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Jon Mendelsohn is a key New Labour fixer, fundraiser and former lobbyist. In 2007 he was appointed as director of election resources for the party under [[Gordon Brown]]
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{{short description|'''British Labour life peer, former lobbyist and Labour Party fundraiser, company director and charity trustee'''}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name        = Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn
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| image        = Lord_Mendelsohn_ASI.jpg
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| caption      = Lord Mendelsohn, from the [[Adam Smith Institute]] patron page
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| birth_date  = {{Start date|1966|12}}
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| nationality  = British
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| occupation  = Member of the [[House of Lords]]; company director; former lobbyist
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| known_for    = Co-founding [[LLM Communications]]; Labour's director of general election resources (2007); chair of [[evoke plc]] (2021–2025); owner of [[No Pasaran Media Ltd]]
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'''Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn''' (born December 1966), known as '''Jon Mendelsohn''' and '''Lord Jon Mendelsohn''', is a [[Labour Party|Labour]] member of the [[House of Lords]], a company director, a former lobbyist and a former [[Labour Party]] fundraiser. He was an adviser to [[Tony Blair]] from 1995 to 1997, co-founded the lobbying firm [[LLM Communications]], and in 2007 became the Labour Party's director of general election resources under [[Gordon Brown]].<ref name="Guardian2007">Haroon Siddique, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/nov/28/labour.uk2 'Ethical lobbyist' caught up in donations row], ''The Guardian'', 28 November 2007, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> He was created a life peer on 5 September 2013.<ref name="parl">[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mendelsohn/4286 Lord Mendelsohn] ''Parliament.UK'', accessed 22 December 2014 </ref><ref name="ParlCareer2026">UK Parliament, [https://members.parliament.uk/member/4286/career Parliamentary career for Lord Mendelsohn], ''MPs and Lords'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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His business roles have included chair of the gambling group [[evoke plc]] (formerly [[888 Holdings plc|888 Holdings]]), co-founder of [[Oakvale Capital]] and senior adviser to [[Value Retail]]. Companies House records list him as an officer of 50 companies, LLPs and charitable companies, including the publisher [[No Pasaran Media Ltd]], [[Middle East Forum Limited]], [[Abraham Accords (UK)]], the [[Hofenung Foundation]] and the [[Follicular Lymphoma Foundation]].<ref name="CHrecords">Companies House officer records (see [[#Companies House appointments]] below for the record references), accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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==Early life==
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Mendelsohn was a member of the 'socialist' Zionist youth group [[Habonim Dror]] in his youth.  The ''[[The Jewish Chronicle|Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported in 1983 on a reunion for members of Habonim from Oxford:
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:The Oxford reunion - for chaverim who participated in the movement's summer scheme in Israel - was held at a farmhouse.  Everyone present received a copy of Habonim's Israel camp diary, a reminder of summer scheme memories and mishaps, compiled by [[Jonny Mendelsohn]] and [[Jonny Freedland]], with the help of madrichim, [[Dan Friedler]] and [[Bev Vincent]].<ref>'Back together at Habonim', ''Jewish Chronicle'', 25 November 1983, p. 28. </ref>
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In 1986 the ''Jewish Chronicle'' reported that:
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:Close to 140 London members of [[Habonim Dror]] participated in the movement's summer camps, contributing greatly to their success.  [[Maqurice Bernstein]], [[Andrew Grossman]], [[Charlie Presburg]] and [[Tali Zetuni]] led Habonim's camp in Israel, from whihc 120 chaverim from throughout Britain retunred bronzed and fulfilled.  The 15 year-olds popped on a ferry to Holland to take part in what mazkir [[Jonathan Gewirtz]] described as  'a powerful and thought provoking seminar on the Holocaust'. The seminar was supplemented by a four day hike, boarting. and cycling in the Dutch countryside and a visit to Amsterdam.  [[Colin Picker]], [[Liane Brookes]], [[Jonny Mendelsohn]], [[Jonny Friedland]], [[Caroline Jacobs]], [[Hilary Levy]] amd [[Suzanne Freed]] were in charge of the tour.<ref>'Wishing you were here', ''Jewish Chronicle'', 12 September 1986: 18.</ref>
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In 1989-90 Mendelsohn was 'Chairperson' of the [[Union of Jewish Students]].
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==Career==
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==='right-hand man'===
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After UJS Mendelsohn became the 'Right-hand man' of Labour MP [[Greville Janner]].
  
 
==Lobbying and links to New Labour==
 
==Lobbying and links to New Labour==
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Mendelsohn, a former adviser to [[Tony Blair]], co-founded lobbying firm [[LLM Communications]], which was bought by PR firm [[Financial Dynamics]]. In 2007, Mendelsohn left FD-LLM to return to the Labour Party to become director of General Election resources and its chief fundraiser. Mendelsohn was later embroiled in Labour’s funding scandal, and faced calls to quit after it was alleged he knew of arrangements to fund the Labour Party through intermediaries.<ref>Robert Winnett and Christopher Hope, “Screw Tightens On Brown Fundraiser”, The Daily Telegraph,  December 1, 2007</ref>
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Mendelsohn was an adviser to [[Tony Blair]] from 1995 until Labour's 1997 election victory.<ref name="Guardian2007" /> With two other Blairites he then set up the lobbying firm [[LLM Communications]], which marketed itself as an "ethical" lobbying firm. ''The Guardian'' reported that in 1998 LLM became caught up in the cash-for-access affair when executives were allegedly caught boasting about links to the Labour hierarchy; LLM denied any impropriety.<ref name="Guardian2007" /> Companies House records show the company was incorporated on 7 February 1997 as Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn Limited, renamed LLM Communications Limited on 3 February 2000 and renamed FD Public Affairs Limited on 11 December 2008; Mendelsohn was a director from 28 May 1997 to 31 August 2007 and company secretary from 8 July 1997 to 22 July 2005. The company was dissolved on 10 December 2013.<ref name="CHco">Companies House, company overview pages for each company listed in the [[#Companies House appointments]] table, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> He was also a director and secretary of LLM Holdings Limited from 4 December 2003 to 22 July 2005.<ref name="CHco" />
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LLM was acquired by the financial public relations firm [[Financial Dynamics]] in 2005; the trade press later reported that Mendelsohn served as a managing director and then chairman of its Global Issues Division, later part of [[FTI Consulting]].<ref name="iGB2020">Aaron Noy, [https://igamingbusiness.com/people/888-names-lord-mendelsohn-as-chair-designate/ 888 names Lord Mendelsohn as chair designate], ''iGaming Business'', 23 September 2020, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> ''The Guardian'' reported that the Conservatives pointed to his earlier lobbying for [[Ladbrokes]] while the gambling bill was before Parliament in 2004.<ref name="Guardian2007" /> He was formerly chair of [[Labour Friends of Israel]], according to ''The Guardian''.<ref name="Guardian2007" />
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In August 2007 he left FD-LLM to return to the Labour Party as director of general election resources and its chief fundraiser; ''The Guardian'' reported that he had paid £5,000 towards [[Gordon Brown]]'s uncontested leadership campaign.<ref name="Guardian2007" /> The Adam Smith Institute's patron biography states that he was Director of General Election Resources from 2007 to 2010 and an Assistant Treasurer of the Labour Party from 2009 to 2011.<ref name="ASI">Adam Smith Institute, [https://www.adamsmith.org/patrons-senior-fellows-fellows/lord-mendelsohn The Lord Mendelsohn of Finchley, Patron], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> Mendelsohn was later embroiled in Labour's funding scandal, and faced calls to quit after it was alleged he knew of arrangements to fund the Labour Party through intermediaries.<ref>Robert Winnett and Christopher Hope, “Screw Tightens On Brown Fundraiser”, The Daily Telegraph,  December 1, 2007</ref>
  
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According to the Jewish Chronicle: "Mendelsohn, who will report directly to International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander - Labour's general election co-ordinator - is charged with bolstering the party's finances, membership and organisation ahead of the election. The reports noted that Mendelsohn had been an adviser to [[Tony Blair]] from 1995-97, was co-founder of lobbying outfit LLM Communications and had provided £5,000 to help fund Brown's uncontested leadership campaign. <ref>[http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m12s127s155&SecId=155&AId=54827&ATypeId=1 Same old murmurs as Jew takes top job]',Alex Brummer, Jewish Chronicle, 23/08/2007</ref>
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According to the Jewish Chronicle: "Mendelsohn, who will report directly to International Development Secretary [[Douglas Alexander]] - Labour's general election co-ordinator - is charged with bolstering the party's finances, membership and organisation ahead of the election. The reports noted that Mendelsohn had been an adviser to [[Tony Blair]] from 1995-97, was co-founder of lobbying outfit LLM Communications and had provided £5,000 to help fund Brown's uncontested leadership campaign. <ref name="JC2007">[http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m12s127s155&SecId=155&AId=54827&ATypeId=1 Same old murmurs as Jew takes top job]',Alex Brummer, Jewish Chronicle, 23/08/2007</ref>
  
 
The Chronicle also noted Mendelsohn's 'work for [[Ruth Parasol]], the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, who made her first fortune through an internet sex site before becoming one of the biggest players in the online gaming industry at [[PartyGaming]].'
 
The Chronicle also noted Mendelsohn's 'work for [[Ruth Parasol]], the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, who made her first fortune through an internet sex site before becoming one of the biggest players in the online gaming industry at [[PartyGaming]].'
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The Chronicle reported that Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran 'recall that they had met Mendelsohn  in the late 1990s when his firm was allegedly telling clients that it could supply them with an advanced copy of the Chancellor's Mansion House speech, a key event of the financial calendar. "Obviously Gordon doesn't hold any of that against Mendelsohn," the writers suggest.'
 
The Chronicle reported that Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran 'recall that they had met Mendelsohn  in the late 1990s when his firm was allegedly telling clients that it could supply them with an advanced copy of the Chancellor's Mansion House speech, a key event of the financial calendar. "Obviously Gordon doesn't hold any of that against Mendelsohn," the writers suggest.'
  
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The Chronicle also notes a reference to Mendelsohn in the Mail on Sunday's Black Dog diary column. 'It suggested that the lobbyist's "number one asset is his feisty wife Nicola", an advertising executive who is a "ferocious networker, whose contacts range from the Prince of Wales to London's business elite". It notes her personal mantra is "Chutzpah is everything".'<ref>Brummer, Op Cit</ref>
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The Chronicle also notes a reference to Mendelsohn in the Mail on Sunday's Black Dog diary column. 'It suggested that the lobbyist's "number one asset is his feisty wife Nicola", an advertising executive who is a "ferocious networker, whose contacts range from the Prince of Wales to London's business elite". It notes her personal mantra is "Chutzpah is everything".'<ref name="JC2007" />
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==House of Lords==
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Mendelsohn was created Baron Mendelsohn, of Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet, and was introduced to the [[House of Lords]] on 9 October 2013, supported by [[Michael Levy|Lord Levy]] and [[Greville Janner|Lord Janner of Braunstone]].<ref name="Hansard2013">House of Lords Hansard, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/131009-0001.htm Introduction: Lord Mendelsohn], 9 October 2013, column 69, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> UK Parliament records his House membership and Labour affiliation from 5 September 2013.<ref name="ParlCareer2026" />
  
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Role !! From !! To
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| Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) || 28 May 2015 || 14 July 2016
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| Shadow Spokesperson (International Trade) || 1 July 2016 || 25 January 2018
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| Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) || 14 July 2016 || 25 January 2018
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| International Relations and Defence Committee || 1 July 2019 || 11 November 2021
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<ref name="ParlCareer2026" />
  
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===Register of Lords' interests===
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The Register of Lords' Interests entry for Lord Mendelsohn, as accessed on 11 November 2026, lists:<ref name="ParlInterests2026">UK Parliament, [https://members.parliament.uk/member/4286/registeredinterests Register of Interests for Lord Mendelsohn], ''MPs and Lords'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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* '''Category 1 (remunerated employment):''' director of [[Red Capital Ltd]] (business services and venturing); senior adviser to [[Value Retail]] plc (general commercial); director of [[Cavendish Investment Group Ltd]] (equity investments); consultant on general commercial advice to RG Advisors (investment and management services); limited partner in Cogress St Edmunds Terrace 2 Limited Partnership (property development; no remuneration; interest ceased 11 August 2026).
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* '''Category 2(a) (shareholdings of more than 15%):''' [[Red Capital Ltd]]; [[Cavendish Investment Group Ltd]]; [[No Pasaran Media Ltd]] (content and publishing); Hagrid Investments Limited (investment holding company); [[The Office of Lord Mendelsohn]] Limited.
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* '''Category 2(b) (other shareholdings):''' [[Tokamak Energy]] Ltd; [[Sportlight Technology Ltd]]; Whalar Ltd; Witan Investment Trust; Untold Stories Ltd; Age Abode Ltd; F&C Investment Trust; Fundsmith LLP Equity Fund; BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund; Immersive Group Gaming Ltd (entered administration 10 December 2024); Ortuquercus Invest (interest ceased 28 September 2026); Bharat Supply; [[evoke plc]]; Intel Corporation; PayPal Holdings Inc; Next plc; Hylo Athletics Limited; AMCS Ltd; Cygnet Brand Holdings LLC; Carousel Ventures Limited; Trinny London; Anserine Labs Inc; Loyalty Clubs USA Inc.
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* '''Category 3 (land and property):''' part ownership in residential properties in London from which rental income is received.
  
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==Affiliations==
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==Business career==
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*[[Labour Friends of Israel]], former treasurer.
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===evoke plc (888 Holdings)===
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*[[LLM Communications]]
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On 23 September 2020 [[888 Holdings plc]] appointed Mendelsohn as a non-executive director and chair designate, to succeed Brian Mattingley as chair at its May 2021 annual general meeting.<ref name="iGB2020" /> He was interim executive chair of the company, by then named [[evoke plc]], from 30 January to 16 October 2023, and in October 2025 announced that he was stepping down as chair and non-executive director with immediate effect.<ref name="Evoke2025">evoke plc, [https://www.evokeplc.com/news-and-media/latest-news/board-change/ Board Change], undated announcement, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> Companies House records his resignation as a director of UK-Evoke (formerly UK-888 Holdings) on 21 October 2025.<ref name="CHrecB">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/rD8o1c8gVwaEKdzfHqz-5ZarNOY/appointments Lord Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID rD8o1c8gVwaEKdzfHqz-5ZarNOY)], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> The Register of Lords' Interests lists a shareholding in evoke plc.<ref name="ParlInterests2026" />
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*[[Policy Network]]
 
  
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==References==
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===Oakvale Capital, Value Retail and other roles===
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''iGaming Business'' reported in 2020 that he co-founded [[Oakvale Capital]], a mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory firm focused on the gaming, gambling and sports sector, and was a senior adviser to [[Value Retail]].<ref name="iGB2020" /> Companies House lists him as a designated member of [[Oakvale Capital LLP]] from 9 November 2011 to 12 February 2012 and a director of [[Oakvale Capital Advisory Ltd]] from 28 July 2015 to 29 May 2024. The Register of Lords' Interests lists him as senior adviser to Value Retail plc.<ref name="ParlInterests2026" /> The Adam Smith Institute lists him as a patron.<ref name="ASI" />
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==Other organisations==
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*[[Commonwealth Jewish Council]]: the council's website lists him as President and as one of its trustees.<ref name="CJC">Commonwealth Jewish Council, [https://www.cjc.org.uk/about-us/people People], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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*[[Abraham Accords (UK)]]: company director since 27 May 2021;<ref name="CHrecB" /> the UK Abraham Accords Group's board page lists "Lord Mendelsohn" as a director, alongside [[Liam Fox]] (chairman), [[Stuart Polak|Lord Polak]], [[Wendy Piatt]] and [[Laura Roberts]].<ref name="AAUK">UK Abraham Accords Group, [https://www.abraham-accords.uk/our-team-1 Our Board], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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*[[Middle East Forum Limited]]: director since 19 February 2025.<ref name="CHrecB" />
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*[[No Pasaran Media Ltd]]: director since 10 April 2019 and the person with significant control (ownership of 75% or more of the voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors); the Register of Lords' Interests lists a shareholding of more than 15%. See [[No Pasaran Media Ltd]].<ref name="CHnpm">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11938098/persons-with-significant-control No Pasaran Media Ltd: persons with significant control], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="ParlInterests2026" />
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*[[Labour Friends of Israel]]: described by ''The Guardian'' in 2007 as its former chair.<ref name="Guardian2007" />
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*[[LLM Communications]]: co-founder (see above).
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*[[Policy Network]]: director of Policy Network and Communications Ltd from 2 November 2001 and secretary from 1 June 2003, both to 16 June 2008.<ref name="CHrecA">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Aky_v9syE6pFVmk2wUIEGYDls9o/appointments Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID Aky_v9syE6pFVmk2wUIEGYDls9o)], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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*[[Berwin Leighton Paisner]](general commercial), paid adviser
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*[[Stern Advisory Group]] (corporate intelligence services), interim non-executive chairman,
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*[[Justice for Kurds]]
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==Companies House appointments==
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Companies House holds five officer records in the name of Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, each giving a date of birth of December 1966:
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* '''A''', "Lord Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn" (37 appointments), officer ID Aky_v9syE6pFVmk2wUIEGYDls9o.<ref name="CHrecA" /> It includes [[Franks Family Foundation]] from 21 May 2014, the same date as his trustee appointment on the Charity Commission register (below); [[Red Capital Ltd]] and [[Sportlight Technology Ltd]], which the Register of Lords' Interests names;<ref name="ParlInterests2026" /> and [[Holocaust Educational Trust]], whose trustee list the archived Charity Commission snapshots show.
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* '''B''', "Lord Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn" (12 appointments), officer ID rD8o1c8gVwaEKdzfHqz-5ZarNOY.<ref name="CHrecB" /> It includes [[No Pasaran Media Ltd]] and [[Cavendish Investment Group Ltd]], which the Register of Lords' Interests names, and the [[Hofenung Foundation]] and [[Follicular Lymphoma Foundation]], whose appointment dates match his trustee dates on the Charity Commission register (below).<ref name="ParlInterests2026" />
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* '''C''', "Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn" (2 appointments), officer ID hVrO-D-zAtZVMz234g3y0bbNV60.<ref name="CHrecC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/hVrO-D-zAtZVMz234g3y0bbNV60/appointments Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID hVrO-D-zAtZVMz234g3y0bbNV60)], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> It lists [[NGS Foundation Limited]], whose charity, NGS Foundation Ltd (1193575), lists "Jonathan Neil The Lord Mendelsohn" as a trustee from 4 November 2020 alongside [[Simon Franks]] and [[Guy Avshalom]]; the register shows Avshalom's other trusteeship as the Franks Family Foundation.<ref name="CC1193575">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5173507/trustees NGS Foundation Ltd (1193575) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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* '''D''', "Lord Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn" (1 appointment), officer ID 1gAroWsB88oYfv9Kqxn3qGiR_WU.<ref name="CHrecD">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1gAroWsB88oYfv9Kqxn3qGiR_WU/appointments Lord Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID 1gAroWsB88oYfv9Kqxn3qGiR_WU)], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> It lists [[The Office of Lord Mendelsohn]], which the Register of Lords' Interests also names.<ref name="ParlInterests2026" />
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* '''E''', "Lord Jon Mendelsohn" (2 appointments), officer ID OGDeykPLDfOZFV9tuSqLLFoVE_o.<ref name="CHrecE">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/OGDeykPLDfOZFV9tuSqLLFoVE_o/appointments Lord Jon Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID OGDeykPLDfOZFV9tuSqLLFoVE_o)], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> It lists [[Build Up Academy Ltd]] and [[Hellstorm Ltd]], both of which had New Derwent House, 69–73 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TA as their registered office. That was also the registered office of [[No Pasaran Media Ltd]] until 24 June 2025.<ref name="CHnpmFH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11938098/filing-history No Pasaran Media Ltd: filing history], showing the change of registered office on 24 June 2025, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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The table lists every appointment on these five records, with company numbers as registered. Company status is as shown on each company's Companies House overview.
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| [[The Office of Lord Mendelsohn]] (formerly The Office of Lord Mendelsohn Limited until 7 April 2026) || 17081547 || Director || 10 March 2026 || – || Active || D
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| [[Middle East Forum Limited]] (formerly Newco-Middle East Forum Limited until 7 April 2025) || 16261502 || Director || 19 February 2025 || – || Active || B
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|-
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| [[Abraham Accords (UK)]] (formerly "Middle East Forum" from 27 May 2021 to 29 July 2022) || 13425037 || Director || 27 May 2021 || – || Active || B
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| [[NGS Foundation Limited]] || 12925852 || Director || 10 October 2020 || – || Active || C
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|-
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| [[Hofenung Foundation]] || 12899786 || Director || 23 September 2020 || – || Active || B
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| [[Follicular Lymphoma Foundation]] || 11943477 || Director || 12 April 2019 || – || Active || B
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|-
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| [[No Pasaran Media Ltd]] || 11938098 || Director || 10 April 2019 || – || Active || B
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|-
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| [[14 Chesterford Gardens Ltd.]] || 06594385 || Director || 21 December 2017 || – || Active || B
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|-
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| [[Cavendish Investment Group Ltd]] || 10621405 || Director || 15 February 2017 || – || Active || B
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|-
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| [[Cedarsoak Ltd]] || 09325933 || Director || 25 November 2014 || – || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Franks Family Foundation]] || 05834838 || Director || 21 May 2014 || – || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Red Capital Ltd]] || 06330576 || Director || 1 August 2007 || – || Active || A
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|-
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| [[The Ruth Fund]] || 14965948 || Director || 27 June 2023 || – || Dissolved on 17 December 2024 || B
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|-
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| [[The UK-Israel Partnership Group Ltd]] || 13441103 || Director || 7 June 2021 || – || Dissolved on 20 June 2023 || B
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|-
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| [[Cedarsoak 2 Ltd]] || 13442065 || Director || 7 June 2021 || – || Dissolved on 20 June 2023 || B
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|-
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| [[Build Up Academy Ltd]] || 10731617 || Director || 20 April 2017 || – || Dissolved on 21 December 2021 || E
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|-
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| [[Hellstorm Ltd]] || 10448245 || Director || 27 October 2016 || – || Dissolved on 19 April 2022 || E
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|-
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| [[Dakota Holdings Ltd]] || 10205232 || Director || 28 May 2016 || – || Dissolved on 18 January 2022 || A
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|-
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| [[Cyber Protection Ltd]] || 09907875 || Director || 8 December 2015 || – || Dissolved on 17 September 2024 || A
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|-
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| [[Europa Healthcare Group Ltd]] (formerly Europa Hospitals Group Ltd until 29 September 2017) || 08679799 || Director || 6 September 2013 || – || Dissolved on 22 March 2022 || A
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|-
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| [[Europa Hospitals (Spain) Ltd]] || 08678502 || Director || 5 September 2013 || – || Dissolved on 9 January 2018 || A
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|-
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| [[Europa Hospitals (UK) Ltd]] || 08677417 || Director || 5 September 2013 || – || Dissolved on 9 January 2018 || A
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|-
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| [[Redbus Group Limited]] (formerly Helkon SK Limited until 22 April 2005) || 03622388 || Director || 14 June 2011 || – || Dissolved on 24 May 2016 || A
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|-
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| [[TMO Management Limited]] || 05966017 || Director || 13 October 2006 || – || Dissolved on 15 February 2011 || A
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|-
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| [[GDSZ Limited]] || 05965624 || Director || 12 October 2006 || – || Dissolved on 19 October 2021 || A
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| [[Red Capital Ltd]] || 06330576 || Secretary || 1 August 2007 || 31 March 2026 || Active || A
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| [[UK-Evoke]] (overseas company; formerly UK-888 Holdings until 5 August 2024) || FC039377 || Director || 22 March 2022 || 21 October 2025 || Active (overseas company) || B
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|-
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| [[Barnet Youth Zone]] || 10445685 || Director || 25 October 2016 || 22 May 2025 || Active || B
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|-
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| [[Oakvale Capital Advisory Ltd]] || 09705944 || Director || 28 July 2015 || 29 May 2024 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[The Reel One Partnership LLP]] || OC316001 || LLP designated member || 29 March 2006 || 22 March 2022 || Dissolved on 5 July 2022 || A
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|-
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| [[Green Bay Capital Ltd]] || 07803392 || Director || 10 October 2011 || 4 November 2020 || Active || A
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| [[Sportsarchivesco Ltd]] || 09515208 || Director || 27 March 2015 || 15 July 2020 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Heath Street Limited]] || 05379774 || Director || 28 June 2011 || 2 February 2020 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Progress Ltd|Progressive Britain Ltd]] (formerly Progress Limited until 28 July 2021) || 03109611 || Director || 25 January 2007 || 16 April 2019 || Active || A
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| [[Holocaust Educational Trust]] || 04207020 || Director || 27 April 2001 || 13 September 2017 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation]] || 00546659 || Director || 20 December 2012 || 12 September 2017 || Active || C
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|-
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| [[Sportlight Technology Ltd]] (formerly Sportslate Limited until 8 October 2018) || 09655770 || Director || 2 December 2015 || 31 August 2016 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Black Dunam Ltd]] (formerly Acre White Ltd from 7 December 2012 to 1 December 2017, and earlier Bluelion Media Ltd) || 08266745 || Director || 1 October 2015 || 17 February 2016 || Dissolved on 20 July 2021 || A
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| [[Immanuel College|The Charles Kalms, Henry Ronson Immanuel College]] || 02492411 || Director || 9 July 2012 || 7 July 2015 || Active || A
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| [[New Israel Fund]] || 03296825 || Director || 27 April 2007 || 10 December 2014 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Kinloss Educational Trust]] || 07967629 || Director || 28 February 2012 || 4 November 2014 || Dissolved on 31 October 2017 || A
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| [[Finchley Jewish Primary School Trust]] || 06319377 || Director || 17 January 2012 || 27 June 2014 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Oakvale Capital LLP]] || OC369646 || LLP designated member || 9 November 2011 || 12 February 2012 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[Russia Foundation]] || 05306962 || Director || 18 March 2008 || 1 February 2012 || Dissolved on 8 September 2015 || A
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|-
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| [[European Educational Research Trust Limited]] (registered as "The European Educational Research Trust Limited") || 00720249 || Director || 16 April 2002 || 7 July 2011 || Dissolved on 6 March 2018 || A
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|-
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| [[Silent Edge 2010 Ltd]] || 07251675 || Director || 12 May 2010 || 15 July 2010 || Dissolved on 16 November 2010 || A
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|-
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| [[Arcane Limited]] (formerly Hackremco (No.931) Limited until 21 September 1994) || 02933214 || Director || 5 December 1996 || 22 September 2009 || Dissolved on 18 July 2017 || A
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|-
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| [[Policy Network|Policy Network and Communications Ltd]] (formerly The New Policy Network until 6 November 2000) || 03918992 || Secretary || 1 June 2003 || 16 June 2008 || Dissolved on 8 February 2022 || A
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|-
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| [[Policy Network|Policy Network and Communications Ltd]] (formerly The New Policy Network until 6 November 2000) || 03918992 || Director || 2 November 2001 || 16 June 2008 || Dissolved on 8 February 2022 || A
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|-
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| [[LLM Communications|FD Public Affairs Limited]] (formerly LLM Communications Limited from 3 February 2000 to 11 December 2008, and earlier Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn Limited) || 03314777 || Director || 28 May 1997 || 31 August 2007 || Dissolved on 10 December 2013 || A
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|-
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| [[Antisemitism Policy Trust]] (formerly The Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism Foundation until 27 February 2017) || 04146486 || Director || 23 January 2001 || 20 December 2005 || Active || A
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|-
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| [[LLM Holdings Limited]] (formerly Ibis (847) Limited until 12 December 2003) || 04910285 || Secretary || 4 December 2003 || 22 July 2005 || Dissolved on 17 March 2010 || A
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|-
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| [[LLM Holdings Limited]] (formerly Ibis (847) Limited until 12 December 2003) || 04910285 || Director || 4 December 2003 || 22 July 2005 || Dissolved on 17 March 2010 || A
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|-
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| [[LLM Communications|FD Public Affairs Limited]] (formerly LLM Communications Limited from 3 February 2000 to 11 December 2008, and earlier Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn Limited) || 03314777 || Secretary || 8 July 1997 || 22 July 2005 || Dissolved on 10 December 2013 || A
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|}
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Red Capital Ltd appears twice because Companies House records two roles on record A: director (current) and company secretary (resigned 31 March 2026). The Register of Lords' Interests lists him as a director of the company.<ref name="ParlInterests2026" />
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==Charity trusteeships==
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The Charity Commission register lists the following trusteeships. Archived register snapshots from 2009 to 2017 list 'Jon Mendelsohn' as a trustee of the [[Holocaust Educational Trust]] (charity 1092892), where Companies House records a directorship from 27 April 2001 to 13 September 2017.<ref name="JCB-CHof04207020">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04207020/officers Holocaust Educational Trust officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 15 October 2026.</ref><ref name="JCB-ARC1092892_1">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20090209171829/http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1092892&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Holocaust Educational Trust – register entry (9 February 2009)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 9 February 2009, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Charity trusteeships
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! Charity !! Role !! From !! To !! Source
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|-
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| [[The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust]] (238043) || Trustee || 22 July 2020 || – || <ref name="ICB_CC238043">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/238043/trustees The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust (238043) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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|-
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| [[Franks Family Foundation]] (1114574) || Trustee || 21 May 2014 || – || <ref name="ICB_CCo1114574">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4024389/trustees Franks Family Foundation (1114574) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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|-
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| [[Follicular Lymphoma Foundation]] (1185091) || Trustee || 12 April 2019 || – || <ref name="ICB_CCo1185091">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5143304/trustees Follicular Lymphoma Foundation (1185091) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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|-
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| [[Hofenung Foundation]] (1196403) || Chair || 23 September 2020 || – || <ref name="ICB_CCo1196403">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5170054/trustees Hofenung Foundation (1196403) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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|-
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| [[NGS Foundation Limited|NGS Foundation Ltd]] (1193575) || Trustee || 4 November 2020 || – || <ref name="CC1193575" />
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|-
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| [[The Mendelsohn Family Charity]] (1214428) || Chair || 1 May 2025 || – || <ref name="ICB_CCo1214428">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5267600/trustees The Mendelsohn Family Charity (1214428) – trustees], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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|}
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===Historic charity trusteeships (archived register snapshots)===
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The table gives the first and last archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register that lists 'Jon Mendelsohn'; these are not appointment or resignation dates.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Charity !! Charity number !! First seen !! Last seen !! Snapshots !! Source
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|-
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| [[Holocaust Educational Trust]] || 1092892 || 9 February 2009 || 26 July 2017 || 6 || <ref name="JCB-ARC1092892_1" /><ref name="JCB-ARC1092892_6">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20170726175148/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1092892&subid=0 Holocaust Educational Trust – register entry (26 July 2017)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
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|}
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== Links to Israel and the IDF ==
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Jon Mendelsohn is recorded as a trustee of [[The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust]] (from 22 July 2020).<ref name="ICB_CC238043" /> Support relevant to the [[Israel Defense Forces]] documented in the charity's records: Beit Halochem (UK). Amounts and years: £1,055,500 documented: 101k, 100k, 149k, 150k, 123k, 122.5k (2017-2022); £200,000 (y/e 5 Apr 2024); £110,000 (y/e 5 Apr 2025).<ref name="ICB_F238043">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A18319570&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Faccounts-and-annual-returns&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=238043 The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust (238043): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> Of the years named in these records, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 fall within Jon Mendelsohn's recorded tenure.
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==See also==
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*[[No Pasaran Media Ltd]]
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*[[Labour Friends of Israel]]
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*[[Abraham Accords (UK)]]
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British Labour life peer, former lobbyist and Labour Party fundraiser, company director and charity trustee

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Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn

Image Lord Mendelsohn ASI.jpg
Lord Mendelsohn, from the Adam Smith Institute patron page
Born December 1966
Nationality British
Occupation Member of the House of Lords; company director; former lobbyist
Known for Co-founding LLM Communications; Labour's director of general election resources (2007); chair of evoke plc (2021–2025); owner of No Pasaran Media Ltd

Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn (born December 1966), known as Jon Mendelsohn and Lord Jon Mendelsohn, is a Labour member of the House of Lords, a company director, a former lobbyist and a former Labour Party fundraiser. He was an adviser to Tony Blair from 1995 to 1997, co-founded the lobbying firm LLM Communications, and in 2007 became the Labour Party's director of general election resources under Gordon Brown.[1] He was created a life peer on 5 September 2013.[2][3]

His business roles have included chair of the gambling group evoke plc (formerly 888 Holdings), co-founder of Oakvale Capital and senior adviser to Value Retail. Companies House records list him as an officer of 50 companies, LLPs and charitable companies, including the publisher No Pasaran Media Ltd, Middle East Forum Limited, Abraham Accords (UK), the Hofenung Foundation and the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation.[4]

Early life

Mendelsohn was a member of the 'socialist' Zionist youth group Habonim Dror in his youth. The Jewish Chronicle reported in 1983 on a reunion for members of Habonim from Oxford:

The Oxford reunion - for chaverim who participated in the movement's summer scheme in Israel - was held at a farmhouse. Everyone present received a copy of Habonim's Israel camp diary, a reminder of summer scheme memories and mishaps, compiled by Jonny Mendelsohn and Jonny Freedland, with the help of madrichim, Dan Friedler and Bev Vincent.[5]

In 1986 the Jewish Chronicle reported that:

Close to 140 London members of Habonim Dror participated in the movement's summer camps, contributing greatly to their success. Maqurice Bernstein, Andrew Grossman, Charlie Presburg and Tali Zetuni led Habonim's camp in Israel, from whihc 120 chaverim from throughout Britain retunred bronzed and fulfilled. The 15 year-olds popped on a ferry to Holland to take part in what mazkir Jonathan Gewirtz described as 'a powerful and thought provoking seminar on the Holocaust'. The seminar was supplemented by a four day hike, boarting. and cycling in the Dutch countryside and a visit to Amsterdam. Colin Picker, Liane Brookes, Jonny Mendelsohn, Jonny Friedland, Caroline Jacobs, Hilary Levy amd Suzanne Freed were in charge of the tour.[6]

In 1989-90 Mendelsohn was 'Chairperson' of the Union of Jewish Students.

Career

'right-hand man'

After UJS Mendelsohn became the 'Right-hand man' of Labour MP Greville Janner.

Lobbying and links to New Labour

Mendelsohn was an adviser to Tony Blair from 1995 until Labour's 1997 election victory.[1] With two other Blairites he then set up the lobbying firm LLM Communications, which marketed itself as an "ethical" lobbying firm. The Guardian reported that in 1998 LLM became caught up in the cash-for-access affair when executives were allegedly caught boasting about links to the Labour hierarchy; LLM denied any impropriety.[1] Companies House records show the company was incorporated on 7 February 1997 as Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn Limited, renamed LLM Communications Limited on 3 February 2000 and renamed FD Public Affairs Limited on 11 December 2008; Mendelsohn was a director from 28 May 1997 to 31 August 2007 and company secretary from 8 July 1997 to 22 July 2005. The company was dissolved on 10 December 2013.[7] He was also a director and secretary of LLM Holdings Limited from 4 December 2003 to 22 July 2005.[7]

LLM was acquired by the financial public relations firm Financial Dynamics in 2005; the trade press later reported that Mendelsohn served as a managing director and then chairman of its Global Issues Division, later part of FTI Consulting.[8] The Guardian reported that the Conservatives pointed to his earlier lobbying for Ladbrokes while the gambling bill was before Parliament in 2004.[1] He was formerly chair of Labour Friends of Israel, according to The Guardian.[1]

In August 2007 he left FD-LLM to return to the Labour Party as director of general election resources and its chief fundraiser; The Guardian reported that he had paid £5,000 towards Gordon Brown's uncontested leadership campaign.[1] The Adam Smith Institute's patron biography states that he was Director of General Election Resources from 2007 to 2010 and an Assistant Treasurer of the Labour Party from 2009 to 2011.[9] Mendelsohn was later embroiled in Labour's funding scandal, and faced calls to quit after it was alleged he knew of arrangements to fund the Labour Party through intermediaries.[10]

According to the Jewish Chronicle: "Mendelsohn, who will report directly to International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander - Labour's general election co-ordinator - is charged with bolstering the party's finances, membership and organisation ahead of the election. The reports noted that Mendelsohn had been an adviser to Tony Blair from 1995-97, was co-founder of lobbying outfit LLM Communications and had provided £5,000 to help fund Brown's uncontested leadership campaign. [11]

The Chronicle also noted Mendelsohn's 'work for Ruth Parasol, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, who made her first fortune through an internet sex site before becoming one of the biggest players in the online gaming industry at PartyGaming.'

The Chronicle reported that Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran 'recall that they had met Mendelsohn in the late 1990s when his firm was allegedly telling clients that it could supply them with an advanced copy of the Chancellor's Mansion House speech, a key event of the financial calendar. "Obviously Gordon doesn't hold any of that against Mendelsohn," the writers suggest.'

The Chronicle also notes a reference to Mendelsohn in the Mail on Sunday's Black Dog diary column. 'It suggested that the lobbyist's "number one asset is his feisty wife Nicola", an advertising executive who is a "ferocious networker, whose contacts range from the Prince of Wales to London's business elite". It notes her personal mantra is "Chutzpah is everything".'[11]

House of Lords

Mendelsohn was created Baron Mendelsohn, of Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet, and was introduced to the House of Lords on 9 October 2013, supported by Lord Levy and Lord Janner of Braunstone.[12] UK Parliament records his House membership and Labour affiliation from 5 September 2013.[3]

Role From To
Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) 28 May 2015 14 July 2016
Shadow Spokesperson (International Trade) 1 July 2016 25 January 2018
Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) 14 July 2016 25 January 2018
International Relations and Defence Committee 1 July 2019 11 November 2021

[3]

Register of Lords' interests

The Register of Lords' Interests entry for Lord Mendelsohn, as accessed on 11 November 2026, lists:[13]

  • Category 1 (remunerated employment): director of Red Capital Ltd (business services and venturing); senior adviser to Value Retail plc (general commercial); director of Cavendish Investment Group Ltd (equity investments); consultant on general commercial advice to RG Advisors (investment and management services); limited partner in Cogress St Edmunds Terrace 2 Limited Partnership (property development; no remuneration; interest ceased 11 August 2026).
  • Category 2(a) (shareholdings of more than 15%): Red Capital Ltd; Cavendish Investment Group Ltd; No Pasaran Media Ltd (content and publishing); Hagrid Investments Limited (investment holding company); The Office of Lord Mendelsohn Limited.
  • Category 2(b) (other shareholdings): Tokamak Energy Ltd; Sportlight Technology Ltd; Whalar Ltd; Witan Investment Trust; Untold Stories Ltd; Age Abode Ltd; F&C Investment Trust; Fundsmith LLP Equity Fund; BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund; Immersive Group Gaming Ltd (entered administration 10 December 2024); Ortuquercus Invest (interest ceased 28 September 2026); Bharat Supply; evoke plc; Intel Corporation; PayPal Holdings Inc; Next plc; Hylo Athletics Limited; AMCS Ltd; Cygnet Brand Holdings LLC; Carousel Ventures Limited; Trinny London; Anserine Labs Inc; Loyalty Clubs USA Inc.
  • Category 3 (land and property): part ownership in residential properties in London from which rental income is received.

Business career

evoke plc (888 Holdings)

On 23 September 2020 888 Holdings plc appointed Mendelsohn as a non-executive director and chair designate, to succeed Brian Mattingley as chair at its May 2021 annual general meeting.[8] He was interim executive chair of the company, by then named evoke plc, from 30 January to 16 October 2023, and in October 2025 announced that he was stepping down as chair and non-executive director with immediate effect.[14] Companies House records his resignation as a director of UK-Evoke (formerly UK-888 Holdings) on 21 October 2025.[15] The Register of Lords' Interests lists a shareholding in evoke plc.[13]

Oakvale Capital, Value Retail and other roles

iGaming Business reported in 2020 that he co-founded Oakvale Capital, a mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory firm focused on the gaming, gambling and sports sector, and was a senior adviser to Value Retail.[8] Companies House lists him as a designated member of Oakvale Capital LLP from 9 November 2011 to 12 February 2012 and a director of Oakvale Capital Advisory Ltd from 28 July 2015 to 29 May 2024. The Register of Lords' Interests lists him as senior adviser to Value Retail plc.[13] The Adam Smith Institute lists him as a patron.[9]

Other organisations

Companies House appointments

Companies House holds five officer records in the name of Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, each giving a date of birth of December 1966:

The table lists every appointment on these five records, with company numbers as registered. Company status is as shown on each company's Companies House overview.

Company or LLP No. Role Appointed Resigned Company status Record
The Office of Lord Mendelsohn (formerly The Office of Lord Mendelsohn Limited until 7 April 2026) 17081547 Director 10 March 2026 – Active D
Middle East Forum Limited (formerly Newco-Middle East Forum Limited until 7 April 2025) 16261502 Director 19 February 2025 – Active B
Abraham Accords (UK) (formerly "Middle East Forum" from 27 May 2021 to 29 July 2022) 13425037 Director 27 May 2021 – Active B
NGS Foundation Limited 12925852 Director 10 October 2020 – Active C
Hofenung Foundation 12899786 Director 23 September 2020 – Active B
Follicular Lymphoma Foundation 11943477 Director 12 April 2019 – Active B
No Pasaran Media Ltd 11938098 Director 10 April 2019 – Active B
14 Chesterford Gardens Ltd. 06594385 Director 21 December 2017 – Active B
Cavendish Investment Group Ltd 10621405 Director 15 February 2017 – Active B
Cedarsoak Ltd 09325933 Director 25 November 2014 – Active A
Franks Family Foundation 05834838 Director 21 May 2014 – Active A
Red Capital Ltd 06330576 Director 1 August 2007 – Active A
The Ruth Fund 14965948 Director 27 June 2023 – Dissolved on 17 December 2024 B
The UK-Israel Partnership Group Ltd 13441103 Director 7 June 2021 – Dissolved on 20 June 2023 B
Cedarsoak 2 Ltd 13442065 Director 7 June 2021 – Dissolved on 20 June 2023 B
Build Up Academy Ltd 10731617 Director 20 April 2017 – Dissolved on 21 December 2021 E
Hellstorm Ltd 10448245 Director 27 October 2016 – Dissolved on 19 April 2022 E
Dakota Holdings Ltd 10205232 Director 28 May 2016 – Dissolved on 18 January 2022 A
Cyber Protection Ltd 09907875 Director 8 December 2015 – Dissolved on 17 September 2024 A
Europa Healthcare Group Ltd (formerly Europa Hospitals Group Ltd until 29 September 2017) 08679799 Director 6 September 2013 – Dissolved on 22 March 2022 A
Europa Hospitals (Spain) Ltd 08678502 Director 5 September 2013 – Dissolved on 9 January 2018 A
Europa Hospitals (UK) Ltd 08677417 Director 5 September 2013 – Dissolved on 9 January 2018 A
Redbus Group Limited (formerly Helkon SK Limited until 22 April 2005) 03622388 Director 14 June 2011 – Dissolved on 24 May 2016 A
TMO Management Limited 05966017 Director 13 October 2006 – Dissolved on 15 February 2011 A
GDSZ Limited 05965624 Director 12 October 2006 – Dissolved on 19 October 2021 A
Red Capital Ltd 06330576 Secretary 1 August 2007 31 March 2026 Active A
UK-Evoke (overseas company; formerly UK-888 Holdings until 5 August 2024) FC039377 Director 22 March 2022 21 October 2025 Active (overseas company) B
Barnet Youth Zone 10445685 Director 25 October 2016 22 May 2025 Active B
Oakvale Capital Advisory Ltd 09705944 Director 28 July 2015 29 May 2024 Active A
The Reel One Partnership LLP OC316001 LLP designated member 29 March 2006 22 March 2022 Dissolved on 5 July 2022 A
Green Bay Capital Ltd 07803392 Director 10 October 2011 4 November 2020 Active A
Sportsarchivesco Ltd 09515208 Director 27 March 2015 15 July 2020 Active A
Heath Street Limited 05379774 Director 28 June 2011 2 February 2020 Active A
Progressive Britain Ltd (formerly Progress Limited until 28 July 2021) 03109611 Director 25 January 2007 16 April 2019 Active A
Holocaust Educational Trust 04207020 Director 27 April 2001 13 September 2017 Active A
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation 00546659 Director 20 December 2012 12 September 2017 Active C
Sportlight Technology Ltd (formerly Sportslate Limited until 8 October 2018) 09655770 Director 2 December 2015 31 August 2016 Active A
Black Dunam Ltd (formerly Acre White Ltd from 7 December 2012 to 1 December 2017, and earlier Bluelion Media Ltd) 08266745 Director 1 October 2015 17 February 2016 Dissolved on 20 July 2021 A
The Charles Kalms, Henry Ronson Immanuel College 02492411 Director 9 July 2012 7 July 2015 Active A
New Israel Fund 03296825 Director 27 April 2007 10 December 2014 Active A
Kinloss Educational Trust 07967629 Director 28 February 2012 4 November 2014 Dissolved on 31 October 2017 A
Finchley Jewish Primary School Trust 06319377 Director 17 January 2012 27 June 2014 Active A
Oakvale Capital LLP OC369646 LLP designated member 9 November 2011 12 February 2012 Active A
Russia Foundation 05306962 Director 18 March 2008 1 February 2012 Dissolved on 8 September 2015 A
European Educational Research Trust Limited (registered as "The European Educational Research Trust Limited") 00720249 Director 16 April 2002 7 July 2011 Dissolved on 6 March 2018 A
Silent Edge 2010 Ltd 07251675 Director 12 May 2010 15 July 2010 Dissolved on 16 November 2010 A
Arcane Limited (formerly Hackremco (No.931) Limited until 21 September 1994) 02933214 Director 5 December 1996 22 September 2009 Dissolved on 18 July 2017 A
Policy Network and Communications Ltd (formerly The New Policy Network until 6 November 2000) 03918992 Secretary 1 June 2003 16 June 2008 Dissolved on 8 February 2022 A
Policy Network and Communications Ltd (formerly The New Policy Network until 6 November 2000) 03918992 Director 2 November 2001 16 June 2008 Dissolved on 8 February 2022 A
FD Public Affairs Limited (formerly LLM Communications Limited from 3 February 2000 to 11 December 2008, and earlier Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn Limited) 03314777 Director 28 May 1997 31 August 2007 Dissolved on 10 December 2013 A
Antisemitism Policy Trust (formerly The Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism Foundation until 27 February 2017) 04146486 Director 23 January 2001 20 December 2005 Active A
LLM Holdings Limited (formerly Ibis (847) Limited until 12 December 2003) 04910285 Secretary 4 December 2003 22 July 2005 Dissolved on 17 March 2010 A
LLM Holdings Limited (formerly Ibis (847) Limited until 12 December 2003) 04910285 Director 4 December 2003 22 July 2005 Dissolved on 17 March 2010 A
FD Public Affairs Limited (formerly LLM Communications Limited from 3 February 2000 to 11 December 2008, and earlier Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn Limited) 03314777 Secretary 8 July 1997 22 July 2005 Dissolved on 10 December 2013 A

Red Capital Ltd appears twice because Companies House records two roles on record A: director (current) and company secretary (resigned 31 March 2026). The Register of Lords' Interests lists him as a director of the company.[13]

Charity trusteeships

The Charity Commission register lists the following trusteeships. Archived register snapshots from 2009 to 2017 list 'Jon Mendelsohn' as a trustee of the Holocaust Educational Trust (charity 1092892), where Companies House records a directorship from 27 April 2001 to 13 September 2017.[25][26]

Charity trusteeships
Charity Role From To Source
The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust (238043) Trustee 22 July 2020 – [27]
Franks Family Foundation (1114574) Trustee 21 May 2014 – [28]
Follicular Lymphoma Foundation (1185091) Trustee 12 April 2019 – [29]
Hofenung Foundation (1196403) Chair 23 September 2020 – [30]
NGS Foundation Ltd (1193575) Trustee 4 November 2020 – [21]
The Mendelsohn Family Charity (1214428) Chair 1 May 2025 – [31]

Historic charity trusteeships (archived register snapshots)

The table gives the first and last archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register that lists 'Jon Mendelsohn'; these are not appointment or resignation dates.

Charity Charity number First seen Last seen Snapshots Source
Holocaust Educational Trust 1092892 9 February 2009 26 July 2017 6 [26][32]

Links to Israel and the IDF

Jon Mendelsohn is recorded as a trustee of The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust (from 22 July 2020).[27] Support relevant to the Israel Defense Forces documented in the charity's records: Beit Halochem (UK). Amounts and years: £1,055,500 documented: 101k, 100k, 149k, 150k, 123k, 122.5k (2017-2022); £200,000 (y/e 5 Apr 2024); £110,000 (y/e 5 Apr 2025).[33] Of the years named in these records, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 fall within Jon Mendelsohn's recorded tenure.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Haroon Siddique, 'Ethical lobbyist' caught up in donations row, The Guardian, 28 November 2007, accessed 11 November 2026.
  2. ↑ Lord Mendelsohn Parliament.UK, accessed 22 December 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 UK Parliament, Parliamentary career for Lord Mendelsohn, MPs and Lords, accessed 11 November 2026.
  4. ↑ Companies House officer records (see #Companies House appointments below for the record references), accessed 11 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 'Back together at Habonim', Jewish Chronicle, 25 November 1983, p. 28.
  6. ↑ 'Wishing you were here', Jewish Chronicle, 12 September 1986: 18.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Companies House, company overview pages for each company listed in the #Companies House appointments table, accessed 11 November 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Aaron Noy, 888 names Lord Mendelsohn as chair designate, iGaming Business, 23 September 2020, accessed 11 November 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Adam Smith Institute, The Lord Mendelsohn of Finchley, Patron, accessed 11 November 2026.
  10. ↑ Robert Winnett and Christopher Hope, “Screw Tightens On Brown Fundraiser”, The Daily Telegraph, December 1, 2007
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Same old murmurs as Jew takes top job',Alex Brummer, Jewish Chronicle, 23/08/2007
  12. ↑ House of Lords Hansard, Introduction: Lord Mendelsohn, 9 October 2013, column 69, accessed 11 November 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 UK Parliament, Register of Interests for Lord Mendelsohn, MPs and Lords, accessed 11 November 2026.
  14. ↑ evoke plc, Board Change, undated announcement, accessed 11 November 2026.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Companies House, Lord Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID rD8o1c8gVwaEKdzfHqz-5ZarNOY), accessed 11 November 2026.
  16. ↑ Commonwealth Jewish Council, People, accessed 11 November 2026.
  17. ↑ UK Abraham Accords Group, Our Board, accessed 11 November 2026.
  18. ↑ Companies House, No Pasaran Media Ltd: persons with significant control, accessed 11 November 2026.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Companies House, Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID Aky_v9syE6pFVmk2wUIEGYDls9o), accessed 11 November 2026.
  20. ↑ Companies House, Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID hVrO-D-zAtZVMz234g3y0bbNV60), accessed 11 November 2026.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Charity Commission, NGS Foundation Ltd (1193575) – trustees, Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
  22. ↑ Companies House, Lord Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID 1gAroWsB88oYfv9Kqxn3qGiR_WU), accessed 11 November 2026.
  23. ↑ Companies House, Lord Jon Mendelsohn: appointments (officer ID OGDeykPLDfOZFV9tuSqLLFoVE_o), accessed 11 November 2026.
  24. ↑ Companies House, No Pasaran Media Ltd: filing history, showing the change of registered office on 24 June 2025, accessed 11 November 2026.
  25. ↑ Companies House, Holocaust Educational Trust officers Companies House, accessed 15 October 2026.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 UK Government Web Archive, Holocaust Educational Trust – register entry (9 February 2009), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 9 February 2009, accessed 14 October 2026.
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