZ6HN8/appointments Ian Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (30 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Arcadia Group ==
''The Daily Telegraph'' reported on 11 December 2002 that Green, who "two months ago paid £850m for Arcadia", had appointed Grabiner, then 43, as chief operating officer, replacing chief executive [[Stuart Rose]], and that Grabiner was "investing £1.1m for a 1.35pc shareholding in the company".<ref name="Telegraph2002" /> Companies House records his appointment as a director of [[AGL Realisations Limited]] (00237511), then [[Arcadia Group Limited]], on 12 December 2002.<ref name="CHIan3" />

In October 2009 Green made him chief executive. ''The Guardian'' called him Green's "right-hand man" and "a lifetime rag trader who first worked for Green 20 years ago", overseeing a business with sales of £2.7 billion across 3,115 stores after Arcadia absorbed [[BHS]].<ref name="Guardian2009" /> On 10 June 2009 he had become a director of the holding companies [[Taveta Investments Limited]] (04464926) and [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] (05137091), on whose boards his cousin [[Anthony Grabiner|Lord Grabiner]] also sat.<ref name="CHIan3" /><ref name="CHAG4">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1kJJYLVzP9QurdpyFL9dZ5PxqkQ/appointments Anthony GRABINER personal appointments], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref> After [[Karren Brady]] left the chair of [[Taveta Investments Limited|Taveta]], a Taveta statement quoted by ''Retail Week'' said that Arcadia Group Limited's board remained "under the chairmanship of group CEO Ian Grabiner".<ref name="RetailWeek">[https://www.retail-week.com/fashion/karren-brady-resigns-as-chair-of-arcadia-owner/7031225.article Karren Brady resigns as chair of Arcadia owner] ''Retail Week'', accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

Arcadia appointed [[Deloitte]] as administrators on 30 November 2020. Grabiner, as chief executive, said that "the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the forced closure of our stores for prolonged periods, has severely impacted on trading across all of our brands".<ref name="BBC2020" /> On 5 December 2018 he was appointed a director of a further 24 Arcadia and Redcastle property and trading companies. Most of these companies, and Arcadia Group Limited itself (renamed [[AGL Realisations Limited]] in December 2021), are recorded by Companies House as in liquidation or dissolved, without resignation dates for him.<ref name="CHIan2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/zWqqtlC1-bW2FavZd1X2Lt_zTYs/appointments Ian Michael GRABINER personal appointments] (27 appointments), accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHIan3" />

== Later roles ==
On 22 September 2023 [[Selectika]], a visual AI and personalisation company for e-commerce, announced Grabiner as its president and said he had made an undisclosed investment. Selectika's co-founder and chief executive [[Tali Bezalel]] called him "our President and key investor".<ref name="RTIH2023" /> Selectika's website lists him as president.<ref name="Selectika">Selectika, [https://selectika.com/team-member/ian-grabiner/ Ian Grabiner — President], accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

His current Companies House appointments include [[Grabiner Family Investments Ltd]] (from 28 November 2022) and [[IMG Consultancy Ltd]] (from 21 March 2022).<ref name="CHIan2" /> He was a director of the Glasgow children's charity [[Radio Clyde Cash for Kids]] (SC365231) from 14 September 2009 to 2 September 2013.<ref name="CHIan3" />

== Company appointments ==
Two Companies House officer records for Ian Michael Grabiner (born May 1959) both include Arcadia group companies, and are combined below.<ref name="CHIan2" /><ref name="CHIan3" /> Where no resignation is recorded, the company is in liquidation or has been dissolved, or the appointment is current.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Ian Michael Grabiner (born May 1959), combined from two officer records (57 appointments; read 8 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Former names (Companies House) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[WEW Group plc]] (00410594) || Amber Day Holdings Public Limited Company (1946–1994) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || Not stated || 12 August 1994 || Dissolved (8 October 2013)
|-
| [[What Everyone Wants Limited]] (SC049348) || What Every Women Wants (1971) Limited (1971–1987) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 12 March 1990 || 12 August 1994 || Dissolved (26 February 2013)
|-
| [[Blane Leisure Limited]] (NF003210) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 22 May 1995 || — (no resignation recorded) || Converted/closed
|-
| [[SSL Retail Limited]] (01296016) || Olympus Sport International Limited (1985–1991) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 26 November 1995 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (6 January 2016)
|-
| [[Mayfind Limited]] (03121229) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 26 November 1995 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (21 April 2014)
|-
| [[Sports Division Limited]] (SC144753) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 3 April 1996 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (23 April 2014)
|-
| [[SSL Sports and Leisurewear plc]] (00794310) || Sears Sports and Leisurewear Public Limited Company (1989–1995); Milletts Leisure Shops plc (1978–1989) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 23 May 1996 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (8 September 2015)
|-
| [[Astral Sports and Leisure (Retail) Limited]] (00559053) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 15 September 1997 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (8 September 2015)
|-
| [[Blane Leisure Limited]] (SC109050) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 15 September 1997 || 11 September 1998 || Dissolved (1 January 2016)
|-
| [[MJM International Limited]] (SC169601) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 4 June 1999 || 9 July 2001 || Dissolved (7 December 2021)
|-
| [[GUS Business Holdings Limited]] (SC201170) || Reality Business Holdings Limited (2000–2003); Enternetuk.com Limited (2000–2000); Enterpriseuk.com Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 21 December 1999 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (29 January 2010)
|-
| [[GUS (UK) Holdings 2003]] (SC182041) || Reality Solutions (UK) Holdings (2000–2003); Reality Group Limited (2000–2000); Reality Creative Design Limited (1998–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 21 December 1999 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (13 April 2011)
|-
| [[GUS Ventures (2003) Limited]] (SC202507) || Reality Solutions UK Limited (2000–2003); Tasteskill Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 20 January 2000 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (29 January 2010)
|-
| [[G.U.S. Catalogue Order Limited]] (SC202754) || Reality Ventures Limited (2000–2003); Heathsort Limited (2000–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 26 January 2000 || 2 December 2002 || Dissolved (29 January 2010)
|-
| [[00739600 Limited]] (00739600) || G.u.s. Home Shopping Limited (1996–2000); G.U.S. Catalogue Order Limited (1984–1996); British Mail Order Corporation Limited (1962–1984) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 19 October 2000 || 2 December 2002 || In liquidation
|-
| [[AGL Realisations Limited]] (00237511) || Arcadia Group Limited (2002–2021); Arcadia Group plc (1998–2002); Burton Group Public Limited Company(the) (1929–1998) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 12 December 2002 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Zoom.co.uk Limited]] (02029103) || Customlook Limited (1986–1999) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 25 March 2003 || 25 July 2005 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Gresse Street Limited]] (05279893) || Ibis (907) Limited (2004–2005) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 15 March 2005 || 8 March 2007 || Active
|-
| [[Tammy (Girlswear) Limited]] (00755570) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 7 April 2005 || 22 April 2005 || Dissolved (17 May 2022)
|-
| [[Matte Card Services Limited]] (04750439) || Etam Card Services Limited (2003–2005) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 7 April 2005 || 22 April 2005 || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Muse Retail Limited]] (05615625) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 8 November 2005 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (16 August 2022)
|-
| [[Arcadia Group (USA) Limited]] (06404527) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 19 October 2007 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (1 September 2021)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments (No.2) Limited]] (05137091) || Alnery No. 2446 Limited (2004–2004) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 10 June 2009 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Taveta Investments Limited]] (04464926) || Ibis (780) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 10 June 2009 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Radio Clyde Cash for Kids]] (SC365231) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 14 September 2009 || 2 September 2013 || Active
|-
| [[SHB Realisations Limited]] (00229606) || BHS Limited (1988–2016); British Home Stores plc (1928–1988) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 24 September 2009 || 11 March 2015 || In liquidation
|-
| [[Revival Acquisitions Limited]] (05071719) || Sensefolder Limited (2004–2004) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 4 March 2011 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (16 August 2022)
|-
| [[Top Shop/Top Man Limited]] (02317752) || Arcadia Group Investments Limited (1997–1999); Mccord Limited (1995–1997); Rail Miles Limited (1988–1995) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 16 January 2013 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Top Shop/Top Man (Holdings) Limited]] (08286047) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 16 January 2013 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[AGBL Opco Realisations Limited]] (01016191) || Arcadia Group Brands Limited (1998–2021); Greenhawk Limited (1997–1998); Dorsub (Tmr) Limited (1994–1997) || Director<ref name="CHIan3" /> || 11 September 2014 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (8 March 2023)
|-
| [[TS Wholesale Realisations Limited]] (08458338) || Top Shop/top Man (Wholesale) Limited (2013–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[WR Propco Realisations Limited]] (00306819) || Wallis Retail Properties Limited (2003–2021); Wallis Fashion Group Limited (1976–2003); Wallis & Company (Costumiers) Limited (1935–1976) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle (Freeholds) Limited]] (08975518) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Dor Opco Realisations Limited]] (08907197) || Dorothy Perkins Trading Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[WR Opco Realisations Limited]] (04250825) || Wallis Retail Limited (2001–2021); Fallonland Limited (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[OU Propco Realisations Limited]] (08975615) || Outfit Retail Properties Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[OU Opco Realisations Limited]] (04251395) || Outfit Retail Limited (2001–2021); Jasminedrift Limited (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[BD Propco Realisations Limited]] (04464946) || Burton / Dorothy Perkins Properties Limited (2002–2021); Ibis (784) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[TS (Trinity) Realisations Limited]] (10013441) || Top Shop/top Man (Trinity) Limited (2016–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[MS Opco Realisations Limited]] (04251393) || Miss Selfridge Retail Limited (2001–2021); Jasminebrook Limited (2001–2001) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle Limited]] (03194733) || Burton Group Properties Limited (1996–1998); Pumahaven Limited (1996–1996) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[EV Opco Realisations Limited]] (08907190) || Evans Retail Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle (TCR) Limited]] (10878770) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[MS Propco Realisations Limited]] (00954960) || Miss Selfridge Properties Limited (2003–2021); Miss Selfridge Limited (1969–2003) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Bur Trading Opco Realisations Limited]] (08907182) || Burton Trading Limited (2014–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[TS Propco Realisations Limited]] (04464942) || Top Shop / Top Man Properties Limited (2002–2021); Ibis (783) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle (TS/TM) Limited]] (08975482) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || In liquidation
|-
| [[Redcastle Investments Limited]] (01702378) || Burton Group Investments Limited (1990–1998); Burton Group Financial Services plc (1987–1990); Welbeck Retail Services Limited (1983–1987) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[TS (Germany) Realisations Limited]] (09999186) || Top Shop/top Man (Germany) Limited (2016–2021) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (9 March 2023)
|-
| [[EV Propco Realisations Limited]] (04464936) || Evans Retail Properties Limited (2002–2021); Ibis (782) Limited (2002–2002) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (9 March 2023)
|-
| [[Redcastle (Leaseholds) Limited]] (08975511) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (25 January 2022)
|-
| [[Redcastle Properties Limited]] (03871193) || Carnivaldew Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Top Shop/Top Man (Australia) Limited]] (10842782) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || — (no resignation recorded) || Dissolved (30 November 2023)
|-
| [[Redcastle (214 Oxford Street) Limited]] (03871240) || Hornfrost Limited (1999–2000) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 5 December 2018 || 13 September 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Tatham Place Management Limited]] (04232030) || Ellington Place Management Limited (2001–2004) || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 1 January 2019 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[IMG Consultancy Ltd]] (13993324) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 21 March 2022 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Family Investments Ltd]] (14510743) || — || Director<ref name="CHIan2" /> || 28 November 2022 || — (no resignation recorded) || Active
|}

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Ian]]
[[Category:Charity trustees|Grabiner, Ian]]

Stephen Grabiner

2026-11-07T23:58:25Z

Jewish-media research: Complete Companies House appointment table (all current and former appointments on cited officer records), per user request; other content unchanged

{{Infobox person
| name = Stephen Grabiner
| image = Stephen Grabiner Guardian 2012.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = Stephen Grabiner (Guardian photograph, published 2012)
| birth_date = September 1958
| nationality = British
| occupation = Media executive and investor
| known_for = Chairman of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', 2013–2019; former head of media at [[Apax Partners]]
}}
'''Stephen Grabiner''' (born September 1958) is a British media executive and investor who chaired ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' from October 2013 to June 2019. He was earlier managing director of the ''[[The Telegraph|Daily Telegraph]]'' and head of the media portfolio at the private equity firm [[Apax Partners]].<ref name="Guardian2012">Josh Halliday, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/15/stephen-grabiner-joins-times-board Stephen Grabiner joins Times board of directors] ''The Guardian'', 15 June 2012, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHG">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/BJBOO5yI7uC8Bdp3SedfOSjn8eA/appointments Stephen GRABINER personal appointments] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Newspaper and investment career ==
''The Guardian'' reported in 2012 that Grabiner had been managing director of the ''Daily Telegraph'' for three years, had run [[Express Newspapers]] while at [[United News and Media|United News & Media]] in the late 1990s, and had left [[Apax Partners]] in 2010 after 11 years as head of its media portfolio.<ref name="Guardian2012" /> In June 2012 he was appointed a director of [[Times Newspapers]], publisher of ''[[The Times]]'' and ''The Sunday Times''.<ref name="Guardian2012" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Times Newspapers Holdings Limited]] from 13 June 2012 to 3 March 2022, and as a director or member of Apax Partners companies until 30 November 2010.<ref name="CHG" />

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
Companies House records Grabiner as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited]] from May 2005 to December 2008, and as a director of the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]] from 7 March to 23 October 2013.<ref name="CHG" /><ref name="CHJF">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01864076/officers The Jacob Foundation (01864076): officers] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> On 24 October 2013 ''The Jewish Chronicle'' reported that an extraordinary general meeting had appointed a new board, that the Kessler Foundation, its majority shareholder, had decided to appoint Grabiner to lead it, and that he would stand down as a member of the foundation. The outgoing board included [[Anthony Julius]], [[Daniel Finkelstein|Lord Finkelstein]], Paul Mann and Michael Marx.<ref name="JC2013">[https://www.thejc.com/news/the-jcs-new-board-e8x7yy6c The JC's new Board] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 October 2013, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his reappointment as a director of both companies on 22 October 2013.<ref name="CHG" />

Asked in December 2013 about a rumoured editorial appointment, Grabiner told the ''Evening Standard'' that the paper "is owned by a trust that is there to ensure the paper's editorial independence, so any significant changes would be beyond my remit".<ref name="Standard2013">[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/is-it-all-change-at-the-jewish-chronicle-9024172.html Is it all change at the Jewish Chronicle?] ''Evening Standard'', 24 December 2013, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

He stepped down as chairman in June 2019, when the paper was refinanced through donations to the Kessler Foundation and [[Alan Jacobs (born 1962)|Alan Jacobs]] succeeded him.<ref name="JC2019">[https://www.thejc.com/news/good-news-about-the-future-of-the-jc-yb1zx7yj Good news about the future of the JC] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 20 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The foundation's chair, [[Clive Wolman]], referred to "the huge unpaid contribution" Grabiner had made over six years.<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his resignation from both company boards on 21 June 2019.<ref name="CHG" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Stephen Grabiner (76 in all: 64 as director, 12 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Telegraph Books Limited]] (02002119) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || Before 16 May 1991 || 7 June 1996 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Telegraph Publishing Limited]] (01984132) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || Before 16 May 1992 || 7 June 1996 || Active
|-
| [[Telegraph Media Group Limited]] (00451593) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 5 April 1993 || 8 May 1996 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Reach Printing Services (West Ferry) Limited]] (01997219) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 October 1995 || 26 February 1998 || Active
|-
| [[GPC Manchester Limited]] (01985540) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 November 1995 || 7 June 1996 || Active
|-
| [[UBMG Holdings]] (00152298) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 June 1996 || 23 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Express Newspapers]] (00141748) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 June 1996 || 23 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[United Advertising Publications Limited]] (01377454) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 February 1997 || 23 April 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Regional Independent Media Limited]] (01768656) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 May 1997 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Johnston Publishing (North) Ltd.]] (03392487) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 October 1997 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[United Regional Newspapers Limited]] (03212881) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 December 1997 || 23 April 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[PA Media Group Limited]] (00004197) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 December 1997 || 2 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Yorkshire Post Newspapers Limited]] (00002899) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 30 January 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Lancashire Evening Post Limited]] (01344614) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 30 January 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Blackpool Gazette and Herald Limited]] (00042125) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 3 February 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Sheffield Newspapers Limited]] (00780919) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 February 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner Management Company Ltd]] (03162888) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 20 February 1998 || — || Active
|-
| [[Apax Partners UK Ltd]] (01342446) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 16 July 1999 || 31 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Hallco 413 Limited]] (03949621) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 April 2000 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Oberon Media (UK) Limited]] (03555358) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 August 2000 || 21 November 2001 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Hibu plc]] (04180320) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 May 2001 || 11 June 2002 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Holdings 2 Limited]] (04180359) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yellow Pages Limited]] (04175821) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Limited]] (04205228) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[YH Limited]] (04193755) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Hibu plc]] (04180320) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 July 2002 || 30 June 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Studio Limited]] (01674826) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 July 2002 || 15 July 2003 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Yell Sales Limited]] (01403041) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 July 2002 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Apax WW Nominees Ltd.]] (04693597) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 March 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax PP Nominees Limited]] (04255152) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 June 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Partners Europe Managers Ltd]] (04094238) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 June 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Apax Partners|Apax Partners LLP]] (OC303117) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 July 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) (00961929) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 May 2005 || 12 December 2008 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 May 2005 || 12 December 2008 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax WW No.2 Nominees Ltd]] (05841825) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 9 June 2006 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer (Holdco) Limited]] (05938779) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer (Topco) Limited]] (05938774) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Infopro Digital (Bidco) Limited]] (05938776) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Active
|-
| [[Apax Europe VII Nominees Ltd]] (06599576) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 May 2008 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Travelex Holdings Limited]] (05356574) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 May 2008 || 29 January 2015 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer UK Acquisition Limited]] (06337735) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 20 August 2009 || 22 June 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Spring Allies UK Limited]] (06997570) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 September 2009 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner LLP]] (OC357320) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 23 August 2010 || — || Active
|-
| [[UK Israel Business]] (00488496) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 March 2011 || 20 February 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Yachad Ltd]] (07638945) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 May 2011 || 12 September 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Portland Place Advisers LLP]] (OC366512) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 14 July 2011 || 1 August 2012 || Dissolved
|-
| [[The Jewish Museum London]] (02655110) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 15 September 2011 || 31 October 2016 || Active
|-
| [[Timewise Foundation C.I.C.]] (05274371) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 12 October 2011 || 7 May 2018 || Active
|-
| [[Times Newspapers Holdings Limited]] (00206377) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 13 June 2012 || 3 March 2022 || Dissolved
|-
| [[C Squared Networks Ltd]] (08391925) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 February 2013 || — || Active
|-
| [[The Jacob Foundation]] (01864076) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 March 2013 || 23 October 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Rnbills Limited]] (08475257) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 5 April 2013 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Blue Light Developments Limited]] (08675416) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 September 2013 || 17 October 2022 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 October 2013 || 21 June 2019 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) (00961929) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 October 2013 || 21 June 2019 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Timewise Solutions Limited]] (08795991) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Active
|-
| [[Timewise Jobs Limited]] (08796200) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Timewise Recruitment Limited]] (08796204) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner Capital Ltd]] (08913789) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 26 February 2014 || — || Active
|-
| [[My TutorWeb Limited]] (08580263) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 October 2014 || 26 May 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Property Ltd]] (01040409) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 15 December 2014 || — || Active
|-
| [[Pointkirk Group Ltd]] (09442124) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 16 February 2015 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Sportsarchivesco Ltd]] (09515208) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 March 2015 || 15 July 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]] (01189861) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 14 March 2016 || 12 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Original Talent Limited]] (09976212) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 17 October 2019 || 22 June 2022 || Active
|-
| [[Alana AI Limited]] (12075488) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 3 June 2020 || 20 September 2024 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Haymarket Ltd]] (12847049) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 August 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coniston Founder LLP]] (OC434175) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital Management LLP]] (OC434157) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital GP LLP]] (OC434177) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner CBG LLP]] (OC434496) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 December 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner ESG LLP]] (OC435259) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 January 2021 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coniston Founder LLP]] (OC434175) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital Management LLP]] (OC434157) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital GP LLP]] (OC434177) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || 28 June 2022 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Founder II LLP]] (OC456815) || LLP Member (in a trustee capacity)<ref name="CHOffStephenGrabiner2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/PzDiRTgMdABoYgakzFbMhQRjqdk/appointments Stephen Grabiner In His Capacity As Trustee Of THE STEPHEN GRABINER CHILDREN'S TRUST: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 8 August 2025 || — || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer records cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom. Companies House holds these appointments under 2 separate officer records in the same name and month of birth; the additional records are included where career details or co-officers corroborate the identity. Companies House also holds a second entry for his Jewish Literary Trust directorship, dated 1 March 2016, under a separate officer record.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Stephen]]
[[Category:Media|Grabiner, Stephen]]

Alan Jacobs (born 1962)

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{{Infobox person
| name = Alan Jacobs
| image = Alan Jacobs BFHU 2022.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = Alan Jacobs in 2022
| birth_name = Alan Steven Jacobs
| birth_date = January 1962
| nationality = British
| education = [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] (law)
| occupation = Investor and adviser
| known_for = Chairman of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', 2019–2020; director of [[The Jacob Foundation]]
}}
'''Alan Steven Jacobs''' (born January 1962) is a British investor and adviser, founder of the London firm [[Jacobs Capital Limited|Jacobs Capital]], who chaired ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' from June 2019 until its sale in April 2020 and has since been a director of [[The Jacob Foundation]], owner of ''[[Jewish News]]''.<ref name="BFHU2022">British Friends of the Hebrew University, [https://www.bfhu.org/2022/04/05/british-friends-of-the-hebrew-university-announces-alan-jacobs-as-chair-and-isaac-kaye-appointed-president/ British Friends of the Hebrew University announces Alan Jacobs as Chair and Isaac Kaye appointed President] 5 April 2022, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHJacobs">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Ek7fb62g3TRZV6kwW9lGLNOfucY/appointments Alan Steven JACOBS personal appointments] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Career ==
According to a 2022 announcement by [[British Friends of the Hebrew University]], Jacobs is a law graduate of [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and the founder and principal of [[Jacobs Capital Limited|Jacobs Capital]], a London-based investment and advisory firm.<ref name="BFHU2022" /> Companies House records him as a director of Jacobs Capital Limited from March 2004 and [[Jacobs Capital Holdings Limited]] from July 2004, and as a former director of companies including [[Reiss (Holdings) Limited]] (2008–2016), [[Corbin & King]] Hotel Group Limited (2010–2011), the Zoggs group (2015–2020) and [[Retail Media Group Ltd]] (2008–2020).<ref name="CHJacobs" />

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
In June 2019 ''The Jewish Chronicle'' announced new funding from its parent, the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]], from about 20 donors, and said that Jacobs had replaced [[Stephen Grabiner]] as chairman. Jacobs was quoted as saying: "The editorial independence of the Jewish Chronicle is paramount."<ref name="JC2019">[https://www.thejc.com/news/good-news-about-the-future-of-the-jc-yb1zx7yj Good news about the future of the JC] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 20 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> ''InPublishing'' described him as non-executive chair.<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The editor, [[Stephen Pollard]], credited [[Jonathan Goldstein]] with assembling the donors and thanked Jacobs and Michael Goldberg for working "tirelessly to bring Jonathan's idea to fruition".<ref name="Pollard2019">Stephen Pollard, [https://www.thejc.com/opinion/heres-to-the-next-178-years-a-new-lease-of-life-for-the-jewish-chronicle-k6osrd7k Here's to the next 178 years: a new lease of life for the Jewish Chronicle] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 20 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his appointment as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited]] on 21 June 2019.<ref name="CHJacobs" />

On 15 April 2020 Jacobs, [[David Kershaw (born 1954)|David Kershaw]] and Raymond Harrod were appointed directors of a newly incorporated company, [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]], which never filed accounts and was struck off in September 2021.<ref name="CH12557970">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12557970/officers Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited (12557970): officers] and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12557970/filing-history filing history], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> In his farewell article of 23 April 2020 Jacobs wrote that the owners had placed the paper into liquidation and agreed its sale to a consortium led by [[Robbie Gibb]], because there was "insufficient appetite within the donor community" for the Kessler Foundation to match the consortium's offer. He thanked ''Jewish News'' for "the constructive and open way in which they entered into the merger discussions" and stated that his time as chairman had ended.<ref name="Jacobs2020">Alan Jacobs, [https://www.thejc.com/news/thanks-to-staff-donors-and-readers-qazyrw2y Thanks to staff, donors and readers] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 23 April 2020, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== The Jacob Foundation and Jewish News ==
Companies House records Jacobs as a director of [[The Jacob Foundation]] (formerly The Kessler Foundation) from 5 November 2020.<ref name="CHJacobs" /> In 2022 [[British Friends of the Hebrew University]] described him as a trustee of the foundation, "owner of the Jewish News".<ref name="BFHU2022" />

== Charitable and communal roles ==
In April 2022 Jacobs succeeded Isaac Kaye as chair of [[British Friends of the Hebrew University]]; the announcement described him as a former trustee of the [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] (UJIA) and the [[Union of Jewish Students of the UK and Ireland|Union of Jewish Students]].<ref name="BFHU2022" /> Companies House records directorships of UJIA (2004–2007), the [[B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation]] (2012–2019), [[Henrietta Barnett School]] (2018–2020) and British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (from March 2021).<ref name="CHJacobs" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Alan Steven Jacobs (42 in all: 39 as director, 3 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[JHSW Limited]] (00532081) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 1 April 1997 || 24 April 2000 || Active
|-
| [[Heath Jacobs Limited]] (05016725) || Secretary<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 15 January 2004 || — || Active
|-
| [[Heath Jacobs Limited]] (05016725) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 15 January 2004 || — || Active
|-
| [[Jacobs Capital Limited]] (04985914) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 3 March 2004 || — || Active
|-
| [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] (03295115) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 18 March 2004 || 17 May 2007 || Active
|-
| [[Jacobs Capital Holdings Limited]] (05168299) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 1 July 2004 || — || Active
|-
| [[Jacobs Capital Advisory Limited]] (05569949) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 21 September 2005 || 26 June 2026 || Active
|-
| [[UCS Facilities]] (05926954) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 6 September 2006 || 16 September 2009 || Active
|-
| [[ARG Realisations 2016 Limited]] (00164291) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 15 December 2006 || 11 April 2016 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Gajan Holdings Limited]] (06160362) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 27 March 2007 || 15 April 2016 || Active
|-
| [[Zog Brownfield Ventures Limited]] (06259685) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 26 June 2007 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Zog Brownfield Opportunities Limited]] (06259699) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 26 June 2007 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Eighteen-24 Limited]] (05144751) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 25 September 2007 || 1 October 2018 || Active
|-
| [[Quorum (OC) Limited]] (06221825) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 11 October 2007 || 6 May 2009 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Retail Media Group Ltd.]] (06573321) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 22 April 2008 || 20 October 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Reiss (Holdings) Limited]] (03692285) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 24 April 2008 || 4 May 2016 || Active
|-
| [[Zero C Holdings Limited]] (06540829) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 11 September 2008 || 22 December 2014 || Active
|-
| [[Bosco Retail Advertising Limited]] (06880516) || Director<ref name="CHOffAlanStevenJacobs2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/ebnRHenhVwWpxWca4F3NESMC6bo/appointments Alan JACOBS: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 17 April 2009 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Retail Advertising Ltd]] (06900143) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 8 May 2009 || 20 October 2020 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Officers Field Development Limited]] (07167731) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 24 February 2010 || 22 December 2014 || Active
|-
| [[Edgewood Bushey 100 LLP]] (OC353490) || LLP Member<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 23 March 2010 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Corbin & King Hotel Group Limited]] (04739085) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 19 April 2010 || 6 October 2011 || Dissolved
|-
| [[ZeroC Group (2008) Limited]] (07465675) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 23 February 2011 || 22 December 2014 || Active
|-
| [[A. Levy & Son Limited]] (00487019) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 12 April 2011 || 23 December 2015 || Dissolved
|-
| [[The Kendal Group Limited]] (04710181) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 24 January 2012 || 20 May 2020 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Lannis Limited]] (07875222) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 29 March 2012 || 1 April 2018 || Active
|-
| [[CC Realisations 2016 Limited]] (00510900) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 17 May 2012 || 11 April 2016 || Dissolved
|-
| [[B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation]] (00546659) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 1 September 2012 || 5 June 2019 || Active
|-
| [[Reiss Management Investments Limited]] (08781804) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 19 December 2013 || 4 May 2016 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Zoggs Group Limited]] (09514671) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 1 May 2015 || 1 November 2018 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jacobs Capital Acquisitions Limited]] (10420941) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 11 October 2016 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Crookham Common LLP]] (OC412127) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 12 August 2017 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[The Henrietta Barnett School]] (07992842) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 3 September 2018 || 2 July 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Wearisma Ltd.]] (09327823) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 11 October 2018 || 22 March 2023 || Active
|-
| [[Be Offices Limited]] (07337363) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 9 November 2018 || 20 March 2023 || In Administration
|-
| [[Zoggs Acquisitions Limited]] (09473869) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 20 December 2018 || 20 May 2020 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 21 June 2019 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) (00961929) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 21 June 2019 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 15 April 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[The Jacob Foundation]] (01864076) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 5 November 2020 || — || Active
|-
| [[British Friends of the Hebrew University|British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] (06350828) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 25 March 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[Nirvana Brewery Ltd]] (10013728) || Director<ref name="CHJacobs" /> || 1 May 2024 || — || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer records cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom. Companies House holds these appointments under 2 separate officer records in the same name and month of birth; the additional records are included where career details or co-officers corroborate the identity.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Businesspeople|Jacobs, Alan]]
[[Category:Philanthropists|Jacobs, Alan]]
[[Category:Media|Jacobs, Alan]]

Justin Cohen (born 1980)

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{{short description|'''British journalist, news editor and co-publisher of ''Jewish News'' and director of The Jewish News Limited'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Justin Cohen
| image = Justin Cohen MBE investiture 2024.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Justin Cohen receiving his MBE from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle, June 2024
| birth_date = December 1980
| nationality = British
| occupation = News editor and co-publisher, ''[[Jewish News]]''
}}
'''Justin Cohen''' is a British journalist. He is news editor and co-publisher of the London weekly ''[[Jewish News]]'', and a director of its publisher, [[The Jewish News Limited]].<ref name="JNJournalists">''Jewish News'', [https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/our-journalists/ Our journalists] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHCohenAppts">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/-aOljWKWDCjTd7t-IHwNpuKA-wY/appointments Justin Anthony Cohen: appointments] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Jewish News ==
In November 2020 ''Jewish News'' reported that ownership of the paper had passed from its long-time proprietor [[Leopold Noé|Leo Noé]] to a charitable trust, the [[Independent Jewish Community News Foundation]]. It named editor [[Richard Ferrer]] and news editor Justin Cohen as co-publishers.<ref name="JNGift2020">''Jewish News'', [https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/jewish-news-owner-gifts-the-title-to-charitable-foundation/ Jewish News owner gifts the title to charitable foundation] 12 November 2020, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records Justin Anthony Cohen as a director of [[The Jewish News Limited]] from 11 November 2020, the same date as Ferrer's appointment.<ref name="CHJNOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03302610/officers The Jewish News Limited: officers] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> His author page on the paper's website describes him as "the News Editor at the Jewish News".<ref name="JNCohen">''Jewish News'', [https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/writers/justin-cohen/ Justin Cohen] (author page), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Justin Anthony Cohen (3 in all: 3 as director, 0 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Provident Street Limited]] (09408773) || Director<ref name="CHOffJustinAnthonyCohen2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/qHuXp6OFcvS-m9uXFV9B_lQja-w/appointments Justin Anthony COHEN: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 27 January 2015 || — || Active
|-
| [[Marston Investments Limited]] (10553549) || Director<ref name="CHCohenAppts" /> || 9 January 2017 || — || Active
|-
| [[The Jewish News Limited]] (03302610) || Director<ref name="CHCohenAppts" /> || 11 November 2020 || — || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer records cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom. Companies House holds these appointments under 2 separate officer records in the same name and month of birth; the additional records are included where career details or co-officers corroborate the identity.
Companies House also records Cohen as a person with significant control of [[Marston Investments Limited]], holding more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares.<ref name="CHMarstonPSC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10553549/persons-with-significant-control Marston Investments Limited: persons with significant control] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Marston Investments Limited's stated business is "other letting and operating of own or leased real estate".<ref name="CHMarston">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10553549 Marston Investments Limited: overview] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Journalists|Cohen, Justin]]
[[Category:Editors|Cohen, Justin]]
[[Category:Company directors|Cohen, Justin]]

Jonathan Kandel

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{{short description|'''British director and person with significant control of Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, publisher of ''The Jewish Chronicle'''''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jonathan Kandel
| image = Jonathan Kandel.png
| caption = Jonathan Kandel
| birth_date = June 1974
| nationality = British
| occupation = Company director
| known_for = Person with significant control of [[Jewish Chronicle Media Limited]]
}}
'''Jonathan Neil Kandel''' is a British company director. Since 12 August 2024 he has been the only registered person with significant control of [[Jewish Chronicle Media Limited]], the publisher of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', holding 75% or more of its shares and voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors.<ref name="CHJCMLPSC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12562281/persons-with-significant-control Jewish Chronicle Media Limited: persons with significant control] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> He is also a director of the company.<ref name="CHKandelAppts">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/riP55caik5uolJYWRpS5_3DySWw/appointments Jonathan Neil Kandel: appointments] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> In both roles he replaced [[Robbie Gibb]], who had led the consortium that bought the paper in 2020.<ref name="JC2024">JC Reporter, [https://www.thejc.com/news/jewish-chronicle-converts-to-charitable-structure-vdxvyp2j Jewish Chronicle converts to charitable structure] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 2 July 2024, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
On 2 July 2024 ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' announced "the next phase of its conversion to a charitable structure, with ownership of the newspaper vested in a trust and control exercised by the trustees". It said that [[Ian Austin|Lord Austin of Dudley]], [[Joseph Dweck|Rabbi Joseph Dweck]] and Kandel would join the board, and that [[Robbie Gibb|Sir Robbie Gibb]] would "depart as a Director and divest his shares".<ref name="JC2024" />

Writing in ''[[The Guardian]]'' on 20 September 2024, [[Matthew Weaver]] reported that the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] had "no record of an application for charitable status" from the paper. He also reported that the only apparent change at Companies House was Gibb's replacement as person with significant control by Kandel, whom he described as "a former tax lawyer whose LinkedIn page says he now works as a senior consultant for the [[Starwood Capital Group]]".<ref name="Guardian2024">Matthew Weaver, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/20/elon-perry-jewish-chronicle How the Elon Perry fabrication scandal shook the Jewish Chronicle] ''The Guardian'', 20 September 2024, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

Kandel signed the accounts of [[Jewish Chronicle Media Limited]] for the year to 31 December 2025 on 23 February 2026.<ref name="JCMLAccounts2025">Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, ''Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025'', filed at Companies House, company no. 12562281.</ref>

== The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative CIC ==
Kandel has been the sole director of [[The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative CIC]] since 21 September 2024, and its person with significant control from the same date. He holds 75% or more of its voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors. He succeeded Robbie Gibb, who had formed the company in June 2021.<ref name="CHCICPSC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13455174/persons-with-significant-control The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative CIC: persons with significant control] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHCICOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13455174/officers The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative CIC: officers] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> He signed the company's 2025 accounts, which show £1,639,767 cash at bank and £923,000 owed to "other creditors" at 31 December 2025.<ref name="CICAccounts2025">The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative CIC, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13455174/filing-history/MzU0NjMwNjc2NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Accounts and CIC 34 report for the year ended 31 December 2025] Companies House, filed 24 September 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Jonathan Neil Kandel (4 in all: 2 as director, 2 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Clifford Chance LLP]] (OC323571) || LLP Member<ref name="CHOffJonathanNeilKandel2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/uhtPWTkbL30P73-adaCocYoSa60/appointments Jonathan Neil KANDEL: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 1 May 2008 || 22 October 2011 || Active
|-
| [[Kirkland & Ellis LLP]] (OC425451) || LLP Member<ref name="CHOffJonathanNeilKandel3">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/sGBYeEMgUkOeOEPj_XkPGsE0n14/appointments Jonathan KANDEL: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 10 January 2023 || 31 January 2024 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Media Limited]] (12562281) || Director<ref name="CHKandelAppts" /> || 12 August 2024 || — || Active
|-
| [[The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative CIC]] (13455174) || Director<ref name="CHKandelAppts" /> || 21 September 2024 || — || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer records cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom. Companies House holds these appointments under 3 separate officer records in the same name and month of birth; the additional records are included where career details or co-officers corroborate the identity. His Kirkland & Ellis profile lists him as a partner of Clifford Chance from 2008 to 2011 and head of tax at Weil, Gotshal & Manges from 2011 to 2015 before he became a tax partner at Kirkland & Ellis in London.<ref name="KirklandBio">Kirkland & Ellis, [https://web.archive.org/web/20230501015458/https://www.kirkland.com/lawyers/k/kandel-jonathan Jonathan Kandel] (archived 1 May 2023), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
Other recorded roles:
{| class="wikitable"
! Company !! Role !! From !! To
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Media Limited]] (12562281) || Person with significant control<ref name="CHJCMLPSC" /> || 12 August 2024 || current
|-
| [[The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative CIC]] (13455174) || Person with significant control<ref name="CHCICPSC" /> || 21 September 2024 || current
|}

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Company directors|Kandel, Jonathan]]
[[Category:Businesspeople|Kandel, Jonathan]]
[[Category:Media|Kandel, Jonathan]]

Stephen Grabiner

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{{Infobox person
| name = Stephen Grabiner
| image = Stephen Grabiner Guardian 2012.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = Stephen Grabiner (Guardian photograph, published 2012)
| birth_date = September 1958
| nationality = British
| occupation = Media executive and investor
| known_for = Chairman of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', 2013–2019; former head of media at [[Apax Partners]]
}}
'''Stephen Grabiner''' (born September 1958) is a British media executive and investor who chaired ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' from October 2013 to June 2019. He was earlier managing director of the ''[[The Telegraph|Daily Telegraph]]'' and head of the media portfolio at the private equity firm [[Apax Partners]].<ref name="Guardian2012">Josh Halliday, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/15/stephen-grabiner-joins-times-board Stephen Grabiner joins Times board of directors] ''The Guardian'', 15 June 2012, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CHG">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/BJBOO5yI7uC8Bdp3SedfOSjn8eA/appointments Stephen GRABINER personal appointments] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Newspaper and investment career ==
''The Guardian'' reported in 2012 that Grabiner had been managing director of the ''Daily Telegraph'' for three years, had run [[Express Newspapers]] while at [[United News and Media|United News & Media]] in the late 1990s, and had left [[Apax Partners]] in 2010 after 11 years as head of its media portfolio.<ref name="Guardian2012" /> In June 2012 he was appointed a director of [[Times Newspapers]], publisher of ''[[The Times]]'' and ''The Sunday Times''.<ref name="Guardian2012" /> Companies House records him as a director of [[Times Newspapers Holdings Limited]] from 13 June 2012 to 3 March 2022, and as a director or member of Apax Partners companies until 30 November 2010.<ref name="CHG" />

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
Companies House records Grabiner as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] and [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited]] from May 2005 to December 2008, and as a director of the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]] from 7 March to 23 October 2013.<ref name="CHG" /><ref name="CHJF">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01864076/officers The Jacob Foundation (01864076): officers] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> On 24 October 2013 ''The Jewish Chronicle'' reported that an extraordinary general meeting had appointed a new board, that the Kessler Foundation, its majority shareholder, had decided to appoint Grabiner to lead it, and that he would stand down as a member of the foundation. The outgoing board included [[Anthony Julius]], [[Daniel Finkelstein|Lord Finkelstein]], Paul Mann and Michael Marx.<ref name="JC2013">[https://www.thejc.com/news/the-jcs-new-board-e8x7yy6c The JC's new Board] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 24 October 2013, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his reappointment as a director of both companies on 22 October 2013.<ref name="CHG" />

Asked in December 2013 about a rumoured editorial appointment, Grabiner told the ''Evening Standard'' that the paper "is owned by a trust that is there to ensure the paper's editorial independence, so any significant changes would be beyond my remit".<ref name="Standard2013">[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/is-it-all-change-at-the-jewish-chronicle-9024172.html Is it all change at the Jewish Chronicle?] ''Evening Standard'', 24 December 2013, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

He stepped down as chairman in June 2019, when the paper was refinanced through donations to the Kessler Foundation and [[Alan Jacobs (born 1962)|Alan Jacobs]] succeeded him.<ref name="JC2019">[https://www.thejc.com/news/good-news-about-the-future-of-the-jc-yb1zx7yj Good news about the future of the JC] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 20 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The foundation's chair, [[Clive Wolman]], referred to "the huge unpaid contribution" Grabiner had made over six years.<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his resignation from both company boards on 21 June 2019.<ref name="CHG" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of Stephen Grabiner (77 in all: 65 as director, 12 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Telegraph Books Limited]] (02002119) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || Before 16 May 1991 || 7 June 1996 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Telegraph Publishing Limited]] (01984132) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || Before 16 May 1992 || 7 June 1996 || Active
|-
| [[Telegraph Media Group Limited]] (00451593) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 5 April 1993 || 8 May 1996 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Reach Printing Services (West Ferry) Limited]] (01997219) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 October 1995 || 26 February 1998 || Active
|-
| [[GPC Manchester Limited]] (01985540) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 November 1995 || 7 June 1996 || Active
|-
| [[UBMG Holdings]] (00152298) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 June 1996 || 23 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Express Newspapers]] (00141748) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 June 1996 || 23 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[United Advertising Publications Limited]] (01377454) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 February 1997 || 23 April 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Regional Independent Media Limited]] (01768656) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 May 1997 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Johnston Publishing (North) Ltd.]] (03392487) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 October 1997 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[United Regional Newspapers Limited]] (03212881) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 December 1997 || 23 April 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[PA Media Group Limited]] (00004197) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 December 1997 || 2 April 1998 || Active
|-
| [[Yorkshire Post Newspapers Limited]] (00002899) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 30 January 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Lancashire Evening Post Limited]] (01344614) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 30 January 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Blackpool Gazette and Herald Limited]] (00042125) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 3 February 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Sheffield Newspapers Limited]] (00780919) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 February 1998 || 26 February 1998 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner Management Company Ltd]] (03162888) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 20 February 1998 || — || Active
|-
| [[Apax Partners UK Ltd]] (01342446) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 16 July 1999 || 31 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Hallco 413 Limited]] (03949621) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 April 2000 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Oberon Media (UK) Limited]] (03555358) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 August 2000 || 21 November 2001 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Hibu plc]] (04180320) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 May 2001 || 11 June 2002 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Holdings 2 Limited]] (04180359) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yellow Pages Limited]] (04175821) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Limited]] (04205228) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[YH Limited]] (04193755) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 24 May 2001 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Hibu plc]] (04180320) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 July 2002 || 30 June 2003 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Yell Studio Limited]] (01674826) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 July 2002 || 15 July 2003 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Yell Sales Limited]] (01403041) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 July 2002 || 15 July 2003 || Active
|-
| [[Apax WW Nominees Ltd.]] (04693597) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 March 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax PP Nominees Limited]] (04255152) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 6 June 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Partners Europe Managers Ltd]] (04094238) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 June 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Liquidation
|-
| [[Apax Partners|Apax Partners LLP]] (OC303117) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 July 2003 || 30 November 2010 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) (00961929) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 May 2005 || 12 December 2008 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 May 2005 || 12 December 2008 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax WW No.2 Nominees Ltd]] (05841825) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 9 June 2006 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer (Holdco) Limited]] (05938779) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer (Topco) Limited]] (05938774) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Infopro Digital (Bidco) Limited]] (05938776) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 September 2006 || 8 November 2007 || Active
|-
| [[Apax Europe VII Nominees Ltd]] (06599576) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 21 May 2008 || 30 November 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Travelex Holdings Limited]] (05356574) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 May 2008 || 29 January 2015 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Apax Summer UK Acquisition Limited]] (06337735) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 20 August 2009 || 22 June 2010 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Spring Allies UK Limited]] (06997570) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 September 2009 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner LLP]] (OC357320) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 23 August 2010 || — || Active
|-
| [[UK Israel Business]] (00488496) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 March 2011 || 20 February 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Yachad Ltd]] (07638945) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 18 May 2011 || 12 September 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Portland Place Advisers LLP]] (OC366512) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 14 July 2011 || 1 August 2012 || Dissolved
|-
| [[The Jewish Museum London]] (02655110) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 15 September 2011 || 31 October 2016 || Active
|-
| [[Timewise Foundation C.I.C.]] (05274371) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 12 October 2011 || 7 May 2018 || Active
|-
| [[Times Newspapers Holdings Limited]] (00206377) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 13 June 2012 || 3 March 2022 || Dissolved
|-
| [[C Squared Networks Ltd]] (08391925) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 February 2013 || — || Active
|-
| [[The Jacob Foundation]] (01864076) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 7 March 2013 || 23 October 2013 || Active
|-
| [[Rnbills Limited]] (08475257) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 5 April 2013 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Blue Light Developments Limited]] (08675416) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 September 2013 || 17 October 2022 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 October 2013 || 21 June 2019 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited|NCJ Realisation Limited]] (formerly Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited) (00961929) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 22 October 2013 || 21 June 2019 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Timewise Solutions Limited]] (08795991) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Active
|-
| [[Timewise Jobs Limited]] (08796200) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Timewise Recruitment Limited]] (08796204) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 29 November 2013 || 7 May 2018 || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner Capital Ltd]] (08913789) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 26 February 2014 || — || Active
|-
| [[My TutorWeb Limited]] (08580263) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 October 2014 || 26 May 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Property Ltd]] (01040409) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 15 December 2014 || — || Active
|-
| [[Pointkirk Group Ltd]] (09442124) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 16 February 2015 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Sportsarchivesco Ltd]] (09515208) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 March 2015 || 15 July 2020 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]] (01189861) || Director<ref name="CHOffStephenGrabiner2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/BJe5MMFusFM29yc4cL4xAX2-GFU/appointments Stephen GRABINER: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 1 March 2016 || 12 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Literary Trust Limited]] (01189861) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 14 March 2016 || 12 September 2017 || Active
|-
| [[Original Talent Limited]] (09976212) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 17 October 2019 || 22 June 2022 || Active
|-
| [[Alana AI Limited]] (12075488) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 3 June 2020 || 20 September 2024 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner Haymarket Ltd]] (12847049) || Director<ref name="CHG" /> || 31 August 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coniston Founder LLP]] (OC434175) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital Management LLP]] (OC434157) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital GP LLP]] (OC434177) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 11 November 2020 || 12 February 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Grabiner CBG LLP]] (OC434496) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 1 December 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Grabiner ESG LLP]] (OC435259) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 27 January 2021 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coniston Founder LLP]] (OC434175) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital Management LLP]] (OC434157) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Capital GP LLP]] (OC434177) || LLP Member<ref name="CHG" /> || 2 March 2021 || 28 June 2022 || Active
|-
| [[Coniston Founder II LLP]] (OC456815) || LLP Member (as trustee of the Stephen Grabiner Children's Trust)<ref name="CHOffStephenGrabiner3">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/PzDiRTgMdABoYgakzFbMhQRjqdk/appointments Stephen Grabiner In His Capacity As Trustee Of THE STEPHEN GRABINER CHILDREN'S TRUST: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 8 August 2025 || — || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer records cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom. Companies House holds these appointments under 3 separate officer records in the same name and month of birth.

== Notes ==
<references />

[[Category:Businesspeople|Grabiner, Stephen]]
[[Category:Media|Grabiner, Stephen]]

David Kershaw (born 1954)

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{{Infobox person
| name = David Kershaw
| image = David Kershaw Guardian 2009.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = David Kershaw in 2009
| birth_name = David Andrew Kershaw
| birth_date = February 1954
| nationality = British
| education = [[Durham University]] (BA, Politics and Economics); [[London Business School]] (MBA)
| occupation = Advertising executive
| known_for = Co-founder and chief executive of [[M&C Saatchi]]; director of [[The Jacob Foundation]]
}}
'''David Andrew Kershaw''' (born February 1954) is a British advertising executive, a co-founder of [[M&C Saatchi]] and its chief executive until the end of 2020. He was a non-executive director of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' from 2019 to 2020 and has been a director of [[The Jacob Foundation]], owner of ''[[Jewish News]]'', since 2023.<ref name="CHK">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/tyuxue2gnPkfcFG72mBU9YIz4Pc/appointments David Andrew KERSHAW personal appointments] (two pages), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Advertising career ==
According to a 2015 profile by the [[University of the Arts London|London College of Communication]], Kershaw was educated at [[Bedales School]] and [[Durham University]], joined [[Wasey Campbell-Ewald]] as a graduate trainee in 1977, took an MBA at [[London Business School]], and became chairman and chief executive of [[Saatchi & Saatchi]] UK in 1994. In January 1995 he resigned with [[Maurice Saatchi|Maurice]] and Charles Saatchi, Bill Muirhead and Jeremy Sinclair to set up [[M&C Saatchi]].<ref name="LCC2015">Helen Carney, [https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-communication/stories/review-design-cultures-guest-lecture-david-kershaw-ceo-m-and-c-saatchi Review // Design Cultures Guest Lecture: David Kershaw, CEO, M&C Saatchi] London College of Communication, 4 March 2015, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> ''The Guardian'' described him in 2009 as M&C Saatchi's chief executive.<ref name="Guardian2009">David Teather, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/17/advertising The Friday interview: advertising agent David Kershaw of M&C Saatchi] ''The Guardian'', 16 April 2009, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> In November 2020 M&C Saatchi plc announced that Kershaw, the executive chairman Jeremy Sinclair and the executive director Bill Muirhead would leave the board, with Moray MacLennan succeeding Kershaw as chief executive from 1 January 2021.<ref name="RNS2020">M&C Saatchi plc, [https://www.investegate.co.uk/index.php/announcement/rns/m-c-saatchi--saa/directorate-change/6043603 Directorate Change] regulatory announcement via Investegate, November 2020, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his resignation from [[M&C Saatchi Worldwide Limited]] and [[M&C Saatchi (UK) Limited]] on 1 January 2021.<ref name="CHK" />

== The Jewish Chronicle ==
When the paper was refinanced in June 2019, ''InPublishing'' reported that Kershaw, "the CEO of M&C Saatchi", would join the board as a non-executive director alongside the new chair, [[Alan Jacobs (born 1962)|Alan Jacobs]].<ref name="InPub2019">[https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/community-leaders-secure-the-future-of-the-jewish-chronicle-14590 Community Leaders Secure the Future of the Jewish Chronicle] ''InPublishing'', 21 June 2019, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records him as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] from 21 June 2019 until the company was dissolved, and as a director of [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]], a company controlled by the [[The Jacob Foundation|Kessler Foundation]], from its incorporation on 15 April 2020 until it was dissolved in 2021.<ref name="CHK" /><ref name="CHJCNM">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12557970/persons-with-significant-control Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited (12557970): persons with significant control], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== The Jacob Foundation ==
Companies House records Kershaw as a director of [[The Jacob Foundation]], the former Kessler Foundation and the owner of ''Jewish News'', from 31 May 2023.<ref name="CHK" /><ref name="CHJF">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01864076/officers The Jacob Foundation (01864076): officers], accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Cultural and other roles ==
The London College of Communication profile describes him as a board member of the [[Clore Leadership Programme]] and chairman of the [[Cultural Leadership Programme]] from 2006 to 2011.<ref name="LCC2015" /> Companies House records directorships of the [[Southbank Centre]] (2008–2021), the Clore Leadership Programme (2016–2025), [[Grange Park Opera]] (from 2017), [[JW3 Development]] (from 2020) and [[JW3 Trust Limited]] (from 2021).<ref name="CHK" />

== Company appointments ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Companies House appointments of David Andrew Kershaw (42 in all: 40 as director, 2 other; read 7 November 2026)
! Company (number) !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company status
|-
| [[Saatchi & Saatchi Group Ltd]] (00231824) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || Before 27 March 1991 || 9 January 1995 || Active
|-
| [[42 and 43 Cornwall Gardens Management Limited]] (02028725) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || Before 30 November 1992 || 19 February 1998 || Active
|-
| [[London Philharmonic Orchestra Limited]] (00357059) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || Before 31 December 1992 || 15 February 1993 || Active
|-
| [[Institute of Practitioners in Advertising|The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (Pre-Charter)]] (00221167) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 14 April 1994 || 31 December 1994 || Dissolved
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi Worldwide Limited]] (02999983) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 21 June 1995 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi (UK) Limited]] (03003693) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 21 June 1995 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Institute of Practitioners in Advertising|The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (Pre-Charter)]] (00221167) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 18 April 1996 || 21 April 2005 || Dissolved
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment Limited]] (03306364) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 17 January 1997 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi Marketing Arts Limited]] (03357727) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 29 April 1997 || 1 January 2021 || Dissolved
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi Marketing Arts Limited]] (03357727) || Secretary<ref name="CHK" /> || 29 April 1997 || 1 January 2021 || Dissolved
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi WMH Limited]] (03457658) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 12 November 1997 || 1 January 2021 || Dissolved
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi Export Limited]] (03920028) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 28 June 2000 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Lida Limited]] (03860916) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 5 July 2000 || 1 January 2021 || Dissolved
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi Talk Limited]] (04239240) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 18 July 2001 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Saatchinvest Limited]] (04311483) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 9 November 2001 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coombe Hill Holdings (1946) Limited]] (00405949) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 11 November 2001 || 4 November 2007 || Active
|-
| [[Advertising Association|The Advertising Association]] (00211587) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 20 May 2002 || 3 April 2006 || Active
|-
| [[ACT111 LLP]] (OC305925) || LLP Designated Member<ref name="CHK" /> || 31 October 2003 || — || Active
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi plc]] (05114893) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 28 April 2004 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Creative and Cultural Industries Limited]] (05122855) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 4 April 2005 || 22 October 2009 || Dissolved
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi European Holdings Limited]] (05982868) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 21 December 2006 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Clear Ideas Limited]] (04529082) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 2 July 2007 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi German Holdings Limited]] (06227163) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 22 November 2007 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Southbank Centre|Southbank Centre Limited]] (02238415) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 24 September 2008 || 1 July 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coombe Hill Holdings (1946) Limited]] (00405949) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 25 February 2010 || 23 October 2011 || Active
|-
| [[M&C Saatchi Network Limited]] (07844657) || Director<ref name="CHOffDavidAndrewKershaw2">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/MHdv_imYLe_iaxKt-d8UJfgwbbw/appointments David KERSHAW: appointments] (1 appointment), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> || 11 November 2011 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Coombe Hill Holdings (1946) Limited]] (00405949) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 21 October 2012 || 13 October 2019 || Active
|-
| [[Spark Foundry Limited]] (03457650) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 27 November 2013 || 31 January 2019 || Active
|-
| [[Clore Leadership Programme|The Clore Leadership Programme]] (05083008) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 17 March 2016 || 25 March 2025 || Active
|-
| [[Human Digital Limited]] (07510403) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 12 April 2017 || 1 January 2021 || Active
|-
| [[Grange Park Opera]] (03490791) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 1 November 2017 || — || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle Limited]] (00095587) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 21 June 2019 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[This Is Noticed Limited]] (11843904) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 20 August 2019 || 1 January 2021 || Dissolved
|-
| [[The Thirty Club of London Limited]] (00167635) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 10 September 2019 || 13 September 2022 || Active
|-
| [[Jewish Chronicle & News Media Limited]] (12557970) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 15 April 2020 || — || Dissolved
|-
| [[Coombe Hill Holdings (1946) Limited]] (00405949) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 18 October 2020 || 17 October 2021 || Active
|-
| [[JW3 Development]] (08747913) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 24 November 2020 || — || Active
|-
| [[JW3 Trust Limited]] (05679146) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 1 January 2021 || — || Active
|-
| [[GPO Productions Limited]] (10028759) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 24 May 2023 || — || Active
|-
| [[The Jacob Foundation]] (01864076) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 31 May 2023 || — || Active
|-
| [[Coombe Hill Holdings (1946) Limited]] (00405949) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 13 October 2024 || 19 October 2025 || Active
|-
| [[The Thirty Club of London Limited]] (00167635) || Director<ref name="CHK" /> || 13 September 2025 || — || Active
|}
The table lists every appointment on the Companies House officer records cited; it does not cover company registers outside the United Kingdom. Companies House holds these appointments under 2 separate officer records in the same name and month of birth.

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Businesspeople|Kershaw, David]]
[[Category:Media|Kershaw, David]]