David Clive Levitus

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Scottish Jewish businessman and JNF supporter from Glasgow

For the David Levitus born in 1882 who emigrated to Australia, see David Levitus (born 1882). For other people of the name, see David Levitus.
David Clive Levitus

Born August 1968 Eastwood and Mearns, Scotland
Nationality British
Occupation Company director (property lending and development finance)
Known for Jewish National Fund fundraising in Scotland (JNF KKL Scotland); Honorary Treasurer, Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society
Spouse(s) Susan Adele Cummings (m. 1993)
Children Sarah Ainsley Levitus, Harry Peter Levitus, Abigail Charley Levitus

David Clive Levitus (born August 1968, Eastwood and Mearns)[1] is a Glasgow based company director in property lending and development finance, a member of the Glasgow Levitus family, and a participant in Jewish National Fund (JNF) fundraising in Scotland. In 2008 the Jewish Chronicle pictured him at the annual Pro-Am golf tournament of JNF KKL Scotland, which raised £30,000 for the Gazit Reservoir in the Galilee.[2] Companies House lists him as an officer of 34 companies, most of them at 65 Bath Street, First Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX.[3] He is a trustee of the M Charitable Trust.[4]

Jewish National Fund

The Jewish Chronicle reported in July 2008 that the annual KKL Scotland Pro-Am golf tournament, held at Bonnyton Golf Club, Glasgow, and attended by more than 200 people, had raised £30,000 for the construction of the Gazit Reservoir in the Galilee, a project supported by KKL Scotland. Its photographs included one captioned "David Levitus, Bernard Solomons, Ed Faber and professional golfer Fraser Mann".[2] The Scottish Charity Register describes the objects of The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust as the relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the advancement of environmental protection or improvement, "all to be based in the State of Israel and where appropriate by supporting relevant charitable projects of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL Israel)".[5]

Business

A 2015 report in Scottish Financial News described Levitus as a director of Development Finance Ltd, a "Glasgow-based development lender", and quoted him on its launch of a Permitted Development Loans product for the conversion of disused farm buildings into housing.[6] The company's website listed him in February 2024 as Finance Director, at 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 2BX.[7] Companies House records him as a director of Development Finance Ltd. (SC363204) from 27 April 2010, and as a person with significant control holding more than 25% but not more than 50% of its shares, as does Susan Adele Levitus (born March 1968).[3][8]

Harry Smith, Limited

His longest current appointment is as a director of Harry Smith, Limited (SC008622; earlier recorded as Henry Smith, Limited), from 8 April 1998. The company was incorporated on 15 April 1913, is classified under credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and the letting of own real estate, and has its registered office at 65 C/O Cherrytree Group, 65 Bath Street, First Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX.[9] He is its only registered person with significant control, holding more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares and voting rights, with the right to appoint or remove directors.[10] Companies House does not list any previous company names for SC008622. It is the same company that the London weekly Truth reported in April 1920 as Henry Smith, Limited, 173 Vincent Street, Glasgow, run by Harry Levitus of Pollokshields and Emanuel Levitus of Edinburgh as a moneylending business.[11][9]

On the day of his appointment, 8 April 1998, Companies House records the resignations as directors of Maurice Levitus (born July 1910; 60 Milverton Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G46 7LQ), Raymond Saul Levitus (born April 1939; 5 Dalserf Crescent, Giffnock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G46 6RB), who also resigned as secretary, and Sylvia Deborah Levitus (born April 1944), who was appointed secretary the same day. The current officers also include Harry Peter Levitus (secretary from 15 December 2014), Susan Levitus (secretary from 8 February 2015 and director from 1 December 2023) and Joanne Levitus (born February 1970; director from 1 December 2023).[9]

Clackmannanshire Licensing Board objection, 2021

The minutes of the Clackmannanshire Licensing Board meeting held by video conference on 13 July 2021 list "Mr David Levitus, Bridging Loans Limited, Objector" among those attending the hearing of an application by Coalsnaughton Burns Club, 2 Main Street, Coalsnaughton, FK13 6JP, for a variation (non-minor) of its premises licence under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. After hearing representations from the parties, the Board "REFUSED the application for Variation of Licence (Non Minor) on the grounds that it is contrary to the licensing objective of 'preventing public nuisance'". The minutes do not record the grounds of his objection.[12] At that time Bridging Loans Ltd was the name of Bridging Loans Realisations Ltd (SC058511), which used the name from 22 August 2007 until 25 March 2025 and of which Companies House lists him as a director from 7 May 2009.[13][3]

Companies House appointments

Companies House records the following appointments under four officer identities for David Clive Levitus (born August 1968).[3][14][15][16] Among them, Cherrytree Group Management Ltd (formerly Cherrytree Finance Ltd.) lists him as holding 75% or more of its shares,[17] and the officers of Residential Loans Ltd. (03612626) include Susan Adele Levitus, Abigail Charley Levitus, Harry Peter Levitus and Sarah Ainsley Levitus.[18] Raymond Saul Levitus and Sylvia Deborah Levitus, of 60 Milverton Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7LQ, were his fellow directors of Cheviot Finance Co. Limited (00950944), from which Maurice Levitus resigned as a director on 1 September 2002.[19]

Companies House appointments of David Clive Levitus (October 2026)
Company Number Status Correspondence address Role Appointed Resigned Nationality Residence
Bridging Loans Direct Ltd SC109908 Dissolved 18 Greenhill Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6QX Director 5 November 1993 – British Scotland
Harry Smith, Limited SC008622 Active 65 C/O Cherrytree Group, 65 Bath Street, First Floor Right, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 8 April 1998 – British Scotland
Tower House Investments Ltd 03612635 Active 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Secretary 10 August 1998 – British –
Classic Finance Ltd SC136254 Dissolved 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Secretary 22 March 1999 – British –
Pavilion Insurance Network Limited 05073219 Dissolved 18 Greenhill Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6QX Director 25 August 2004 25 June 2007 British Scotland
Deaconsbank Ltd SC274549 Liquidation 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Secretary 7 April 2005 – British –
Deaconsbank Ltd SC274549 Liquidation 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Director 7 April 2005 – British Scotland
Tower House Investments Ltd 03612635 Active 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Director 18 September 2007 – British Scotland
Residential Loans Direct Ltd. SC336393 Dissolved 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Director 18 January 2008 – British Scotland
Commercial Loans Direct Ltd. SC336387 Dissolved 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Director 18 January 2008 – British Scotland
Residential Loans Ltd. 03612626 Active 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Secretary 21 July 2008 – British –
Cheviot Finance Co. Limited 00950944 Dissolved 18 Greenhill Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6QX Director 21 August 2008 – British Scotland
Bridging Loans Realisations Ltd SC058511 Liquidation 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX Director 7 May 2009 – British Scotland
Residential Loans Ltd. 03612626 Active C/O Richards Solicitors, 1st Floor, Grosvenor House, 1 High Street, Edgware, Middlesex, United Kingdom, HA8 7TA Director 2 October 2009 – British Scotland
Cherrytree Group Management Ltd SC351239 Active C/O D M Mcnaught & Co, 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 2LW Director 19 October 2009 – British Scotland
Topdean Limited SC083407 Active 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2BX Director 24 October 2009 – British Scotland
Development Finance Ltd. SC363204 Active 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 27 April 2010 – British Scotland
Buy To Let Bridging Ltd. SC368628 Dissolved 1st, Floor Right, 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 30 June 2010 – British Scotland
The Property Development Finance Centre Ltd. SC407889 Dissolved 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 21 September 2011 – British Scotland
Twyford Crescent Property Management Ltd. 07906494 Active 65 Bath Street, First Floor, Glasgow, Lancashire, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 11 January 2012 15 March 2012 British Scotland
Business Property Loans Ltd SC448057 Dissolved 1st, Floor Right, 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2BX Director 19 April 2013 – British Scotland
Ecobuild Development Finance Ltd SC483742 Active 1st Floor Right, 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2BX Director 6 August 2014 – British Scotland
Bridging Loans Ltd SC485014 Active 1st Floor Right, 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2BX Director 22 August 2014 – British Scotland
Realvale Limited SC503296 Dissolved Millar & Bryce Limiteed, Bonnington Bond, 2 Anderson Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH6 5NP Director 14 April 2015 14 April 2015 British Scotland
Permitted Development Loans Limited SC503351 Dissolved 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2BX Director 15 April 2015 – British Scotland
Colehurst Property Management Ltd 09889917 Dissolved 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2BX Director 26 November 2015 – British Scotland
Commercial Loans Ltd 10189118 Active 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 10 December 2022 – British Scotland
Wide Choice Limited SC053383 Liquidation 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 10 December 2022 – British Scotland
Field Leaders Limited SC053379 Liquidation 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 10 December 2022 – British Scotland
Wee Horrurs Limited SC054484 Active 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 11 December 2022 – British Scotland
Clan C Limited SC048035 Active 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 11 December 2022 – British Scotland
Emriclands (Investments) Limited SC150702 Dissolved 65 Bath Street, 1st Floor Right, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 11 December 2022 – British Scotland
Falconbridge Investments Incorporated SF000402 Active 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 11 January 2023 – British Scotland
Westburn Investments Incorporated SF000401 Active 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Director 11 January 2023 – British Scotland
Falconbridge Investments Incorporated SF000402 Active 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Secretary 3 May 2023 – – –
Westburn Investments Incorporated SF000401 Active 65 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 2BX Secretary 3 May 2023 – – –
Valentine Investment Property Ltd SC804333 Active 65 Bath Street, First Floor Right, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 2BX Director 25 March 2024 – British Scotland

Charities

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator lists David Levitus, Susan Levitus and Laura Cummings as the trustees of the M Charitable Trust (SC036416), registered from 6 April 2005 at 65 Bath Street, First Floor Right, Glasgow, G2 2BX.[4] The trust's accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 record a sum of £509,450 "advanced to Wide Choice Limited, a company in which one of the Trustees is a director and shareholder".[20] Companies House lists David Levitus as a director of Wide Choice Limited from 10 December 2022.[3]

Communal roles

The Glasgow Jewish Representative Council directory lists David Levitus as Honorary Treasurer of the Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society, alongside Alan Caplan as Chairman and Barbara Caplan and Ephraim Borowski as Honorary Secretaries.[21] The Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society Charitable Fund Association is the society's charitable fund.

Family

In 1993 Levitus married Susan Adele Cummings (born March 1968).[22] Companies House records her as Susan Adele Cummings on her appointments as secretary and director of Bridging Loans Direct Ltd (SC109908) from 17 March 1988, at 18 Greenhill Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G46 6QX,[23] and as Susan Adele Levitus on later records, including her directorship of Residential Loans Ltd. (03612626) from 15 November 2004 and her entry as a person with significant control of Development Finance Ltd. (SC363204), notified on 6 April 2016.[18][8] A filing of 30 July 2018 for Development Finance Ltd. records a change of details on 5 December 2017 for "Susan Adele Cummings" as a person with significant control.[24] Levitus is presumably her married name. They have three children: Sarah Ainsley Levitus (born 1994), Harry Peter Levitus (born 1996) and Abigail Charley Levitus (born 1998).[25]

Levitus is a member of the Glasgow Levitus family. Other members include Emanuel Levitus, a co-founder of the Giffnock synagogue, whose history records that its foundation stone at May Terrace was laid by E. Levitus on 14 August 1938;[26] Maurice Levitus (born 1910), Raymond Saul Levitus, Sylvia Deborah Levitus and Joanne Levitus, who have been officers of Harry Smith, Limited;[9] and David Levitus (born 1882), who emigrated from Scotland and lived in Cape Town and later Sydney. ScotlandsPeople valuation rolls record Solomon, Emanuel and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses in Glasgow in the 1930s and 1940s.[27]

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Notes

  1. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, statutory registers of births, index entry: LEVITUS, David Clive, 1968, Eastwood and Mearns registration district.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "In Scotland, golfers make £30k for an Israeli project", Jewish Chronicle, 4 July 2008, p. 49, archive.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Companies House, David Clive LEVITUS personal appointments, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, M Charitable Trust (SC036416), Scottish Charity Register, accessed 30 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust (SC037850), Scottish Charity Register, accessed 30 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow lender launches Permitted Development product", Scottish Financial News, 21 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Development Finance Ltd, Meet the Team, developmentfinanceltd.co.uk, archived 23 February 2024, accessed 30 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Companies House, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE LTD. (SC363204): persons with significant control, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Companies House, HARRY SMITH, LIMITED (SC008622) and officers, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  10. ↑ Companies House, HARRY SMITH, LIMITED (SC008622): persons with significant control, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Truth, 21 April 1920, report on moneylending companies in Glasgow.
  12. ↑ Clackmannanshire Licensing Board, "Minutes of meeting of the Clackmannanshire Licensing Board held via Video Conference (MS Teams), on Tuesday 13 July 2021", item 4.0(i), p. 9, in Clackmannanshire Licensing Board agenda, 5 October 2021 (item 3(a)), Clackmannanshire Council, accessed 30 October 2026.
  13. ↑ Companies House, BRIDGING LOANS REALISATIONS LTD (SC058511), Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  14. ↑ Companies House, David Clive LEVITUS personal appointments (Falconbridge Investments Incorporated), Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  15. ↑ Companies House, David Clive LEVITUS personal appointments (Westburn Investments Incorporated), Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Companies House, David LEVITUS personal appointments (Cherrytree Group Management Ltd), Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  17. ↑ Companies House, CHERRYTREE GROUP MANAGEMENT LTD (SC351239): persons with significant control, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Companies House, RESIDENTIAL LOANS LTD. (03612626): officers, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Companies House, CHEVIOT FINANCE CO. LIMITED (00950944): officers, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  20. ↑ M Charitable Trust, Report of the trustees and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026, filed with OSCR, accessed 30 October 2026.
  21. ↑ Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society Glasgow Jewish, accessed 30 October 2026.
  22. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, statutory registers of marriages, index entry: LEVITUS, David Clive, and CUMMINGS, Susan Adele, 1993, Eastwood and Mearns registration district.
  23. ↑ Companies House, BRIDGING LOANS DIRECT LTD (SC109908): officers, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Companies House, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE LTD. (SC363204): filing history, form PSC04 filed 30 July 2018, Find and update company information, accessed 30 October 2026.
  25. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, statutory registers of births, index entries: LEVITUS, Sarah Ainsley (1994), LEVITUS, Harry Peter (1996) and LEVITUS, Abigail Charley (1998), Eastwood and Mearns registration district.
  26. ↑ Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue, Our History, gnms.org.uk, accessed 30 October 2026.
  27. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, valuation rolls, Glasgow, 1930s and 1940s, entries for Solomon Levitus, Emanuel Levitus and Harry Levitus as proprietors of shops and warehouses.
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