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[[File:Screenshot 2025-03-10 at 15.42.53.png|400px|thumb|right|Adam Lewis and [[Melanie Lewis]] ]] | [[File:Screenshot 2025-03-10 at 15.42.53.png|400px|thumb|right|Adam Lewis and [[Melanie Lewis]] ]] | ||
| − | [[Adam Edward Lewis]] (born May 1966) | + | [[Adam Edward Lewis]] (born May 1966) is a British businessman and chairman of the [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]] (GJCT) since June 2023. He is a senior partner in the family debt collection firm [[Stirling Park]] and a prominent figure in the tight-knit network of Scottish Zionist families known as the "Caledonian Cousinhood".<ref name="MintPress2025">[[MintPress News]], [https://www.mintpressnews.com/caledonian-cousinhood-scotland-zionist-families-israel/290252/ Scottish Zionism’s Inner Circle: The Caledonian Cousinhood That Bankrolls Occupation and Genocide] ''MintPress News'', 2025.</ref><ref name="PressTV2025">[[Press TV]], [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/07/19/751459/neighors-inside-tight-knit-caledonian-cousinhood-scottish-zionism Neighbours: Inside the tight-knit Caledonian Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism] ''Press TV'', 19 July 2025.</ref> |
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| + | The Lewis family has been involved in debt collection since 1924, with Adam and his brother Jonathan as partners in Stirling Park. In 2002, as senior partner, Lewis was found guilty of serious professional misconduct in four acts related to debt recovery practices, including wrongly adding VAT and proceeding with poindings. He was fined £1,000 and censured, with full costs of approximately £60,000 ordered.<ref name="MintPress2025" /> | ||
The Lewis family made a fortune from debt collection going back to 1924. According to the ''Herald'': | The Lewis family made a fortune from debt collection going back to 1924. According to the ''Herald'': | ||
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Family members involved as directors of the various firms include [[Jack Lewis]] | [[Lawrence Michael Lewis]] | [[Felicia Leonore Sellyn]] | [[Melanie Lewis]] | [[Jonathan Mark Lewis]]. | Family members involved as directors of the various firms include [[Jack Lewis]] | [[Lawrence Michael Lewis]] | [[Felicia Leonore Sellyn]] | [[Melanie Lewis]] | [[Jonathan Mark Lewis]]. | ||
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| + | Lewis lives in a luxury home in Whitecraigs, Giffnock (purchased for £1,675,000 in January 2009), in close proximity to other prominent Zionist families in the G46 and G77 postcodes — an area central to the Caledonian Cousinhood network that coordinates funding and influence for Zionist causes in Scotland.<ref name="PressTV2025" /> | ||
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| + | == Business career == | ||
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| + | The Lewis family business, Stirling Park, specialises in debt collection, including council tax arrears for multiple local authorities. In 2009, Adam and Jonathan sold the firm to a Swedish company for £7.9 million, only to buy it back shortly afterwards. The business has faced criticism for aggressive recovery tactics, including historical use of poindings (seizing debtors' belongings), a practice abolished in Scotland in 2002.<ref name="MintPress2025" /> | ||
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| + | == Philanthropy and Zionist activities == | ||
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| + | Since June 2023, Lewis has served as chairman of the [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]], which channels millions of pounds into Scottish Zionist organisations and projects linked to the Zionist entity. The Trust has funded groups including the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]], [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]], [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]], and the Chabad movement.<ref name="MintPress2025" /> | ||
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| + | Lewis previously served on the board overseeing Jewish studies at [[Calderwood Lodge Primary School]], where his children were educated. The family is deeply embedded in the "Caledonian Cousinhood", a tightly networked group of intermarried Scottish Zionist families (including the Wolfson, Walton, Links, Grabiner, and Berkley families) that has shaped Scottish Zionism for over a century through business, marriage, and philanthropic coordination.<ref name="PressTV2025" /> | ||
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| + | == Personal life == | ||
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| + | Adam Edward Lewis is married to [[Melanie Lewis]]. They have three children: Dillon (born 1996), Ella Beth (born 1998), and Katie (born 2002). The family resides in Whitecraigs, Giffnock, in one of the most affluent Zionist enclaves in Scotland. | ||
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Revision as of 13:02, 25 February 2026
Adam Edward Lewis (born May 1966) is a British businessman and chairman of the Glasgow Jewish Community Trust (GJCT) since June 2023. He is a senior partner in the family debt collection firm Stirling Park and a prominent figure in the tight-knit network of Scottish Zionist families known as the "Caledonian Cousinhood".[1][2]
The Lewis family has been involved in debt collection since 1924, with Adam and his brother Jonathan as partners in Stirling Park. In 2002, as senior partner, Lewis was found guilty of serious professional misconduct in four acts related to debt recovery practices, including wrongly adding VAT and proceeding with poindings. He was fined £1,000 and censured, with full costs of approximately £60,000 ordered.[1]
The Lewis family made a fortune from debt collection going back to 1924. According to the Herald:
- Founded in 1924 by the grandfather of Jonathan and Adam Lewis, two of the five partners in the business who have sold it to Capita, Stirling Park started as Jack Lewis later becoming Jack Lewis and Sons. In the 1980s the firm changed its name to Stirling Park and was bought by Swedish-owned Intrum Justitia in 2002. A management buyout in 2009 saw it revert to Scottish ownership.[3]
Family members involved as directors of the various firms include Jack Lewis | Lawrence Michael Lewis | Felicia Leonore Sellyn | Melanie Lewis | Jonathan Mark Lewis.
Lewis lives in a luxury home in Whitecraigs, Giffnock (purchased for £1,675,000 in January 2009), in close proximity to other prominent Zionist families in the G46 and G77 postcodes — an area central to the Caledonian Cousinhood network that coordinates funding and influence for Zionist causes in Scotland.[2]
Business career
The Lewis family business, Stirling Park, specialises in debt collection, including council tax arrears for multiple local authorities. In 2009, Adam and Jonathan sold the firm to a Swedish company for £7.9 million, only to buy it back shortly afterwards. The business has faced criticism for aggressive recovery tactics, including historical use of poindings (seizing debtors' belongings), a practice abolished in Scotland in 2002.[1]
Philanthropy and Zionist activities
Since June 2023, Lewis has served as chairman of the Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, which channels millions of pounds into Scottish Zionist organisations and projects linked to the Zionist entity. The Trust has funded groups including the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, United Jewish Israel Appeal, and the Chabad movement.[1]
Lewis previously served on the board overseeing Jewish studies at Calderwood Lodge Primary School, where his children were educated. The family is deeply embedded in the "Caledonian Cousinhood", a tightly networked group of intermarried Scottish Zionist families (including the Wolfson, Walton, Links, Grabiner, and Berkley families) that has shaped Scottish Zionism for over a century through business, marriage, and philanthropic coordination.[2]
Personal life
Adam Edward Lewis is married to Melanie Lewis. They have three children: Dillon (born 1996), Ella Beth (born 1998), and Katie (born 2002). The family resides in Whitecraigs, Giffnock, in one of the most affluent Zionist enclaves in Scotland.
Business career
Court case
- https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cash-con-sheriff-officer-back-1078748
- https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/13160149.capita-snaps-stirling-park-expand-debt-arm/
- https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-48-issue-06/credibility-at-stake-in-crisis-of-confidence/
- https://stirlingpark.tripod.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20041221225738/http://stirlingpark.tripod.com:80/judgement.pdf
Affiliations
Company director
| Company name | Company number | Company status | Correspondence address | Role | Position | Appointed on | Resigned on | Nationality | Country of residence | Occupation |
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| GJCT Braidbar Ltd | (SC475304) | Dissolved | Caledonia House, 89 Seaward Street, Glasgow, G41 1HJ | Role | Director | 10 May 2022 | British | Scotland | Director | |
| Whitecraigs Development Company Limited | (SC402643) | Dissolved | 15 Burnside Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, Scotland, G46 6TT | Role | Director | 29 June 2011 | British | Scotland | None | |
| Edmark Ltd. | (SC277270) | Dissolved | Woodstock Capelrig Lane, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 6LA | Role | Secretary | 9 December 2004 | British | Company Director | ||
| Edmark Ltd. | (SC277270) | Dissolved | Woodstock Capelrig Lane, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 6LA | Role | Director | 9 December 2004 | British | Company Director | ||
| Milverton Properties Limited | (SC099947) | Active | 15 Burnside Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G46 6TT | Role Active | Secretary | 31 December 1988 | British | |||
| Milverton Properties Limited | (SC099947) | Active | 15 Burnside Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G46 6TT | Role Active | Director | 31 December 1988 | British | Scotland | Director | |
| SP Collect Ltd | (SC371511) | Dissolved | 24 St Enoch Square, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 4DB | Role Resigned | Director | 20 January 2010 | 9 May 2014 | British | Scotland | Company Director |
| Stirling Park LLP | (SO300097) | Active | 15 Burnside Road, Whitecraigs, Glasgow, G46 6TT | Role Resigned | LLP Designated Member | 10 June 2009 | 9 May 2014 | Scotland | ||
| Stirling Park LLP | (SO300097) | Active | Woodstock, Capelrig Lane, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, , G77 6LA | Role Resigned | LLP Member | 16 July 2002 | 14 July 2004 | |||
| The Lewis Group Limited | (SC127043) | Dissolved | 1-266 Camphill Avenue, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G41 3AS | Role Resigned | Director | 20 June 1991 | 30 December 1994 | British | Comp Dir |
Charity trustee
- Glasgow Jewish Community Trust | Calderwood Jewish Education== External links ==
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 MintPress News, Scottish Zionism’s Inner Circle: The Caledonian Cousinhood That Bankrolls Occupation and Genocide MintPress News, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Press TV, Neighbours: Inside the tight-knit Caledonian Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism Press TV, 19 July 2025.
- ↑ https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/13160149.capita-snaps-stirling-park-expand-debt-arm/