The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 2 September 2024

Bryant, Chris (Rhondda and Ogmore)

Bryant, Chris (Rhondda and Ogmore)

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Presenting a show
Payer: Global Radio, 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA

Payment: £1,000 for presenting a show on LBC.
Received on: 22 September 2023. Hours: 3 hrs.

(Registered 22 September 2023)

Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book
Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE

(Updated 8 July 2024)

Payment: £8,000 for an option on my book.
Received on: 9 November 2023. Hours: no additional hours.
Ultimate payer: Pathé Pictures UK, 6 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7TY

(Registered 10 November 2023)

Payment: £1,000 for reading the audiobook of my new book.
Received on: 19 January 2024. Hours: 12 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP

(Registered 22 January 2024)

Payment: £10,000 for the rights to make a television series based on my book.
Received on: 1 March 2024. Hours: no additional hours.
Ultimate payer: Mother Pictures Ltd, Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DD

(Registered 4 March 2024)

Payment: £50,000 for an advance on a book.
Received on: 13 March 2024. Hours: 10 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP

(Registered 18 March 2024)

Payment: £2,871.17
Work or services: for a radio recording of a book.
Received on: 25 March 2024. Hours: no additional hours.
Ultimate payer: BBC, 5th Floor, Wogan House, Great Portland Street, London W1A 1AA

(Registered 25 March 2024)

Payment: £1,500 for recording a podcast based on my book.
Received on: 25 April 2024. Hours: 4 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Associated Newspapers, DMG Media Limited, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY​

(Registered 29 April 2024)

Payment: £10,000
Received on: 5 June 2024. Hours: no further hours.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP

(Registered 8 July 2024)

Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: Reach Shared Services Limited, 3rd Floor, 5 St Paul's Square, Liverpool L3 9SJ

Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: Guardian News & Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU

Payment: £400 for a book review.
Received on: 11 October 2023. Hours: 3 hrs.

(Registered 11 October 2023)

Role, work or services: Speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Payer: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN

Payment: £660 for speaking at the festival.
Received on: 1 September 2023. Hours: 4 hrs.
Additional information: Accommodation was provided by the payer and travel by my publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing.

(Registered 4 September 2023)

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

Name of donor: Rockridge Partners LLP
Address of donor: Barton End Manor, Shiptons Grave Lane, Horsley, Gloucestershire GL6 0QQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 general Election
Donor status: company, registration OC377366

(Registered 8 July 2024)

Name of donor: Musicians Union
Address of donor: 30 Snowsfields, London SE1 3SU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 general Election costs
Donor status: trade union

(Registered 8 July 2024)

Name of donor: Anthony George Watson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual

(Registered 8 July 2024)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Society of London Theatre LTD
Address of donor: 32 Rose Street, London WC2E 9ET
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary ticket to Vogue World 2023 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane (£751.70), with hospitality (approx. £50), value £801.70
Date received: 14 September 2023
Date accepted: 14 September 2023
Donor status: company, registration 527227

(Registered 18 September 2023)

Name of donor: Warner Bros, Discovery
Address of donor: Warner House, 98 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8WB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to a screening of Wonka, value £500
Date received: 28 November 2023
Date accepted: 28 November 2023
Donor status: company, registration 00259661

(Registered 7 December 2023)

Name of donor: Channel 4
Address of donor: 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets with hospitality for me and my partner to the 2024 BAFTAs, value £3,160
Date received: 18 February 2024
Date accepted: 18 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01533774

(Registered 26 February 2024)

Name of donor: UK Music
Address of donor: Work.Life, 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to the BRIT awards, value £3,000
Date received: 2 March 2024
Date accepted: 2 March 2024
Donor status: company, registration 3245288

(Registered 6 March 2024)

Name of donor: Warner Music
Address of donor: 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5SW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets for me and my husband for the Pet Shop Boys Concert at the Royal Opera House, value £500
Date received: 25 July 2024
Date accepted: 25 July 2024
Donor status: company, registration 00680511

(Registered 14 August 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

A trustee of Rhondda Arts Festival in Treorchy (RAFT). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 July 2022
Date interest ended: 1 January 2024

(Registered 17 August 2020; updated 27 February 2023)

A Member of the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR) Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative Advisory Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 13 October 2022
Date interest ended: 7 July 2024

(Registered 19 October 2022)

A trustee of the Mabon Trust, which offers small grants to community projects, organisations, individuals and charities in the Rhondda. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 21 March 2021

(Registered 27 February 2023)

A trustee of the History of Parliament Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 31 December 2020
Date interest ended: 1 October 2023

(Registered 27 February 2023; updated 8 July 2024)