John Baron Financial Disclosures

John Baron's submissions to the Register of Members Interests organised chronologically


18th April 2024

Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
8. Miscellaneous
Description
Director of Equi Ltd.
Date interest arose: 16 June 2015
(Registered 7 June 2018; updated 17 July 2018)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Role, work or services: Columnist
From: 1 July 2009.
Payer: FT’s Investors' Chronicle, Number One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL
Additional information: All fees are waived in lieu of FT donations to charities of my choice.
(Updated 22 June 2015, 11 August 2016, 2 July 2018 and 16 August 2023)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Remuneration: £1,000 a month
From: 1 September 2023.
Hours: 3 hrs a month
Paid directly to: charities of my choice.
(Registered 16 August 2023)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Role, work or services: Royalty payments for writing two editions of a book. The first edition was published in 2013, the second in 2021.
Payer: Pearson Education, Harlow CM17 9NA
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Payment: £213.46
Received on: 24 August 2023. Hours: no additional hours.
(Registered 13 September 2023)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Payment: £244.44
Received on: 21 March 2023. Hours: no additional hours.
(Registered 13 September 2023)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Role, work or services: Chair Investment Committee of Baron and Grant Investment Management Limited
From: 1 January 2021.
Payer: Baron and Grant Investment Management Limited (a fund management company), 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LH
(Registered 8 November 2020; updated 7 June 2021)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Remuneration: £500 a month
From: 30 April 2021.
Hours: 5 hrs a month
(Registered 7 June 2021)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Description
Type of land/property: Residential property (investment)
Number of properties: 2
Location: London
Rental income: Yes
(Updated 5 December 2012 and 17 July 2018)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Description
Name of company or organisation: Equi Ltd
(Registered 5 July 2017; updated 7 June 2018 and 17 July 2018)
Source
Date
18th Apr 2024
Type
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Description
Name of company or organisation: Baron and Grant Investment Management Limited
Nature of business: A fund management company
Interest held: from 3 July 2020
(Registered 5 November 2020)
Source

13th September 2023

Date
13th Sep 2023
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
24 August 2023, received £213.46. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
13th Sep 2023
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
21 March 2023, received £244.44. Hours: no additional hours.
Source

16th December 2022

Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
30 March 2021, received £147.03. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
30 September 2022, received £299. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
31 March 2022, received £472.62. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
30 September 2021, received £663.68. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
30 September 2019, received £34.56. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
29 March 2019, received £77.17. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
29 September 2017, received £227.04. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
31 March 2017, received £386.59. Hours: no additional hours.
Source
Date
16th Dec 2022
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
30 September 2016, received £258.91. Hours: no additional hours.
Source

29th November 2022

Date
29th Nov 2022
Type
4. Visits outside the UK
Description
Name of donor: British Council
Address of donor: 1 Redman Place, Stratford, London E20 1JQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For my staff member as I did not join the delegation myself, flights £1,797.96; accommodation £973.13; transport and other costs £209.08; total value £2,980.17
Destination of visit: Tokyo, Japan
Dates of visit: 31 October - 7 November 2022
Purpose of visit: To experience the work of the British Council across arts, education and the English language in Japan - a strategic, non-ODA priority operation at the centre of the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt.

Source

7th June 2021

Date
7th Jun 2021
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
17 May 2021, received £2,000 for January 2021 to April 2021. Hours: 20 hrs in total. (Registered 07 June 2021)
Source
Date
7th Jun 2021
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
From 30 April 2021 until further notice, I receive £500 a month. Hours: 5 hrs month. First payment received on 17 May 2021. (Registered 07 June 2021)
Source

9th November 2020

Date
9th Nov 2020
Type
8. Miscellaneous
Description
From 3 July 2020, person of significant control in Baron and Grant Investment Management Limited, of 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LH; a fund management company. (Registered 09 November 2020)
Source

8th November 2020

Date
8th Nov 2020
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
From 1 January 2021, Chair of the Investment Committee of Baron and Grant Investment Management Limited, 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LH; a fund management company. Between 3 July 2020 and 1 January 2021, I was a person with significant control. (Registered 08 November 2020; updated 07 June 2021)
Source

5th November 2020

Date
5th Nov 2020
Type
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Description
From 3 July 2020, Baron and Grant Investment Management Limited; a fund management company. (Registered 05 November 2020)
Source

9th January 2020

Date
9th Jan 2020
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
2 November 2019, received advance of £1,500 for a revised edition of my book. Expected hours: 50 hrs. (Registered 09 January 2020)
Source

7th June 2018

Date
7th Jun 2018
Type
8. Miscellaneous
Description
From 16 June 2015, Director of Equi Ltd. (Registered 07 June 2018; updated 17 July 2018)
Source

5th July 2017

Date
5th Jul 2017
Type
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Description
Equi Ltd. (Registered 05 July 2017; updated 07 June 2018 and 17 July 2018)
Source

Date
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Royalty payments received from Pearson Education, Harlow CM17 9NA, for writing two editions of a book. The first edition was published in 2013, the second in 2021.
Source
Date
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
From 1 July 2018 until further notice, £800 (previously £600) a month for a monthly investment column in the FT’s Investors' Chronicle magazine. Address: Number One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL. All fees are waived in lieu of FT donations to charities of my choice. Hours: 1 hr a month (1 column). (Updated 22 June 2015, 11 August 2016 and 02 July 2018)
Source
Date
Type
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Description
Two investment residential properties in London: (i) and (ii). (Updated 05 December 2012 and 17 July 2018)
Source
Date
Type
1. Employment and earnings
Description
Payments received from Pearson Education, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, for writing a book:
Source