Due diligence on Kevin Hollinrake, MP responsible for Companies House.
Business Minister failed to declare interests and commits identity fraud.
My friend, Stuart, has patiently listened to my frustrations, for well over a year, about reporting a method of fraud that hasn’t been previously described; registering multiple identities in Companies House to conceal interests from audits and due diligence that enable fraud, money laundering, people trafficking and terrorism financing.
Stuart sent me an article, written by Kevin Hollinrake, the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, in the Mail on Sunday, last week. The article, “At last, curbs on scammers listing bogus businesses” (click on the underlined text for the link to the reference information, throughout this article) was about the new Economic Crime and Transparency Act about other Companies House fraud. He states that (excerpts):
“This country has been fair game for criminals who abuse our system to register fraudulent companies. Shockingly, these cloaked, bogus companies are sometimes used as a cover for a fraud scheme, a money laundering front or to facilitate human trafficking. This is why on Thursday we passed the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. These new powers mean we are now able to bear down on fraudulent registrations and appointments by providing Companies House with the ability to check, challenge and decline information before it reaches the register. A key part of the Act will be the introduction of identity verification so we will know who the real people acting for and benefiting from companies are.”
Kevin Hollinrake’s biography on the Government website provides the following information:
Kevin Hollinrake MP Biography
Kevin Hollinrake was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade on 7 February 2023. He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy between 27 October 2022 and 7 February 2023.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business) Responsibilities include: small business and enterprise, scale up strategy, access to finance, labour market and employment rights (including National Minimum Wage), postal services (including Royal Mail), consumer and competition policy (including subsidy control), mutual recognition of professional qualifications, Office for Product Safety and Standards, levelling up and regional growth, corporate governance and transparency, audit and insolvency, hospitality, retail, consumer goods, personal care, Post Office Limited, British Business Bank, Low Pay Commission, ACAS, Small Business Commissioner, Companies House, Competition & Markets Authority, Competition Service, The Insolvency Service, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Central Arbitration Committee, Certification Officer, Office of Manpower Economics, Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies, Groceries Code Adjudicator, Pub Code Adjudicator, British Hallmarking Council, Financial Reporting Council, Regulatory Policy Committee.
Stuart, thought Kevin Hollinrake might be a good person for me to contact with my concerns that there are people in positions of power in Government and the Opposition who have registered multiple identities in Companies House and this corrupts audits and due diligence and is illegal.
On paper, it looks like Hollinrake should be interested, particularly since he is responsible for Companies House, corporate governance and transparency, audit and insolvency, and the Financial Reporting Council. My first reaction was to look him Kevin Hollinrake up, in Companies House.
A search in Companies House on the name “Kevin Hollinrake” returns five identities registered with this name, four with date of birth September 1963 and one with a date of birth September 1962.
This report will describe the appointments associated to these identities to determine whether they belong to Kevin Hollinrake MP. Interests that belong to the MP will be compared with his Parliamentary Register of Interests to determine whether they have been registered.
The appointments held in each identity are described below, copied and précised from the relevant Companies House page which are referenced.
Kevin Hollinrake identity 1
Kevin HOLLINRAKE Total number of appointments 1 Date of birth September 1963
INDUSTRY AND PARLIAMENT TRUST (01308583) Company status Active Correspondence address Palace Of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, SW1A 0AA Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 12 September 2017 Resigned on 23 February 2023 Occupation Member Of Parliament.
Overview: Registered office address Suite 101, 3 Whitehall Court, London, SW1A 2EL Company type Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption Incorporated on 14 April 1977 Nature of business (SIC) 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified.
Kevin Hollinrake identity 2
Kevin Paul HOLLINRAKE Total number of appointments 1 Date of birth September 1962
HOLLINRAKE FIELDING LIMITED (10506381) Company status Dissolved Correspondence address Arabesque House, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO32 9GW Role Director Appointed on 1 December 2016 Occupation Mp
Overview: Registered office address Arabesque House (sic) Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO32 9GW Dissolved on 15 May 2018 Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 1 December 2016 Nature of business (SIC) 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate.
Kevin Hollinrake identity 3
Kevin Paul HOLLINRAKE Total number of appointments 1 Date of birth September 1963
AGREED ONLINE LTD (11575773) Company status Active Correspondence address 6 Clifton, York, England, YO30 6AE Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 21 December 2021 Resigned on 31 October 2022 Occupation Politician
Overview: Registered office address Somerset House, 37 Temple Street, Birmingham, England, B2 5DP Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 18 September 2018 Nature of business (SIC) 62090 - Other information technology service activities 68310 - Real estate agencies 68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis Previous company names HABITATS ONLINE LTD 25 Sep 2019 - 12 Apr 2022 EDDLESTONE PROPERTIES LIMITED18 Sep 2018 - 25 Sep 2019.
Kevin Hollinrake identity 4
Kevin Paul HOLLINRAKE Total number of appointments 1 Date of birth September 1963
NORTH EAST YORKSHIRE WORLD CUP CRICKET LEGACY 2019 (12880324) Company status Active Correspondence address C/O 8a Pavilion Square, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO11 2JT Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 15 September 2020 Resigned on 15 September 2020
Overview: Registered office address 84 Westborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, YO11 1JW Company type Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption Incorporated on 15 September 2020 Nature of business (SIC) 93120 - Activities of sport clubs.
Kevin Hollinrake identity 5
Kevin Paul HOLLINRAKE Current appointments 0 Total number of appointments 20 Date of birth September 1963
SORTIT 2 LTD (10786581) Company status Dissolved Correspondence address C/O Hunters Property Group Limited, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO31 7RE Role Director Appointed on 24 May 2017 Occupation Estate Agent Dissolved on 7 May 2019 Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 24 May 2017 Nature of business (SIC) 46190 - Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets 63120 - Web portals.
SHOPTILITY LIMITED (08674604) Company status Dissolved Correspondence ddress C/O Frp Advisory Llp, Minerva, 29 East Parade, Leeds, LS1 5PS Role Director Appointed on 3 September 2013 Occupation Estate Agent Dissolved on 2 June 2019 Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 3 September 2013 Nature of business (SIC) 46190 47910 47990 63120 (descriptions as for Sortit 2 Ltd).
HUNTERS PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED (03947557) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, United Kingdom, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 28 March 2000 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Nature of business (SIC) 68310 - Real estate agencies Previous company names HUNTERS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED14 Mar 2000 - 25 May 2004.
HERRIOT COTTAGES LIMITED (04452874) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, Great Britain, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 6 February 2003 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 31 May 2002 Nature of business (SIC) 68310 - Real estate agencies.
HUNTERS FRANCHISING LIMITED (05537909) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, England, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 1 September 2005 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 16 August 2005 Nature of business (SIC) 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified Previous company names HARROWELL SHAFTOE (NO. 111) LIMITED 16 Aug 2005 - 26 Oct 2005.
MADDISON JAMES LIMITED (05920686) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, England, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 10 October 2006 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Director Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 31 August 2006 Nature of business (SIC) 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified Previous company names HARROWELL SHAFTOE (NO. 132) LIMITED 31 Aug 2006 - 13 Oct 2006.
HUNTERS PARTNERS LIMITED (03777494) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, United Kingdom, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 29 July 2011 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 26 May 1999 Nature of business (SIC) 68310 - Real estate agencies Previous company names CURTIS FRANCHISING LIMITED 12 Sep 2011 - 21 Sep 2011 COUNTRYWIDE FRANCHISING LIMITED 25 May 2004 - 12 Sep 2011 COUNTRYWIDE ASSURED FRANCHISING LIMITED 24 Jun 1999 - 25 May 2004 SEUNG HAY LIMITED 26 May 1999 - 24 Jun 1999
HAPOLLO LIMITED (08008359) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, England, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 27 March 2012 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Director Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 27 March 2012 Nature of business (SIC) 82110 - Combined office administrative service activities.
REALCUBE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (08139888) Company status Active Correspondence address Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York, North Yorkshire, England, YO31 7RE Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 12 July 2012 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 12 July 2012 Nature of business (SIC) 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified.
REALCUBE LIMITED (07736494) Company status Active Correspondence address 18-19, Colliergate, York, North Yorkshire, England, YO1 8BN Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 30 July 2012 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 10 August 2011 Nature of business (SIC) 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified.
HUNTERS GROUP LIMITED (02965842) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 7 September 1994 Nature of business (SIC) 68310 - Real estate agencies Previous company names FARDRAFT LIMITED 07 Sep 1994 - 18 May 1995.
HUNTERS SURVEY & VALUATION LIMITED (02602087) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 17 April 1991 Nature of business (SIC) 74990 - Non-trading company Previous company names RADARCH LIMITED17 Apr 1991 - 03 Jun 1991.
HUNTERS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED (02587709) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 1 March 1991 Nature of business (SIC) 68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis Previous company names TASKFARM LIMITED 01 Mar 1991 - 20 Mar 1991.
HUNTERS PROPERTY LIMITED (09448465) Company status Active Correspondence address Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO31 7RE Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 19 February 2015 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 19 February 2015 Nature of business (SIC) 68310 - Real estate agencies Previous company names HUNTERS PROPERTY PLC02 Mar 2015 - 26 Mar 2021 HUNTERS TOPCO PLC19 Feb 2015 - 02 Mar 2015.
HUNTERS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (02604278) Company status Active Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO61 4PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 5 July 2018 Occupation Estate Agent Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 23 April 1991 Nature of business (SIC) 65110 - Life insurance Previous company names BRACEDOME LIMITED23 Apr 1991 - 17 May 1991.
THE CLOCK (YORKSHIRE) LTD (04520206) Company status Converted / Closed Correspondence address Holly House, The Nookin, Husthwaite, York, England, YO61 PY Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 26 November 2014 Resigned on 31 August 2016 Occupation Company Director Overview Registered office address Church Hall, St. James Green, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1AQ Closed on 30 September 2019 Incorporated on 28 August 2002 Accounts overdue Next accounts made up to 31 March 2019 due by 31 December 2019 Last accounts made up to 31 March 18 Nature of business (SIC) 88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified Previous company names THIRSK CLOCK 28 Aug 2002 - 10 Dec 2014.
MILLFIELD COURT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (03823455) Company status Active Correspondence address Crayke Castle, Crayke, York, Yorkshire, YO61 4TA Role RESIGNED Secretary Appointed on 25 March 2000 Resigned on 15 August 2016 Property Consultant Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 11 August 1999 Nature of business (SIC) 98000 - Residents property management
MILLFIELD COURT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (03823455) Company status Active Correspondence address Crayke Castle, Crayke, York, Yorkshire, YO61 4TA Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 24 May 2001 Resigned on 15 August 2016 Occupation Property Consultant (overview information as above).
CONNECT YORKSHIRE (04238885) Company status Active Correspondence address Leeds Innovation Centre, 103 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9DF Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 29 January 2013 Resigned on 15 October 2014 Occupation Managing Director Company type Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption Incorporated on 21 June 2001 Nature of business (SIC) 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified Previous company names TECHNOLOGY YORKSHIRE 21 Jun 2001 - 27 Jul 2002.
VIZZIHOME LIMITED (06575847) Company status Dissolved Correspondence address 2nd Floor, Union House, 182-194 Union Street, London, SE1 0LH Role RESIGNED Director Appointed on 24 April 2009 Resigned on 31 May 2013 Occupation Estate Agent Registered office address Zoopla Property Group Limited, Harlequin Building, 65 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0HR Company status Dissolved Dissolved on 26 May 2015 Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 24 April 2008 Nature of business (SIC) 62090 - Other information technology service activities 73200 - Market research and public opinion polling Previous company names HARROWELLS (NO. 154) LIMITED24 Apr 2008 - 23 Jul 2008.
Kevin Hollinrake’s biography on his website
Kevin Hollinrake provides this description of his business interests and political appointments on his website (excerpts):
Business career: Kevin has been in property for more than 30 years, but after studying physics at Sheffield Hallam University he set up various businesses. "I sold everything from army surplus to mobile phones. At that time it seemed the best way to make a living.”
Then he joined Prudential (1987), at the time the largest estate agency in Britain as a branch manager, initially in Haxby and later in Burnley, Lancs.
He started Hunters Estate Agents in 1992, co-founding the business with John Waterhouse, and it is now one of the most successful and fastest-growing estate agencies in the UK. Hunters have over 200 branches nationwide including 30 in Greater London with gross turnover in excess of £40m and approximately 1000 people employed throughout the network.
Politics: Kevin was elected as the MP for Thirsk and Malton on 7th May 2015 with 27,545 votes, a 52.6% share of the ballot. In July 2016 he was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Lidington MP, Leader of the House of Commons.
In June 2017 he was re-elected as MP for Thirsk and Malton with 33,572 votes, a 60% share of the votes cast . In July 2017 he became PPS to the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. From July 2019 to September 2021, he was PPS to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He has previously been a member of the Treasury Select Committee but stepped down once being appointed a Minister in October 2022.
Kevin was re-elected for the third time as the MP for Thirsk and Malton in December 2019 with 35,634 votes, a 63% vote share with an increase of 2.9%.
Kevin co-chaired the extremely successful and renound APPG on Fair Business Banking along with Margaret Hodge MP since 2018, supporting those affected by economic crime such as fraud, corruption and mis-selling of financial products. He stepped down as Chair in October 2022 after being appointed Minister for Small Business, Enterprise and Markets by the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and therefore continues his extensive work on economic crime.
Conclusion regarding ownership of the five Kevin Hollinrake identities in Companies House
Identities 1, 2, and 3 give their occupation as “Member Of Parliament”, “Mp” and “Politician”, these identities certainly belong to Kevin Hollinrake MP as there is only one MP with this name. Identity 5 contains an interest, Hunters Property Group Limited that is consistent with the description of “Hunters Estate Agent” declared in Kevin Hollinrake’s biography, published on his website. Identity 4 has the same uncommon name and gives the middle name as Paul, which is the same middle name of identities 2, 3, and 5, and this identity has the same date of birth as Kevin Hollinrake MP. On balance of probability, identity 4 also belongs to Kevin Hollinrake MP.
I conclude that Kevin Hollinrake has registered 5 identities in Companies House; he purports to be five people, who have no connection between them. This is deceitful because the interests held in the other identities are excluded from related party payments checks and conflict of interests tests, during audits and mandatory due diligence tests, on any one identity. This breaches the Companies Act 2006, Fraud Act 2006 and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing legislation and represents a serious risk for fraudulent activity. This behaviour is not in the public’s best interest.
Description of test for determining if multiple identities were created in error or deliberately, to conceal interests
Kevin Hollinrake identity 2 is registered with an incorrect date of birth, September 1962, instead of September 1963. This mistake could have been made in error or deliberately. If it was in error, then he would register these interests in his Register of Interests, so that they might be considered in audits and due diligence, as openness, and accountability require. If the duplicate identity was made deliberately, then he would not register these interests, so that they would be concealed. Therefore, the test for whether an individual has used a false date of birth to deliberately create a new identity, to conceal this interest, is whether the interests have been registered in the Register of Interests. This test applies to any duplicated identity, typically it is the usual residential address that is varied, and this information is not public. If the interest hasn’t been declared, this is evidence that the duplicate identity was created deliberately to conceal the interest appointed to that identity.
Kevin Hollinrake Registers of interests
Kevin Hollinrake’s Registers of Interests, since he was first elected on 7 May 2015 will be examined to determine whether each interest, in Companies House, is recorded. I’ll refer to the following sample of his Registers of Interests: 8 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019, 28 September 2020, 20 September 2021, 17 October 2022 and 30 October 2023. The interests that he has declared, excluding gifts and donations and land and property portfolio, are copied below from the Register, which is dated and referenced in the heading.
Register of Interest 8 June 2015
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Hunters Property Group Ltd, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE. I receive salary of £50,000 and a car allowance of £9,000, until further notice. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 05 June 2015)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Realcube Technology Ltd; software. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Shoptility; search engine (see category 8 below). (Registered 05 June 2015)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Hunters Property plc: estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
I am a director of Shoptility Ltd and am entitled to remuneration of £48,000 per annum but have waived this. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Register of Interests 11 July 2016
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Hunters Property Plc, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE. I receive salary of £50,000 and a car allowance of £9,000, until further notice. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 5 June 2015; updated 22 June 2015)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Shoptility; search engine (see category 8 below). (Registered 05 June 2015)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Hunters Property plc: estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
I am a director of Shoptility Ltd and am entitled to remuneration of £48,000 per annum but have waived this. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Register of Interests 7 July 2017
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Hunters Property Plc, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE. I receive salary of £50,000 and a car allowance of £9,000, until further notice. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 5 June 2015; updated 22 June 2015)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Shoptility; search engine (see category 8 below). (Registered 05 June 2015) 7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000 Hunters Property plc: estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015) 237
8. Miscellaneous
I am a director of Shoptility Ltd and am entitled to remuneration of £48,000 per annum but have waived this. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Register of Interests 16 July 2018
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Hunters Property Plc, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE. I receive salary of £50,000 and a car allowance of £9,000, until further notice. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 5 June 2015; updated 22 June 2015)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Shoptility; search engine (see category 8 below). (Registered 05 June 2015)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Hunters Property plc: estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
I am a director of Shoptility Ltd and am entitled to remuneration of £48,000 per annum but have waived this. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Register of Interests 12 August 2019
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Hunters Property Plc, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE. I receive salary of £50,000 and a car allowance of £9,000, until further notice. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 5 June 2015; updated 22 June 2015)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Shoptility; search engine (see category 8 below), a dormant company in the process of being dissolved. (Registered 05 June 2015; updated 18 January 2019)
From 24 May 2017, Sortit 2 Ltd; search engine (see category 8 below). (Registered 25 January 2019)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Hunters Property plc: estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
I am a director of Shoptility Ltd, a dormant company in the process of being dissolved. I was entitled to remuneration of £48,000 per annum but waived this. (Registered 05 June 2015; updated 18 January 2019)
From 24 May 2017, a director of Sortit 2 Ltd, a new company which has no income. (Registered 25 January 2019)
Register of Interest 28 September 2020
1. Employment and earnings
Director of Hunters Property Plc, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE. I receive salary of £50,000 and a car allowance of £9,000, until further notice. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 5 June 2015; updated 22 June 2015)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Hunters Property plc: estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Register of Interest 20 September 2021
1. Employment and earnings
Until 19 March 2021, Director of Hunters Property Plc, Apollo House, Eboracum Way, Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE. I received a salary of £50,000 and car allowance of £9,000. Hours: 192 hrs a year. (Registered 5 June 2015; updated 22 June 2015 and 26 April 2021)
25 March 2021, received £32,000 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice. Hours: no additional hours to those listed above. (Registered 26 April 2021)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Until 19 March 2021, Hunters Property plc; estate agents. (Registered 05 June 2015; updated 26 April 2021)
From 19 March 2021, the Property Franchise Group plc; a multi-brand lettings and estate agency franchising group. (Registered 26 April 2021; updated 27 April 2021)
Register of Interests 17 October 2022
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
From 22 December 2021, Habitats Online Ltd; lettings and estate agency services. (Registered 10 January 2022)
From 1 December 2016 until 15 May 2018, Hollinrake Fielding Ltd; property. This company did not trade and had no assets. (Registered 14 January 2022)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
From 19 March 2021, the Property Franchise Group plc; a multi-brand lettings and estate agency franchising group. (Registered 26 April 2021; updated 27 April 2021)
Register of Interests 30 October 2023
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
From 22 December 2021, Habitats Online Ltd; lettings and estate agency services. (Registered 10 January 2022) 7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000 From 19 March 2021, the Property Franchise Group plc; a multi-brand lettings and estate agency franchising group. (Registered 26 April 2021; updated 27 April 2021).
A spreadsheet was prepared to compare Kevin Hollinrake’s company interests, registered in Companies House, with samples of his Register of Interest, see table below. Grey is used for an interest that is not current in the Register of Interest. Green is used for interests that are declared. Red is used for interests that have not been declared.
There are interests that have not been declared in the sample of Registers of Interests examined.
Table 1: Kevin Hollinrake MP’s directorships, as registered in Companies House, compared to his Parliamentary Register of Interests, from his election in 2015 to 30 October 2023.
Kevin Hollinrake MP’s failure to declare interests, referring to analysis in Table 1.
INDUSTRY AND PARLIAMENT TRUST (01308583) Appointed on 12 September 2017 Resigned on 23 February 2023. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship, held in identity 1, in the Registers of Interests dated 12 August 2019, 28 September 2020, 20 September 2021 and 17 October 2022.
HOLLINRAKE FIELDING LIMITED (10506381) Appointed on 1 December 2016 Dissolved on 15 May 2018. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship, held in identity 2, in the Register of Interests dated 7 July 2017, when it was active. In the Register of Interest dated 17 October 2022, there is a retrospective registration of a shareholding in this company “from 1 December 2016 until 15 May 2018, Hollinrake Fielding Ltd; property. This company did not trade and had no assets. (Registered 14 January 2022)”. His directorship was not registered in this update.
AGREED ONLINE LTD (11575773) Appointed on 21 December 2021 Resigned on 31 October 2022 Previous company names HABITATS ONLINE LTD 25 Sep 2019 - 12 Apr 2022. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship, held in identity 3, in the Register of Interests dated 17 Oct 2022 and 30 Oct 2023. He does declare shareholdings using the name, Habitats Online Ltd, in both registers. The latter registration, on 30 Oct 2023, has failed to be updated to the current name, Agreed Online Ltd.
NORTH EAST YORKSHIRE WORLD CUP CRICKET LEGACY 2019 (12880324) Appointed on 15 September 2020 Resigned on 15 September 2020. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship in the Register of Interests dated 28 September 2020 which covered the period of this one day appointment. A one day appointment as a director is a red flag for fraudulent activity warranting further investigation.
SORTIT 2 LTD (10786581) Appointed on 24 May 2017 Dissolved on 7 May 2019. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship when it was current in the Registers of Interests dated 7 July 2017 and 18 July 2018. In the Register of Interests dated 12 August 2019 there is a retrospective registration of his directorship and shareholding of Sortit 2 Ltd, which was first registered on 25 January 2019. This is helpful but can not correct any compromised accounting that resulted from his failure to register this directorship at the correct time.
SHOPTILITY LIMITED (08674604) Appointed on 3 September 2013 Dissolved on 2 June 2019. Kevin Hollinrake correctly registered this directorship when it was current.
HUNTERS PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED (03947557) Appointed on 28 March 2000 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake correctly registered this directorship on 3 June 2015 and failed to register this interest on 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HERRIOT COTTAGES LIMITED (04452874) Appointed on 6 February 2003 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HUNTERS FRANCHISING LIMITED (05537909) Appointed on 1 September 2005 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
MADDISON JAMES LIMITED (05920686) Appointed on 10 October 2006 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HUNTERS PARTNERS LIMITED (03777494) Appointed on 29 July 2011 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HAPOLLO LIMITED (08008359) Appointed on 27 March 2012 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
REALCUBE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (08139888) Appointed on 12 July 2012 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020. In the Register of Interests dated 3 June 2015 he registered a shareholding in Realcube Technology Ltd, which was first registered 05 June 2015, but not his directorship.
REALCUBE LIMITED (07736494) Appointed on 30 July 2012 Resigned on 19 March 2021. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HUNTERS GROUP LIMITED (02965842) Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Previous company names FARDRAFT LIMITED 07 Sep 1994 - 18 May 1995. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HUNTERS SURVEY & VALUATION LIMITED (02602087) Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Previous company names RADARCH LIMITED17 Apr 1991 - 03 Jun 1991. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HUNTERS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED (02587709) Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Previous company names TASKFARM LIMITED 01 Mar 1991 - 20 Mar 1991. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019 and 28 September 2020.
HUNTERS PROPERTY LIMITED (09448465) 19 February 2015 Resigned on 19 March 2021 Previous company names HUNTERS PROPERTY PLC02 Mar 2015 - 26 Mar 2021 HUNTERS TOPCO PLC19 Feb 2015 - 02 Mar 2015. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015. He correctly registered it on 11 July 2016, 7 July 2017, 18 July 2018, 12 August 2019, 28 September 2020 and 20 September 2021
HUNTERS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED (02604278) Appointed on 25 July 2014 Resigned on 5 July 2018 Previous company names BRACEDOME LIMITED23 Apr 1991 - 17 May 1991. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015, 11 July 2016 and 7 July 2017.
THE CLOCK (YORKSHIRE) LTD (04520206) Appointed on 26 November 2014 Resigned on 31 August 2016 Previous company names THIRSK CLOCK 28 Aug 2002 - 10 Dec 2014. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015 and 11 July 2016.
MILLFIELD COURT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (03823455) Appointed on 25 March 2000 Resigned on 15 August 2016. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015 and 11 July 2016.
MILLFIELD COURT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (03823455) Appointed on 24 May 2001 Resigned on 15 August 2016. Kevin Hollinrake failed to register this directorship on 3 June 2015 and 11 July 2016.
CONNECT YORKSHIRE (04238885) Appointed on 29 January 2013 Resigned on 15 October 2014 Previous company names TECHNOLOGY YORKSHIRE 21 Jun 2001 - 27 Jul 2002 and VIZZIHOME LIMITED (06575847) Appointed on 24 April 2009 Resigned on 31 May 2013 Previous company names HARROWELLS (NO. 154) LIMITED24 Apr 2008 - 23 Jul 2008. Were prior to his Kevin Hollinrake’s election so did not need to be declared. For openness, transparency and accountability these should be included in an individuals biography.
On 20 September 2021, 17 October 2022 and 20 October 2023 Kevin Hollinrake registers shareholding of over 15% of issued share capital, from 19 March 2021, in the Property Franchise Group plc; a multi-brand lettings and estate agency franchising group. (Registered 26 April 2021; updated 27 April 2021). Query: should he be listed as a person with significant control of this company? Presently he is not.
Whilst searching for The Property Franchise Group in Companies House, it is notable that this company has undertaken a name switch with MARTINCO (MARTIN& CO). This is a red flag for potential contract switching and money laundering.
THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP PLC
Matching previous names:
MARTIN & CO FRANCHISE08721920 - Incorporated on 7 October 2013
2 St. Stephen's Court, St. Stephen's Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6LA
Matching previous names:
THE PROPERTY FRANCHISE GROUP09724369 - Incorporated on 10 August 2015
2 St Stephen's Court, St Stephen's Road, Bournemouth, England, BH2 6LA
Martinco Limited uses a slightly different address to The Property Franchise Group, without a full stop after the “St”. This minor difference would cause a false non-match error in audit and due diligence software. The appearance on this difference is a red flag for compromised audits and due diligence, and money laundering.
Evidence of failing to disclose information and false representation.
Kevin Hollinrake has failed to register his directorships, when they were current, held in: identity 1, Industry and Parliamentary Trust; identity 2, Hollinrake Fielding Limited; identity 3, Agreed Online Ltd; and, identity 4, North East Yorkshire World Cup Cricket Legacy.
The outcome of an individual holding multiple identities, is to conceal interests, from audits and due diligence, that ought to be visible. Registering multiple identities can be accidental, but, if the individual fails to register all of their appointments in each of the identities, this is evidence that the additional identities were created deliberately to conceal interests.
Kevin Hollinrake has registered five identities in Companies House and failed to register the interests appointed to four of these identities. This is evidence that these identities were each created with the intention of concealing the interest appointed to that identity, from his interests held in other identities.
Kevin Hollinrake has 20 appointments associated to identity 5, eighteen of which have been active whilst he has been an MP. He registered only one interest correctly, Shoptility Limited. He initially failed to register Sortit Ltd, on 7 July 2017 and 18 July 2018, declaring it correctly on 12 August 1019. He registered Hunters Group Limited, on 3 June 2015, but he failed to register this directorship in the following five years. He failed to register his directorship of Hunters Property PLC on 3 June 2015 and correctly registered it in the following six years.
Kevin Hollinrake failed to register his directorships of a further thirteen companies, registered to identity 5: Herriot Cottages Limited, Hunters Franchising Limited, Maddison James Limited, Hunters Partners Limited, Hapollo Limited, Realcube Technology Limited, Realcube Limited, Hunters Group Limited, Hunters Survey and Valuation Limited, Hunters (Midlands) Limited, Hunters Financial Services Limited, The Clock (Yorkshire) Limited and Millfield Court Management Limited.
Kevin Hollinrake has breached the Parliamentary Code of Conduct relating to declaring directorships. In addition, he has breached the Companies Act 2006, the Fraud Act 2006 and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing legislation. The risk to the public’s best interest is high because his breaches but the public at risk that he is involved in money laundering and terrorism financing.
Kevin Hollinrake has been participating in a method of fraud called synthetic identity fraud. Audit and due diligence software anticipates that an individual identity is unique. However, the creation of additional identities requires a variation in a) name, b) date of birth or c) usual residential address. An additional coma, to this system, is a different address.
Several of Kevin Hollinrake’s co-directors also have multiple identities. For example, Lord Christopher Holmes, a co-director at the Industry and Parliamentary Trust, has more identities registered with the same date of birth. In identity 2 he is an active director of The Burberry Foundation. In identity 3 he is an active director of Calcaneum UK Limited. Identity 4 has active appointments to Chedserve Limited and Chconserve Limited. Identity 5 has a resigned appointment to Global Disability Innovation Hub C.I.C.
Lo.rd Holmes Register of Interests is available from the House of Lords website. He registers:
“Category 1: Directorships
Interest amended 12 December 2021 Director, CHconserve Ltd (company to manage the member’s advisory work; clients are listed in category 2) (originally added 16 May 2014)
Interest amended 16 May 2014 Director, CHedserve Ltd (professional education) (originally added 16 May 2014)
Interest amended 29 August 2018 Deputy Chairman (formerly Non-executive Director), Channel 4 Television Corporation (originally added 12 December 2016)
Interest deleted 10 January 2022 Chair, GDI Hub (Global Disability Innovation Hub) (interest ceased 4 January 2021) (originally added 13 June 2017)
Interest amended 19 July 2022 Director, Calcaneum UK Limited (new technologies advisory; clients listed in category 2) (originally added 19 July 2022)
Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)
Interest amended 25 January 2023 The Burberry Foundation (charity) (originally added 25 July 2020)
Interest amended 9 June 2022 CHconserve Limited (company to manage the member’s advisory work) (originally added 25 July 2020)
Interest amended 9 June 2022 CHedserve Limited (professional education) (originally added 25 July 2020)
Interest amended 19 July 2022 Calcaneum UK Limited (new technologies advisory; clients listed in category 2) (originally added 19 July 2022)
Category 4: Shareholdings (a)
Interest amended 9 June 2022 CHconserve Ltd (company to manage the member’s advisory work) (see category 1) (originally added 13 January 2015)
Interest amended 9 June 2022 CHedserve Ltd (professional education) (see category 1) (originally added 13 June 2017)
Interest amended 19 July 2022 Calcaneum UK Limited (new technologies advisory; clients listed in category 2) (originally added 19 July 2022)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
Interest deleted 1 April 2019 Trustee, Nick Webber Trust (registered charity working to help people in Malawi) (interest ceased 31 March 2018) (originally added 29 November 2013)
Interest amended 25 January 2023 Trustee, The Burberry Foundation (charity) (originally added 13 June 2017)
Interest amended 23 February 2018 Trustee, Industry and Parliament Trust (originally added 23 February 2018)”.
Lord Holmes correctly registers his appointments to: Industry and Parliamentary Trust, The Burberry Foundation, Calcaneum UK Limited, Chedserve Limited, Chconserve Limited and Global Disability Innovation Hub.
Lord Holmes registers that he is “Deputy Chairman (formerly Non-executive Director), Channel 4 Television Corporation (originally added 12 December 2016)”. There is no record of Lord Holmes being appointed as a director of CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION COMPANY LIMITED, which is the registered name, in Companies House. His registration is not substantiated by the Companies House records. Even if he is operating as a “shadow director”, his role should be registered in Companies House. This registration could enable a permission that should have been denied.
Lord Holmes has registered five identities in Companies House. Additional identities are created through a variation in the individual’s name, date of birth or usual residential address. By purporting to be five people in Companies House, Lord Holmes has compromised audits and due diligence associated to him and his interests, since the creation of his second identity.
Lord Holmes is just one example of Kevin Hollinrake’s co-directors who have multiple identities. A more thorough analysis is required since the creation of multiple identities to circumvent audits is criminal behaviour. So far, I have not been successful in getting the police or Action Fraud to investigate this abuse of Companies House. The reason for that is because this type of fraud is widespread within our systems of governance.
Additional identities are know, in Information Systems terminology, as synthetic identities. Synthetic identity fraud will be described in more detail in my next article, which is an extract of a report, currently being drafted, a due diligence report on the Police and Crime Commissioners, and directors of Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, Police Digital Service, College of Policing Limited and Bluelight Commercial Limited.
Stuart is appalled to learn all this - I sent him the link to the search results for Kevin Hollinrake. I have been laboriously following the complaints processes about these issues but that isn’t resulting in police action. Far from “stamping out dodgy practices”, as Kevin Hollinrake put it in his article, this government and the opposition are amongst the worst perpetrators. Stuart and I decided that we need everyone’s help in demanding that synthetic identity fraud is ended.
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Funding Both Sides: How Jewish Money Controls British Politics . . .
“During the previous Labour government, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were ardent Zionists because they accepted the justice of Israel’s cause, not because Labour’s chief fund-raisers were first the Jew Michael Levy and then the Jew Jonathan Mendelsohn (both are now members of the House of Lords). And during the current Conservative government, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson have been ardent Zionists because they too accept the justice of Israel’s cause, not because the Conservatives’ chief fund-raisers have been first the Jew Sir Mick Davis and then the Jew Sir Ehud Sheleg.”
https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2021/10/04/funding-both-sides-how-jewish-money-controls-british-politics/