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{{short description|'''British private company that has published ''The Jewish Chronicle'' since 2020'''}}
{{Infobox company
|| name = Jewish Chronicle Media Limited
|| trade_name = The Jewish Chronicle (The JC)
|| logo =
|| type = Private limited company (company 12562281)
|| founded = {{Start date|2020|04|17}}
|| founder = [[Robbie Gibb]]
|| hq_location = First Floor, 1 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LF (registered office)
|| industry = Newspaper publishing
|| services = ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' newspaper, website and events
|| num_employees = 38 (monthly average, year to 30 June 2025)
|| homepage = https://www.thejc.com
|}}
'''Jewish Chronicle Media Limited''' is a private limited company registered in England and Wales that publishes ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''. It was incorporated on 17 April 2020 as JC Acquisition Limited and took its present name on 20 May 2020.<ref name="CHJCMLOverview">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12562281 Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, company 12562281: overview] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> On 23 April 2020 the paper was sold out of the liquidation of its previous publisher to JC Acquisition Limited, "established by a Consortium led by Sir Robbie Gibb".<ref name="JCSale2020">JC Reporter, [https://www.thejc.com/news/joint-announcement-of-the-sale-of-the-jewish-chronicle-23-april-2020-ywun76z6 Joint announcement of the sale of the Jewish Chronicle, 23 April 2020] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 23 April 2020, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

== Ownership and control ==
[[Robbie Gibb]] was the company's sole director from incorporation and its person with significant control, holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights, until August 2024.<ref name="CHJCMLOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12562281/officers Jewish Chronicle Media Limited: officers] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><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> In July 2024 the paper 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 [[Ian Austin|Lord Austin of Dudley]], Rabbi [[Joseph Dweck]] and [[Jonathan Kandel]] would join the board, and that Gibb would leave as a director and divest his shares.<ref name="JCTrust2024">''The Jewish Chronicle'', [https://www.thejc.com/news/jewish-chronicle-converts-to-charitable-structure-vdxvyp2j Jewish Chronicle converts to charitable structure] 2 July 2024, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>

Since 12 August 2024 Companies House has recorded [[Jonathan Kandel]] as the only person with significant control, with 75% or more of the shares and voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors.<ref name="CHJCMLPSC" /> The company's accounts record that three class A ordinary £1 shares were allotted at par on 12 August 2024, in addition to the one existing ordinary share.<ref name="JCMLAccounts2025">Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12562281/filing-history Total exemption full accounts made up to 30 June 2025] filed at Companies House 23 February 2026, note 7, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The register does not name any trust as a shareholder or controller, and no charity registration for the proposed trust was found in the searches made for this page. In September 2024 ''The Guardian'' reported that the Charity Commission had "no record of an application for charitable status from the Jewish Chronicle".<ref name="Guardian2024Sep20">Peter Beaumont, Matthew Weaver and Sam Hudson, [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>

=== Directors ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Directors (Companies House)
! Director !! Appointed !! Resigned
|-
|| [[Robbie Gibb|Sir Robbie Gibb]] || 17 April 2020 || 20 August 2024
|-
|| [[Ian Austin|Lord Austin of Dudley]] || 12 August 2024 ||
|-
|| [[Jonathan Kandel]] || 12 August 2024 ||
|-
|| [[Adam Richard Cannon]] || 20 April 2026 ||
|}
Source:<ref name="CHJCMLOfficers" />

== Finances ==
The company files small-company accounts and is exempt from audit, and its profit and loss account is not filed.<ref name="JCMLAccounts2025" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Balance sheet, as at 30 June (£)
! Item !! 2024 !! 2025
|-
|| Intangible assets (goodwill, software, website) || 1,774,450 || 1,534,754
|-
|| Cash at bank and in hand || 165,442 || 229,412
|-
|| Creditors due within one year || 306,872 || 540,027
|-
|| Net assets || 1,972,426 || 1,676,528
|-
|| Average monthly employees (including directors) || 36 || 38
|}
Source:<ref name="JCMLAccounts2025" />

The accounts state that the company relies on "support from third party creditors and external funding" to meet its obligations for at least the next 12 months. They do not identify the funders.<ref name="JCMLAccounts2025" />

== See also ==
*[[The Jewish Chronicle]]
*[[The Jacob Foundation]]

== Notes ==
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 [[Robbie Gibb]] was the company's sole director from incorporation and its person with significant control, holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights, until August 2024.<ref name="CHJCMLOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12562281/officers Jewish Chronicle Media Limited: officers] accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><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> In July 2024 the paper 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 [[Ian Austin|Lord Austin of Dudley]], Rabbi [[Joseph Dweck]] and [[Jonathan Kandel]] would join the board, and that Gibb would leave as a director and divest his shares.<ref name="JCTrust2024">''The Jewish Chronicle'', [https://www.thejc.com/news/jewish-chronicle-converts-to-charitable-structure-vdxvyp2j Jewish Chronicle converts to charitable structure] 2 July 2024, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
-Since 12 August 2024 Companies House has recorded [[Jonathan Kandel]] as the only person with significant control, with 75% or more of the shares and voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors.<ref name="CHJCMLPSC" /> The company's accounts record that three class A ordinary £1 shares were allotted at par on 12 August 2024, in addition to the one existing ordinary share.<ref name="JCMLAccounts2025">Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12562281/filing-history Total exemption full accounts made up to 30 June 2025] filed at Companies House 23 February 2026, note 7, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The register does not name any trust as a shareholder or controller, and no charity registration for the proposed trust was found in the searches made for this page. In September 2024 ''The Guardian'' reported that the Charity Commission had "no record of an application for charitable status from the Jewish Chronicle".<ref name="Guardian2024Sep20">Peter Beaumont, Matthew Weaver and Sam Hudson, [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>
+Since 12 August 2024 Companies House has recorded [[Jonathan Kandel]] as the only person with significant control, with 75% or more of the shares and voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors.<ref name="CHJCMLPSC" /> The company's accounts record that three class A ordinary £1 shares were allotted at par on 12 August 2024, in addition to the one existing ordinary share.<ref name="JCMLAccounts2025">Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12562281/filing-history Total exemption full accounts made up to 30 June 2025] filed at Companies House 23 February 2026, note 7, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> The register does not name any trust as a shareholder or controller, and no charity registration for the proposed trust was found in the searches made for this page. In September 2024 ''The Guardian'' reported that the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] had "no record of an application for charitable status from the Jewish Chronicle".<ref name="Guardian2024Sep20">Peter Beaumont, Matthew Weaver and Sam Hudson, [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>
 === Directors ===

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 || name          = Jewish Chronicle Media Limited
 || trade_name    = The Jewish Chronicle (The JC)
-|| logo          =
+|| logo         = The JC logo icon.png
 || type          = Private limited company (company 12562281)
 || founded       = {{Start date|2020|04|17}}