The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 30 May 2023

Bridgen, Andrew (North West Leicestershire)

Bridgen, Andrew (North West Leicestershire)

1. Employment and earnings

Payments from the Daily Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT:

19 April 2022, received £300 for a speaking engagement on 16 March 2022. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 06 May 2022)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £25,000 interest-free loan to cover accommodation costs of my constituency home
Date received: 23 August 2022
Date accepted: 23 August 2022
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 September 2022)

Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, media support and speech writing provide by the Bad Law Project, value £800
Date received: 17-31 January 2023
Date accepted: 17 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 17 February 2023)

Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, social media strategy provided by the Bad Law Project, value £500
Date received: 17-31 January 2023
Date accepted: 17 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 17 February 2023)

Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, legal consultancy provided by the Bad Law Project, value £6,000
Date received: 18-23 January 2023
Date accepted: 23 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 17 February 2023)

Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, £602.36 to cover the cost of meetings, lunches, dinners and counselling between 13 January and 8 February 2023. (£45, £70.13 and £39.15 on 13 January 2023; £14.28 and £31.90 on 17 January 2023; £184.65 on 18 January 2023; £124.90 on 1 February 2023; and £92.35 on 8 February 2023)
Date received: 13 January - 8 February 2023
Date accepted: 13 January - 8 February 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 01 March 2023)

Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Lunch for me and three members of my staff, value £172.15
Date received: 10 May 2023
Date accepted: 10 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 30 May 2023)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Children's Health Defense Europe and Binders Initiative
Address of donor: Postboks 3207 Krossen, 4398 Sandnes, Norway
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Boat trip (£55) and accommodation (£186), plus reimbursement on 10 May 2023 for flights (£320) and other travel costs (£51), total value £612
Destination of visit: Stavenger, Norway
Dates of visit: 14-16 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To speak at the Spotlight Conference.
(Registered 11 May 2023)

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

AB Produce PLC; processing and distribution of fresh vegetables.

AB Produce Trading Ltd; holding company.

Bridgen Investments Ltd; investment company, investing in shares, property, building projects.

From 6 February 2017, AB Farms Ltd; potato production and storage. (Registered 21 March 2017)

8. Miscellaneous

From 6 May 2020 to 5 May 2022, Adviser to Mere Plantations Ltd; a company which grows teak in Ghana. I provide advice on business and international politics. I have not received any payment for this role. It will continue to be unpaid until it ends on 5 May 2022. (Registered 17 June 2020; updated 23 December 2020 and 17 November 2021)