House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 29 April 2024

Baron, Mr John (Basildon and Billericay)

Baron, Mr John (Basildon and Billericay)

1. Employment and earnings

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)

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)

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

Payment: £244.44
Received on: 21 March 2023. Hours: no additional hours.

(Registered 13 September 2023)

Payment: £213.46
Received on: 24 August 2023. Hours: no additional hours.

(Registered 13 September 2023)

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)

Remuneration: £500 a month
From: 30 April 2021.
Hours: 5 hrs a month

(Registered 7 June 2021)

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

Type of land/property: Residential property (investment)
Number of properties: 2
Location: London
Rental income: Yes

(Updated 5 December 2012 and 17 July 2018)

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

Name of company or organisation: Equi Ltd

(Registered 5 July 2017; updated 7 June 2018 and 17 July 2018)

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)

8. Miscellaneous

Director of Equi Ltd.
Date interest arose: 16 June 2015

(Registered 7 June 2018; updated 17 July 2018)

 

Prepared 2nd May 2024