Schreiber family

Stamford Hill property family associated with Midos Group, Discovery Park and nationwide commercial estates

Schreiber family
Type	Family property office
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Headquarters	147 Stamford Hill, London N16 5LG
Location	Stamford Hill, London, England
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Services
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Key people	David Schreiber Miriam Schreiber Mayer Schreiber Jacob Schreiber
Website	midosgroup.co.uk
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The Schreiber family is a London-based property family whose companies, grouped around Midos Group, hold commercial and residential estates across England, including shopping centres, office blocks, a former public house and the Discovery Park science campus in Sandwich, Kent. Companies House records list 147 Stamford Hill, London N16 5LG, as the registered office of Midos Group (UK) Limited and of many related companies.

The Guardian has described the family as a “dynasty of property entrepreneurs” controlling “a nationwide real-estate empire” from that Stamford Hill building, which it reported as home to hundreds of active companies. Family companies have been the subject of reporting on business-rates relief claimed for “faith rooms”, on temporary accommodation supplied to local authorities, and on the presence of Instro Precision, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, as a tenant at Discovery Park.

David and Emanuel Schreiber: gold VAT case, bankruptcy, then property

David Schreiber (August 1952) of Upper Clapton Road and Emanuel Schreiber of 14 Craven Walk were convicted at the Old Bailey in April–May 1986 of making untrue VAT returns on gold (Antalya Ltd / Omeret–Omerton Ltd). David received six years, Emanuel four and a half; each was ordered to pay £195,000 costs. The Gazette then records personal bankruptcy, not company liquidation of Antalya.

High Court bankruptcies (1986–99)

Petition presented 1 July 1986 — after sentence, not before. Orders 8 June 1987.

	David	Emanuel
Court / number	High Court of Justice, 2077 of 1986	High Court of Justice, 2076 of 1986
Description	Company manager / director and jeweller, lately 143 Upper Clapton Road, E5; “present occupation unknown”, no fixed address	Company director and jeweller, lately 14 Craven Walk, N16; no fixed address
Petition	1 July 1986	1 July 1986
Receiving / bankruptcy order	8 June 1987	8 June 1987
First meeting	18 March 1987, 14:30, Atlantic House (Official Receiver), Holborn Viaduct	18 March 1987, 12:00, same
Public examination	19 May 1987, Court 38A, West Green Building, Strand	19 May 1987, same
Discharge application	—	Hearing fixed 19 January 1989 (Gazette 23 November 1988)
Intended dividend	Last day for proofs 6 February 1998	Last day for proofs 1 April 1999 (notice 4 March 1999)
Release of trustee	Official Receiver released 27 March 1998	Not on the cuttings supplied
Trustee	Official Receiver, London Support Unit, Ladywood House, Birmingham	Same

The estates ran for about eleven years after the 1987 orders. David’s trustee was released in March 1998 — the same year Citeoffer / Davos / Sparkstone property companies are already on Companies House (from 1997). Emanuel’s dividend notice is still open in 1999. “Jeweller” on both receiving orders matches the gold trade, not later Midos property filings.

Restart in property (from 1997)

Gold names Antalya / Omeret do not reappear as going concerns on the officer lists. New estate companies are formed at the same Clapton addresses:

• 1997 — Sparkstone Properties (David born 1976, 38 Jessam Avenue); Citeoffer and Davos (David 1952, 147 Stamford Hill / Upper Clapton Road)
• 1998 — Maple Leaf / Seashore / Kingscliff, 143 Upper Clapton Road
• 1999–2001 — Lakeview Services and the wider Lakeview / Midos stack; Rifka Niederman secretary

That is the documented move: personal bankruptcy as jewellers, 1986–98; property incorporation from 1997 at 143 Upper Clapton Road, Jessam Avenue and 147 Stamford Hill.

Later Lakeview / Limeview windings (not the 1986 case)

These are 2017–18 members’ windings of the property stack, signed by David or Jacob Schreiber, liquidator David Rubin & Partners (Paul Cooper / Paul Appleton). They sit a generation after the criminal bankruptcies.

25 April 2017 — voluntary wind-up, 147 Stamford Hill:

Company	Number	Signatory
Lakeview Properties (UK) Ltd	04211575	David Schreiber
Lakeview Services (UK) Ltd	03860081	David Schreiber
Lakeview Commercial Ltd	04111517	David Schreiber
Lakeview Homes Limited	03888222	Jacob Schreiber
Lakeview Management (UK) Ltd	03997617	(same block)

17 September 2018 — s.110 Insolvency Act 1986 reconstruction, then voluntary wind-up. David Schreiber as Chair. Same office, 147 Stamford Hill:

• Limeview Commercial Limited 10527753
• Limeview Services Limited 10527941
• Limeview Homes Limited 10527768
• Limeview Properties Limited 10527659
• Springshield Properties Limited 03040213
• Limeview Management Limited 10527974

s.110 is a reconstruction tool: assets move to a new vehicle, old companies are then wound up. It is not evidence that the 1986 VAT estates were still open. Those personal bankruptcies had already seen dividend / trustee-release notices in 1998–99.

Sequence

1986 conviction → July 1986 bankruptcy petitions → June 1987 orders → 1987–89 public exam / discharge listing → 1997 first property companies → 1998 release of David’s trustee → 2017 Lakeview MVL → 2018 Limeview s.110 reconstruction.

Family and Midos Group

Midos Group (UK) Limited (company number 08104268) was incorporated on 13 June 2012 and remains active, with its registered office at 147 Stamford Hill. Officers recorded at Companies House include David Schreiber (director, date of birth August 1952, appointed 13 June 2012), Mayer Schreiber (director, appointed 19 September 2017) and Rifka Niederman (secretary, appointed 13 June 2012).

The Guardian reported that Midos Group is ultimately associated with Miriam Schreiber and David Schreiber, and that Mayer Schreiber, chief executive of Discovery Park, is a director of Midos and a shareholder in Brooklee Limited, which it identified as owning Discovery Park. In a 2023 interview Mayer Schreiber described Midos Group as “a family office that invests in real estate across the UK” and said the group acquired Discovery Park in 2016.

The Guardian reported that Elizabeth Endzweig is recorded in birth and marriage records as a daughter of David Schreiber and Miriam Schreiber, that she is a co-director of businesses sharing the Stamford Hill premises used by Midos Group, and that she holds shares with Miriam Schreiber in Midos MS. The paper also reported that companies connected with her hold at least 125 land titles. Lawyers for Midos Group were reported as saying there was “no operational, financial or managerial connection” between named companies; Elizabeth Endzweig was reported as denying a relationship described in one website text and calling it a mistake.

Family members named in public reporting and filings

Public reporting and Companies House filings have associated the following individuals with the family’s property companies. Dates of birth are those filed at Companies House where cited.

• David Schreiber — director of Midos Group (UK) Limited (DOB August 1952).
• Miriam Schreiber — identified by The Guardian as an owner of Midos Group (UK) Limited and co-owner of a Newhall Street, Birmingham block with Gyta Schreiber and Osias Schreiber.
• Mayer Schreiber — director of Midos Group (UK) Limited and chief executive of Discovery Park from 2018, having joined the site after its 2016 acquisition.
• Jacob Schreiber — identified by The Guardian as a director of a company owning Cornmill Shopping Centre, Darlington; extensive active directorships are recorded at Companies House with correspondence addresses including 147 Stamford Hill.
• Rifka Niederman (also recorded as Rifka Niederman / Rivka Niederman) — secretary of Midos Group (UK) Limited.
• Gyta Schreiber and Osias Schreiber — named by The Guardian as co-owners, with Miriam Schreiber, of a Newhall Street, Birmingham property listed in connection with the faith-room scheme.

Other Schreibers and related names appearing on family-linked company and charity records include Esther Schreiber, Hersh Schreiber, Irene Schreiber, Joel Schreiber, Michael Schreiber, Moses Schreiber, Nathan Schreiber, Rose Schreiber, Joel Niederman, Leib Niederman, Moses Niederman, Rivka Gross and Berish Gross.

Property holdings

The Guardian and related reporting have identified family-linked holdings including:

• the former Duke of York public house, Clapham;
• Cornmill Shopping Centre, Darlington;
• Idlewells Shopping Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire;
• Regent Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne;
• a block on Newhall Street, Birmingham;
• Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent, the former Pfizer site acquired in 2016.

Discovery Park Estates was reported as having revenues of £22 million in 2023 and a pre-tax loss of £169,000.

Business rates and “faith rooms”

In March 2025 The Guardian reported that a corporate network using Faithful Global, Room for Faith Ltd and Local Faith Ltd enabled landlords to claim exemption from business rates on vacant commercial property by presenting units as places of public religious worship under the Local Government Finance Act 1988. The paper wrote that the Schreibers “appear to be the biggest customers” of the scheme and that Verity Commercial Services claimed to have saved clients £18 million.

Dover District Council said more than 60 hereditaments at Discovery Park had been claimed as places of worship for varying periods and that it was seeking to recover more than £1 million through High Court enforcement. A Discovery Park spokesperson said vacant spaces had been “repurposed into places of worship to support the needs of our diverse workforce”, that this had been done “in full accordance with interfaith organisation Faithful”, and that the sum in dispute was “less than a third” of the council figure.

Midos Group was quoted as saying: “All properties within this scheme have been made available and are accessible for faith-based activities,” and that vacant-property rates “impose a significant financial burden on landlords, penalising them for market conditions beyond their control.” Family representatives told The Guardian that use of the scheme was legitimate and did not constitute tax avoidance.

Temporary accommodation

In May 2026 The Guardian reported that Midos Management Co, associated with Elizabeth Endzweig, arranged temporary accommodation for councils and had collected at least £43 million from London Borough of Lambeth since 2019, with more than £2.5 million paid by at least four other London boroughs in the previous three years. Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh was quoted as saying: “It’s the ultimate in having your cake and eating it.”

Discovery Park, Instro Precision and Elbit Systems

Instro Precision Ltd, a subsidiary of Israeli defence company Elbit Systems, occupies premises at Discovery Park. The site has been the target of repeated direct action by Palestine Action, including an action reported in September 2024.

In the early hours of 29 May 2025 Palestine Action said it had attacked “the London-based landlords of Kent’s Elbit weapons factory, Instro Precision” at premises on Stamford Hill, smashing windows and applying red paint and the slogan “Drop Elbit”. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at 07:23 to two vandalised business premises on Stamford Hill, N16, and that the incident was being treated as racially motivated criminal damage. A family-linked business statement reported via news agencies denied an operational link to the arms firm.

Joel Schreiber and the United States

A Joel Schreiber born in London to a Hasidic family moved to New York, founded Waterbridge Capital and was confirmed by that firm as the first outside investor in WeWork, providing seed capital after meeting Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey around 2010. The Real Deal later reported lender litigation on both US coasts and quoted a 2018 deposition in which he said he had seeded WeWork. The same report stated that an unpaid investor contacted “Joel’s father, a businessman in London”, who travelled to Tel Aviv.

Separately, Companies House lists a Joel Schreiber (date of birth August 1979) with a historic correspondence address at 141a Stamford Hill, London N16 5LG, adjacent to the Midos registered office at 147 Stamford Hill, and later addresses in N17. Another Joel Schreiber (date of birth March 1949) is recorded with an address in E5. Shared surname, London Hasidic background and the Stamford Hill address cluster are consistent with a familial connection; identity between the Waterbridge Capital principal and any one UK filing should be treated as unconfirmed unless a primary filing states it.

Charity trusteeships

Charity Commission records for Friends of WMSBG-Kolel Damesek Eliezer have listed Jacob Schreiber, Rivka Niederman, Abraham Green and Irene Schreiber as trustees.

See also

• Midos Group
• Discovery Park
• Elbit Systems
• Instro Precision
• Palestine Action
• Arms Trade Lobbying Portal
• Schreiber family tree

External links

• Midos Group website
• Discovery Park
• Midos Group (UK) Limited at Companies House