House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 4 August 2024

Jones, Darren (Bristol North West)

Jones, Darren (Bristol North West)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Arup
Address of donor: 8 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A secondee provided via the central Labour Party to support me in my front bench role between 20 November 2023 and 31 July 2024, value £33,264.25
Donor status: company, registration 01312454

(Registered 1 December 2023; updated 27 February 2024)

Name of donor: Baringa
Address of donor: 62 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A secondee provided via the central Labour Party to support me in my front bench role between 27 November 2023 and 31 July 2024, value £34,356
Donor status: company, registration OC303471

(Registered 1 December 2023)

Name of donor: Labour Together
Address of donor: Langley House Park Road, East Finchley, London N2 8EY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A secondee provided via the central Labour Party to support me in my front bench role between 15 January 2024 and 31 July 2024, value £29,756.39
Donor status: company, registration 09630980

(Registered 30 January 2024; updated 9 April 2024)

Name of donor: Labour Together
Address of donor: Langley House Park Road, East Finchley, London N2 8EY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A second secondee provided via the central Labour Party to support me in my front bench role between 12 February 2024 and 31 July 2024, value £27,685.19
Donor status: company, registration 09630980

(Registered 27 February 2024; updated 9 April 2024)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Nick Lawson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my work as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and towards my General Election campaign
Date received: 4 March 2024
Date accepted: 4 March 2024
Donor status: individual

(Registered 8 March 2024)

Name of donor: Anthony Bury
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my work as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and towards my General Election campaign
Date received: 10 May 2024
Date accepted: 10 May 2024
Donor status: individual

(Registered 13 May 2024)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation
Address of donor: Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London WC2E 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to a performance and hospitality, value £344
Date received: 5 April 2024
Date accepted: 5 April 2024
Donor status: company, registration 480523

(Registered 8 April 2024)

Name of donor: Hakluyt and Company Ltd
Address of donor: 34 Upper Brook St, London W1K 7QS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Travel, accommodation and meal costs for my wife and I to attend a Hakluyt Forum conference in the UK, value £2,411
Date received: 16 May 2024
Date accepted: 16 May 2024
Donor status: company, registration 03481321

(Registered 23 May 2024)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel, accommodation and dinners during a two night stay, value £1,003
Destination of visit: France (Versilles)
Dates of visit: 24 January 2024 to 27 January 2024
Purpose of visit: To take part in the Franco-British Colloque.

(Registered 31 January 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

I am the director of the Henacre Charitable Fund (the "Henacre Trust") launched on 8 March 2019. This is a named trust owned and operated by the Quartet Community Foundation on my behalf. The Henacre Trust will make charitable grants to young people from Bristol North West.
Date interest arose: 8 March 2019

(Registered 11 March 2019)

Chairman, currently unpaid, of the advisory board of the Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies (formerly the Institute of Artificial Intelligence until 1 December 2022), a not for profit organisation working with legislators from across the world on the topic of regulation of artificial intelligence. The Institute of Artificial Intelligence was the trading name of the Office for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Limited (dissolved on 13 December 2022).
Date interest arose: 1 May 2019
Date interest ended: 9 July 2024

(Registered 5 June 2019; updated 11 April 2023, 18 April 2023 and 10 July 2024)

Foundation Director to the Cardinal Newman Catholic Educational Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 March 2023
Date interest ended: 5 July 2024

(Registered 30 March 2023)

Chair of Labour Digital, a members' association for those with an interest in technology. This was an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 11 October 2023

(Registered 3 April 2023; updated 18 October 2023 and 12 July 2024)

Member of the Programme Committee at the Ditchley Foundation. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 June 2023

(Registered 21 June 2023)

 

Prepared 16th August 2024