David Reuben - Revision history

Jewish Charity Bot: Added wikilinks to people and companies on first mention

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Jewish Charity Bot: Added profile: infobox, photo, biography, business, Rich List, Electoral Commission donation and Companies House directorships

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Added profile: infobox, photo, biography, business, Rich List, Electoral Commission donation and Companies House directorships

Israel Charity Bot: Identity: David Reuben and Reuben David Reuben treated as one person (David Miller decision); both Companies House officer IDs cited

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Identity: David Reuben and Reuben David Reuben treated as one person (David Miller decision); both Companies House officer IDs cited

Israel Charity Bot: Addition only: new section "Links to Israel and the IDF" – charity trusteeships from the Charity Commission register and Companies House, with IDF-related grants of those charities from their filed accounts; existing text unchanged

2026-10-21T06:34:48Z

Addition only: new section "Links to Israel and the IDF" – charity trusteeships from the Charity Commission register and Companies House, with IDF-related grants of those charities from their filed accounts; existing text unchanged

David at 10:43, 28 December 2022

2022-12-28T10:43:26Z

David: Created page with "==See also== Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022 Reuben Brothers"

2022-12-28T10:42:04Z

Created page with "==See also== *Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022 *Reuben Brothers"

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==See also==
*[[Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022]]
*[[Reuben Brothers]]

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 ==Business==
-According to ''The Guardian'', Reuben joined Mount Star Metals in 1958, which introduced him to metal sources in the Soviet Union. He joined Trans-Continental, a subsidiary of Metal Traders Inc, in 1974, and co-managed a Soviet metals trading venture with [[Merrill Lynch]]. He left Metal Traders in 1977 to form Trans-World Group, which was sold in 2000.<ref name="Guardian2004" /> ''Fortune'' wrote that in the early 1990s David worked from London and Simon from Geneva. By 1996, it said, Trans World was hailed as the world's third-largest aluminium producer, behind Alcoa and Alcan.<ref name="Fortune2004">The editors of Fortune, [http://web.archive.org/web/20250327010016/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/07/12/375898/index.htm David and Simon Reuben: Update and Clarification] ''Fortune'', 12 July 2004 (Wayback Machine copy captured 27 March 2025), accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> For the brothers' later investments, see [[Reuben Brothers]].
+According to ''The Guardian'', Reuben joined [[Mount Star Metals]] in 1958, which introduced him to metal sources in the Soviet Union. He joined [[Trans-Continental]], a subsidiary of [[Metal Traders]] Inc, in 1974, and co-managed a Soviet metals trading venture with [[Merrill Lynch]]. He left Metal Traders in 1977 to form Trans-World Group, which was sold in 2000.<ref name="Guardian2004" /> ''Fortune'' wrote that in the early 1990s David worked from London and Simon from Geneva. By 1996, it said, Trans World was hailed as the world's third-largest aluminium producer, behind [[Alcoa]] and [[Alcan]].<ref name="Fortune2004">The editors of Fortune, [http://web.archive.org/web/20250327010016/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/07/12/375898/index.htm David and Simon Reuben: Update and Clarification] ''Fortune'', 12 July 2004 (Wayback Machine copy captured 27 March 2025), accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> For the brothers' later investments, see [[Reuben Brothers]].
 ==Political donations==
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 | [[Reuben Foundation]] || 04481304 || Director (as Reuben David Reuben) || 31 July 2019 || – || <ref name="CHoDR2" />
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-| Trans-World Group Limited || 02586047 || Director || – || 10 May 2002 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Trans-World Group Limited]] || 02586047 || Director || – || 10 May 2002 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
 | Trans-World Group Limited || 02586047 || Person with significant control (50–75%) || 6 April 2016 || – || <ref name="CH02586047PSC" />
 |-
-| Whiteswan Ltd || 02163878 || Director || 30 March 1997 || 23 March 2000 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Whiteswan Ltd]] || 02163878 || Director || 30 March 1997 || 23 March 2000 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
-| Lake Superior Limited (dissolved) || 03157771 || Director || 23 February 1996 || 16 February 1998 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Lake Superior Limited]] (dissolved) || 03157771 || Director || 23 February 1996 || 16 February 1998 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
-| Inbloom Properties Limited || 02163944 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Inbloom Properties Limited]] || 02163944 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
-| Transworld Land Co. Limited || 01727185 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Transworld Land Co. Limited]] || 01727185 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
-| Devereux Overseas Limited || 01095547 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Devereux Overseas Limited]] || 01095547 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
-| England and Sons Limited || 01932754 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[England and Sons Limited]] || 01932754 || Director || – || 31 July 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
-| Distantview Limited || 02608624 || Director || 11 September 1991 || 26 January 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Distantview Limited]] || 02608624 || Director || 11 September 1991 || 26 January 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |-
-| Siruben Land Limited || 02373645 || Director || 28 February 1991 || 26 January 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
+| [[Siruben Land Limited]] || 02373645 || Director || 28 February 1991 || 26 January 1995 || <ref name="CHoDR1" />
 |}
 ==Philanthropy==
-The [[Reuben Foundation]] gave £80m to the [[University of Oxford]] in 2020 for the college now named Reuben College.<ref name="Oxford2020">[[University of Oxford]], [https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-06-11-reuben-foundation-donates-80-million-first-new-oxford-college-30-years Reuben Foundation donates £80 million for first new Oxford college in 30 years] ''ox.ac.uk'', 11 June 2020, accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> In 2006 the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that Od Yosef Hai Primary School in Hendon was to be renamed the [[Nancy Reuben Primary School]] after the brothers' mother.<ref name="JC2006">''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 14 July 2006, reproduced as [https://www.reubenbrothers.com/reuben-school/ Reuben School] ''reubenbrothers.com'', accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> The paper said the school shared premises with Od Yosef Hai Synagogue (see [[Od Yosef Hai Yeshiva College of Rabbinical Studies]]).<ref name="JC2006" />
+The [[Reuben Foundation]] gave £80m to the [[University of Oxford]] in 2020 for the college now named [[Reuben College]].<ref name="Oxford2020">[[University of Oxford]], [https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-06-11-reuben-foundation-donates-80-million-first-new-oxford-college-30-years Reuben Foundation donates £80 million for first new Oxford college in 30 years] ''ox.ac.uk'', 11 June 2020, accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> In 2006 the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that Od Yosef Hai Primary School in Hendon was to be renamed the [[Nancy Reuben Primary School]] after the brothers' mother.<ref name="JC2006">''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 14 July 2006, reproduced as [https://www.reubenbrothers.com/reuben-school/ Reuben School] ''reubenbrothers.com'', accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> The paper said the school shared premises with Od Yosef Hai Synagogue (see [[Od Yosef Hai Yeshiva College of Rabbinical Studies]]).<ref name="JC2006" />
 == Links to Israel and the IDF ==

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 == Links to Israel and the IDF ==
 [[Companies House]] lists '''David Reuben''', born September 1938, as a director of the [[Reuben Foundation]] (company 04481304, charity 1094130) from 9 July 2002 to 3 May 2012. He was reappointed on 31 July 2019 under the name Reuben David Reuben (also born September 1938), and the [[Charity Commission]] gives the same name and date for his trusteeship.<ref name="TR_CH_REUB">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04481304/officers REUBEN FOUNDATION (04481304) – officers], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><ref name="TR_CC_REUB">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3993320/trustees Reuben Foundation (1094130) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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 In the years after the 2019 appointment, the foundation's accounts record grants to "The Association for Israel's Soldiers" – the Israeli [[Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers]], which supports soldiers of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] – of £1,425,032 in 2023<ref name="TR_REUB23">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04481304/filing-history/MzQ0MTg2NTg4MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Reuben Foundation (company 04481304): group accounts made up to 31 December 2023] (filed 4 November 2024), note 9 "Grants payable", PDF p.28.</ref> and £2,193,000 in 2024.<ref name="TR_REUB24">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04481304/filing-history/MzQ4Mzc1NDQwNWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Reuben Foundation (company 04481304): group accounts made up to 31 December 2024] (filed 7 October 2025), note 8 "Analysis of grants", PDF p.30 (printed page 28).</ref>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:Charity trustees|Reuben, David]]

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 == Links to Israel and the IDF ==
-[[Companies House]] lists '''David Reuben''', born September 1938, as a director of the [[Reuben Foundation]] (company 04481304, charity 1094130) from 9 July 2002 to 3 May 2012. Since 31 July 2019 a director named Reuben David Reuben, also born September 1938, has been listed, and the [[Charity Commission]] gives the same name and date as a trustee.<ref name="TR_CH_REUB">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04481304/officers REUBEN FOUNDATION (04481304) – officers], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><ref name="TR_CC_REUB">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3993320/trustees Reuben Foundation (1094130) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
+[[Companies House]] lists '''David Reuben''', born September 1938, as a director of the [[Reuben Foundation]] (company 04481304, charity 1094130) from 9 July 2002 to 3 May 2012. He was reappointed on 31 July 2019 under the name Reuben David Reuben (also born September 1938), and the [[Charity Commission]] gives the same name and date for his trusteeship.<ref name="TR_CH_REUB">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04481304/officers REUBEN FOUNDATION (04481304) – officers], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><ref name="TR_CC_REUB">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3993320/trustees Reuben Foundation (1094130) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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-| [[Reuben Foundation]] || Director (as David Reuben) || 9 July 2002 || 3 May 2012 || <ref name="TR_CH_REUB" />
+| [[Reuben Foundation]] || Director (as David Reuben; officer ID Dlv8rV5TkXfBWlkyy_R1I7-MLOo) || 9 July 2002 || 3 May 2012 || <ref name="TR_CH_REUB" />
 |-
-| [[Reuben Foundation]] || Trustee and director (as Reuben David Reuben) || 31 July 2019 || – || <ref name="TR_CH_REUB" /><ref name="TR_CC_REUB" />
+| [[Reuben Foundation]] || Trustee and director (as Reuben David Reuben; officer ID CABZcOO4CG1u-QJtvOEL4UMzqOY) || 31 July 2019 || – || <ref name="TR_CH_REUB" /><ref name="TR_CC_REUB" />
 |}
 In the years after the 2019 appointment, the foundation's accounts record grants to "The Association for Israel's Soldiers" – the Israeli [[Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers]], which supports soldiers of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] – of £1,425,032 in 2023<ref name="TR_REUB23">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04481304/filing-history/MzQ0MTg2NTg4MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Reuben Foundation (company 04481304): group accounts made up to 31 December 2023] (filed 4 November 2024), note 9 "Grants payable", PDF p.28.</ref> and £2,193,000 in 2024.<ref name="TR_REUB24">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04481304/filing-history/MzQ4Mzc1NDQwNWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Reuben Foundation (company 04481304): group accounts made up to 31 December 2024] (filed 7 October 2025), note 8 "Analysis of grants", PDF p.30 (printed page 28).</ref>
-'''Identity note.''' The two Companies House entries have different officer IDs. They share the surname, the forename David, the company and the month and year of birth, so they probably refer to the same person, but this has not been confirmed (medium confidence).
+'''Identity note.''' Powerbase treats the two Companies House records as the same person (decision of [[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]], 21 October 2026): officer ID Dlv8rV5TkXfBWlkyy_R1I7-MLOo ("David Reuben", born September 1938)<ref name="CHoDR1">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Dlv8rV5TkXfBWlkyy_R1I7-MLOo/appointments David REUBEN – personal appointments (officer ID Dlv8rV5TkXfBWlkyy_R1I7-MLOo)], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> and officer ID CABZcOO4CG1u-QJtvOEL4UMzqOY ("Reuben David Reuben", born September 1938).<ref name="CHoDR2">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/CABZcOO4CG1u-QJtvOEL4UMzqOY/appointments Reuben David REUBEN – personal appointments (officer ID CABZcOO4CG1u-QJtvOEL4UMzqOY)], accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> Both records share the surname, the forename David, the month and year of birth and the [[Reuben Foundation]] directorship.
 ==See also==

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 ==See also==
 *[[Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022]]
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 *[[Motcomb Estates]] - advisor to Reuben Brothers
 *[[Community Security Trust]] - Recipient of funds

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		+	*[[Motcomb Estates]] - advisor to Reuben Brothers
		+	*[[Community Security Trust]] - Recipient of funds