The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 2 May 2023

Baron, Mr John (Basildon and Billericay)

Baron, Mr John (Basildon and Billericay)

1. Employment and earnings

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)

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)

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)

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.

30 September 2016, received £258.91. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

31 March 2017, received £386.59. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

29 September 2017, received £227.04. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

29 March 2019, received £77.17. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

30 September 2019, received £34.56. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

30 March 2021, received £147.03. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

30 September 2021, received £663.68. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

31 March 2022, received £472.62. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

30 September 2022, received £299. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 December 2022)

4. Visits outside the UK

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.
(Registered 29 November 2022)

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year

Two investment residential properties in London: (i) and (ii). (Updated 05 December 2012 and 17 July 2018)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Equi Ltd. (Registered 05 July 2017; updated 07 June 2018 and 17 July 2018)

From 3 July 2020, Baron and Grant Investment Management Limited; a fund management company. (Registered 05 November 2020)

8. Miscellaneous

From 16 June 2015, Director of Equi Ltd. (Registered 07 June 2018; updated 17 July 2018)