In terms of PPE supply and gloves, one company jumped out straightaway, a company called Gloves4u Ltd. He liked to be in charge, things had to be done his way. Press J to jump to the feed. 47 036 078 343. All Plymouth Brethren are required to live a lifestyle that is compatible with Scriptural teaching, one which is based upon key principles of simplicity, humility, and charitable giving. Companies House lists former ATC Enterprises director Samuel Purdom as a current director of the company. Bryson Products Ltd are located in Coulsden, Surrey. Alex Nunn listed as a director of Ureka is also a former director of Novus Trading. Unispace (International) Ltd incorporated in 2011 as Jemc1 by Garth Woodcock & Cyril Parsons, in 2013 Anthony Hazell was appointed a director. They was very supportive and provided a fantastic, structured, secure place to work. Im sure no one is pointing a gun at them and forcing them down the aisle, but if the alternative is to live with your parents for the rest of your life, what would you do? He rubbed people up the wrong way, put his foot down wherever he could to assert his authority and trampled all over any new and innovative ideas. ABOUT THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH. They won a combined total of 570 million of contracts from the DHSC. they are generally lovely, kind generous, happy people. The difference is, it would be their choice. Far from it. According to its website, the OSG operates 130 campuses with 2,500 staff across 21 countries. Conservative MP Charlie Elphick also accused the Charity Commission of trying to suppress religion in this case. The majority of senior positions were reserved for uncles, cousins, brothers-in-law and others that were presumably held in high regard by the church. The company provide workwear and lists three directors Gerard & Richard Simmonds and Roy Jones. Selkent Fastenings is a London based Fastenings & Fixing supplier. This company was run by a family who were a part of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). I couldnt help but wonder if we, the non-comms in the business, were the right people for the job, or just a box ticking exercise. Walking away from the people you love, who will never understand your decision. I believe this to be so truly right that I cant even begin to comprehend your side of the argument because your values dont match up with mine. Exclusive Brethren are a little different than most religious groups, in that they don't give a fuck about anyone outside of it. Croydon based Giftfinder is a family business of the Purdom's, supplying bespoke branded merchandise. It is also strange that it is not for PPE, instead the contract is for Lateral Flow Tests, there are very few companies that have been awarded contracts for both PPE and for Lateral Flow Tests. [25] The Stewards' Foundation, established in 1955, lends money to Brethren assemblies, institutions, workers, and missionaries. Jim passed away in 1970 shortly after The Aberdeen Incident whereby he drunkenly demanded married women to his bed. This was no ordinary construction company. Charlie Aris is the CEO at Tower Supplies, according to his Linkedin profile. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020 Unispace Global was a global interior design business, incorporated in the UK back in July 2011 by brother in laws Cyril Parsons & Garth Woodcock, under the name of Jemc Ltd, each holding a 50% share in the company, a month later in August 2011 they changed the name to Unispace Global Ltd. The OneSchool Global network was established in the early 1990s. Plus, it was far more established and structured than another small company I had previously worked for. I was shortly greeted by a woman who promptly filled me in on the dos and donts of the office. Russell, Timothy & Wayne Lynes are the directors of the Lynes family business. Goodbye evolution). Companies house showstwo directors Russell James & Darren Blake. The children attend the local schools until about 9yr old when they move on to their own faith school. Another contract with Liverpool council was awarded worth 106,000,000 to seven suppliers including Arrow County Supplies and another brethren member business Streamline Corporate. Nathan Whitbourn is also listed as director of a number of businesses including Beaver Healthcare along with other members of the Whitbourn family and Christopher Doughty. The Conservative MP Peter Bone supported the churchs position and even tabled a motion in Parliament aimed at amending the Charities Act to restore the presumption that all religious groups are for the public benefit and therefore can be charities. Youre not allowed to have your say. Then again, I also remember how they went from technology is evil to Steve, the servers down in a year because their great leader saw how much they were falling behind in business without computers, and decided to change the EB rulebook. It seems as though the Plymouth Brethren speciallize in small business (or maybe not always so small) and therefore must make a vital contribution to the economies of the countries in which they live. This company was run by a family who were a part of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). In June 2013, the partner of Garth Woodcock's niece, Anthony Hazell was added as a director. The biggest contact for over 271 million was for the supply of Lateral Flow Tests (LFT's). I didn't have any problems working for them. This was via 2 contracts one with the DHSC for 2,290,000 and another for a hospital trust worth 500,000. If youre wondering where visiting family might take you, the majority are in Australia and Canada, but conveniently theres a settlement in the Bahamas. Under the leadership of Bruce Hales the Plymouth Brethren Church and its member have becoming extremely focused on commercial activities, tax efficiencies and it could be argued that the focus has switched . Traxx Tyres also shares registered company address with Sante Global LLP. There has been a further contract awarded by the DHSC under the Sante Global LLP moniker, this is on top of the 680 million won under the Unispace name. They supply beds, mattresses and other care equipment, companies house shows three directors Bob Oliver, Joe & Tom Hulbert. It's fine if none of the Bretheren are there because, well, what they don't know won't hurt them but they'll be offended at worst if they catch you. Mostly because they get shit done though. I imagine it would, at least to begin with, feel like an incredibly shameful experience. Members of the PBCC refer to themselves as the community. I'm pretty sure I've met people who've done it, and it's fine, they are respectful and so on. We wanted to find out, were they suitable companies in terms of expertise? They dont care about non community only themselves actually think they are the opposite to good but pure evil. Thanks brethrens! According to Companies House, Gareth Hales has significant control of the company and records an Australian address. They add a further 570 million in covid contracts to the total awarded to companies owned by members of the Plymouth Brethren. Thus the investigation led us back to the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church members and the companies they owned. In accordance with the guiding principles of the Church, Brethren are committed to ensuring that their businesses make a positive contribution to the local community, and operate in a completely ethical and transparent manner. They love alcohol. Things became difficult for me after this pand I left a few weeks later. There would also appear to be family connections to Brymec Ltd, Brymec are located in the adjacent unit to Bryson Products in Coulsden. They will refer to themselves as "community members". Youd be walking into hell, right? Kingsbury Press Ltd is a micro business owned by the Layton family and showing 16k worth of assets. Another company called Tower Supplies, based in Dorset, appears to have been awarded more than 40 million in two contracts to supply PPE. Again, the company appears to be owned by a family, the Nunn family: Alan, Alex, Daniel, Mary and Richard. Free and open company data on New Zealand company PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED (company number 8041708), 5 Noel Rodgers Place, Milson, Palmerston North, 4414. . Blackledge is also a current director of the Universal Business Team, other directors include Andrew Critchley formerly a director of Oska Care, Timothy Barter father of Michael Barter a director of Techniclean. Vista 4 also lists Richard Farrant as a director, along with ex director Mark Barter. Whilst he embraced his lifestyle and made the most of it, open conversations with Aidan often left me feeling upset for him. These are all companies set up by the Andrews family. They are all very close. 2213 NSW. Printed on the bottom . The Gray's did previously had a company in Stockport, Cheshire called J.P. Glass Ltd which was dissolved in 2017. Plymouth Brethren, community of Christians whose first congregation was established in Plymouth, Devon, England, in 1831. In fact, I still have the pending friend request from Dick on FaceBook today. The Bushnell family business lists four current directors Julian, Karl, Shaun & Vaughan Bushnell. These stories made me incredibly proud, even more so because Im sure he shouldnt have been talking to me about them, let alone doing them. A specialist healthcare equipment provider they follow a similar pattern for the Bristol based brethren businesses, in that Kevin Smallridge is listed as a director and he is also a former director of Novus Trading. Sadly, I think Dick could sense Aidans drive and determination and he did all he could to crush it, with varying levels of success. Women mustnt wear trousers or make-up. A month after the story was published, a Brethren company registered as a charity, the Plymouth . People are talking about not mentioning alcohol. It is a question that has us perplexed! You probably won't get much in the way of work functions and social events but this will depend heavily on whether the company is primarily Brethren employees with a few non-Brethren staff, or the other way around (for example we had more non-EB members and it was really just the upper management who were, so we did have some good social functions and they would just eat at a separate table for anything involving food). I dread to think how much she was underpaid. In total we found over 400 UK companies owned by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian church with assets of more than 1 million. Owned by the Soulsby family, they also have offices in Falkirk, Middlesborough, Manchester & London. They will just ensure that they don't eat with people outside of the church, and as you mentioned the clothing choices (and what you are allowed to wear) will be fairly conservative. Causeway Vision helps fund the Plymouth Brethren School, OneSchool Global at Knockloughrim. Pros. The two things he found weird when interviewing was the swearing thing that's been mentioned but also you're not allowed music playing At all. Brethren and their companies are encouraged to buy their supplies, groceries, petrol, internet, insurance - the whole range of goods and services - from companies that give cash back to the. Brethren must only work for Brethren run businesses. Director Garth Woodcock is also a director at Unispace Scotland Ltd, which appears to be part of the Unispace Global Ltd network. If youre wondering why this might happen, imagine not being able to use contraception and having one breadwinner without a steady income. Charles Allen Campbell is a trustee at The Bloomhill Trust, another OSG member. No sleeping under the same roof as a non-comm (detached homes only & no hotels. In the 3rd part of Profit or Prophet we delve in to a further 8 companies owned by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. Medaco another Bristol based business owned by the Smallridge family. Yet the Brethren are very focused on having it all together and if you show the least sign of brokeness or sin, you get booted out." Jacomb was so terrified of having her doubts exposed that she . She was not replaced. Philip McNaughton, a senior member of the Exclusive Brethren, in 2006 Credit: James Brickwood. Clandeboye Agencies were awarded two contracts to supply gowns to the DHSC. As the ability to do this has developed, tools have been embraced to enable PlymouthBrethren members to operate their businesses effectively, and in full accordance with financial and legal requirements. Entity Name. In March 2020, Ross was the Principal, Global Enterprise Accounts at Unispace Global Ltd. Luke was a director of Snaffle Solutions Ltd alongside co director Daniel Reiner, Luke previously was employed for over 7 years at Office Principles Ltd, owned by Cyril Parsons, Cyril is the co-founder of Unispace Global & father of Sebastian Parsons of Sante Global LLP & formerly Unispace Global. And if youre not, then tut tut) are non-community members or non-comms for short. If you dont, and think youre entitled to the internet (described by a Brethren leader as a pipeline to filth) then why are you even part of the PBCC? Being related to the MD, it very much seemed that Dick was able to stomp around the office doing and saying whatever he wanted with absolutely zero repercussion. Its already got to take a lot to make you even consider walking away from that. Definitely no swearing, save that shit up for when you get home. Oska Care won two contracts with NHS Scotland for the supply of beds & mattresses. No headphones, no radio. Over the last 18 months more contracts have been published and more Plymouth Brethren member companies have been awarded contracts. A Plymouth Brethren church and congregation The movement began in Dublin in the late 1820s with a group of men (John Nelson Darby, Anthony Norris Groves, John Bellett, Edward Cronin and Francis. It's not personal, they just put Brethren people before non-Brethren people every time. It is true that as a rule the PlymouthBrethren generally have been cautious in embracing new technologies brought about through the digital age. Glen Reiner has worked for both companies. I wouldn't personally work for them because I have ethical problems with the cult aspects of their organization eg shunning and with their attitude to girl children under their care, and also with shit like this. Meanwhile, a Nick Walker is named as a trustee of OneSchool Global UK Knockloughrim Campus, which is part of the Focus Learning Trust. Graham is also a former director of Plymouth Brethren Church ran businesses Allerbrook & Scribefort. Companies House show an allotment of shares at the end of 2013 and lists in September 2014 the shareholding, the largest shareholder was now the Australian registered company Unispace Global PTY Ltd, holding a 51% share, Garth Woodcock & Anthony Hazell owned 19.5% each, Dale Woodcock & Sebastian Parsons holding the remaining 10%, each with 5%. Directors include Ryan & Garth Parsons. Denka U.K. is a Chesterfield based supplier of equipment and supplies to the Dentistry Sector. We would spend hours, sitting and watching him fill out spreadsheets that should have been done on his own time. Something big had happened and I could sense it. According to the Charity Commission, Greenfield Gospel Hall Trust is part of the Brethren network. The Milton Keynes based Carlton Packaging is owned by the Magee family. Bruce Hales was a paunchy office furniture salesman from Sydney. Byline Times is funded by its subscribers. Two of these companies are Unispace/Sante and Medco Solutions. The directors of the company are Anthony Drake & his sons Tim, Sam, Laurie & Nick. Kingsbury Press are a printing firm based in Doncaster. Cyril Parsons had resigned as a director at the start of 2013 and his 50% shareholding was switched to Anthony Hazell. Nexus Team is the company that supports Campus & Co at the OneSchool Global campus in Swaffham. This woman, free of men in her life, exuberated more confidence than all the other mumbling and timid Brethren women I met combined. Brethren members own a range of medium-size businesses in trade areas, such as A Line Garages, Billi Systems (for under-sink water filters), Sitecraft storage and materials handling, and a whole range of pump distributors and fitters, including Allpumps and Quickflow. As Ive already mentioned, Brethrens dont go on holiday. Lets say hypothetically that you had an unlocked phone and you read a bunch of stuff that made you see the limitations to your life and you wanted out. Likewise the Church does not provide any funding for businesses owned by Plymouth Brethren members. Surely the more senior you are in the church, the more you want to abide by the rules you believe are taking you closer to God. locally to me, there are several brethren . A high proportion of Plymouth Brethren members operate family businesses. They were owned at the start of the pandemic by Garth Christie & his son Neil, Garth Christie is one of the church "elders", he was very familiar with government, he was one of the frontmen for the dealing with the appeal against the charity commission, that went through parliament back in 2013, the other frontman was Bruce Hazell, who just happens to be Anthony Hazell's uncle. The business has two directors Andrew Cuckson & Patrick South. One contract was concluded on 24 April this year, the other ended just a day later. At Open & Candid we have previously highlighted that Blueleaf were awarded a contract to supply face masks to the DHSC worth 4,000,000, the oddity about this contract is that when cross referenced with payments over 25,000 published by the DHSC each month, that the payments appear to add up to well over 30,000,000. If youre not judgemental and know how to get on with a range of people, you can probably carve out quite a nice secure career with them as an ally. At Open and Candid part of our investigation looked at how could an office design company become involved in PPE on such a scale? The business had to be a success and, I guess similarly to any male dominated office, there was a lot of dick swinging in meetings. Eastpoint Global based in Great Yarmouth, are a specialist distributor of educational aids. So, what gives? Lindum Packaging director Bernard Sellars is also a director of Edutrade Humber along with Tim Pocock, Graham Hazell (cousin of Anthony Hazell) & Ralph Green (Gloves4U & Nexom SCM group). Meetings mostly entailed the group talking him through doing his own work. PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH LIMITED - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity . Im glad to report Aidan was resilient and always bounced back. Recent filings for PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED. The employees of Unispace have moved to other brethren companies following the sale, many have moved to Sante. Theres only one God and hes yours. But I wonder how long their beliefs will hold them back. Dick. Your trust is our top concern, so companies can't alter or remove reviews. 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