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Misogyny?
There are circa 200 Charities linked to the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in the UK. The majority of these charities have 5 named trustees. Why are they all men?
The Inivos Story
The incredible story of contracts, court cases, connections & controversies surrounding the Fentiman owned Inivos Ltd.
UK Brethren
The Plymouth Brethren in the UK, have circa 15,000 members. The members live in an ecosystem where there is a restriction on contact with non brethren (worldly) people. The organisation in the UK is structured around the brethren member owned companies, the brethren charities and is situated in 90 to 100 geographical communities.
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church aka the Exclusive Brethren
Exposing the cult, led by Sydney based businessman Bruce Hales, The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is a tiny sect, with circa 50,000 members worldwide.
Exclusive Brethren Finances
Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing a series of reports into the wealth of the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren in the UK. Research carried out over the last 3 months shows some quite astonishing numbers and how this secretive sect have amassed extreme wealth, whilst benefitting from their charitable status.
We will reveal the 400 companies with assets over £1 million, 80 of which are turning over £2.5 billion in total. A charity with over £60 million in assets, of which £46 million is cash. How 144 meeting rooms now have charitable status and circa £250 million in assets. Educational trusts raising funds for schools with over £50 million in assets. A brethren only retail empire turning over £30 million+ a year. At the core of this commercial cult is the the largest brethren company, the Universal Business team (UBT) turning over almost £100 million a year.
Open & Candid will also expose a number of inside experiences on this controversial sect, which will reveal how difficult it is to escape.
We will reveal the 400 companies with assets over £1 million, 80 of which are turning over £2.5 billion in total. A charity with over £60 million in assets, of which £46 million is cash. How 144 meeting rooms now have charitable status and circa £250 million in assets. Educational trusts raising funds for schools with over £50 million in assets. A brethren only retail empire turning over £30 million+ a year. At the core of this commercial cult is the the largest brethren company, the Universal Business team (UBT) turning over almost £100 million a year.
Open & Candid will also expose a number of inside experiences on this controversial sect, which will reveal how difficult it is to escape.
The Rich List
The Open & Candid exclusive Plymouth Brethren Rich List. The in depth dive into the wealthy Plymouth Brethren Cult.
2SAN Test & Trace
2SAN Global recruits 13 former senior executives from the UKHSA Test & Trace team, as Whiley & Hales bank on "Worldies" to lead their business.
The billion dollar mystery
Move over Medpro, make way for the incredible £950 million story of Medco Solutions! A company that simply did not exist at the start of the pandemic.
Listen or watch the brilliant Get a Life podcast, produced in Canada. Giving a real flavour to life in the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren. A must listen
UBT sold
UBT (Universal Business Team) the major fund raiser for the PBCC, turning over almost £100 million in the UK alone, sold to a company with no assets!
Open & Candid on Blackballed
Thanks to James DiFiore for inviting our founder Damian Hastie, on to his Blackballed podcast, to discuss the business & political links of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
Hales the real Covid winners
Over £3 Billion of the covid contracts awarded to Brethren members across the world, 85% of which, went to companies linked to the family of church leader, the elect Vessel, Bruce Hales
Trade together, Pray together
Sect companies & their meeting room, all fenced in, with the gate closed. Welcome to Carnforth, Lancashire, where the PBCC trade & pray together in their own charter village.
£2.6 BILLION
Covid Contract Winners from UK Government
Medco Solutions
Unispace Global* - Sante Group Sterilab Services Inivos Origin Packaging Clandeboye Agencies Tower Supplies Techniclean Supply Accora Agile Medical Creative Activity Group Kingsbury Press* Centrado Trading Toffeln Blueleaf Bryson Products Corecare Global Carlton Packaging Oakdene Services (1925) Ascot Signs Lion Safety Bentley Nursing Supplies |
GDC Healthcare
Lindum Packaging Halco Europe Occura Healthcare CMT Group Specialist Door Soultions Oska Care Selkent Medical Yewdale Corporation Eastpoint Streamline Corporate Innova Care Concepts Springfield Supplies & Projects Orcagel Denka UK SMI Int Group Total Protection (UK) Southgate Packaging Acopia Group Lovair TGS (UK) Ureka Global |
AES Industrial Supplies
Bronze Architecture Fairfield Care Products Arrow County Supplies Aero Healthcare Giftfinder Baca Workwear & Safety Klipspringer Hornbeck Team Archer Marketing Castle Industrial Supplies CID Products Clad Safety CPP Trading Group Hallmark Workwear & Safety Medaco Onyx - Safepro Industrial Supplies Oxford Safety Supplies Protective Wear Supplies (PWS) Springfield Business Papers Tudor Environmental |
* sold after contracts awarded
Brethren UK Finances
A "fag packet" look at the Brethren UK Finances, Covid Profits, Grace Trust, Oneschool Global UK, Rapid Relief Team
Canadian PPE Contract
Open & Candid have reported on over £2.6 Billion covid contracts wins in the UK, USA & Australia, Press Progress in Canada report on one awarded to an Oil Lubricants company!
Veracity Breaking Brethren - A Canadian documentary
Breaking Brethren is a brilliant Canadian documentary, which airs the views of a number of ex members
Influencing Elections
Plymouth Brethren members linked to donations to right wing think tanks at election time.
Profit or Prophet?
The astonishing Covid contract update for companies ran by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, how they were awarded contracts worth £2.2 billion. The hundreds of connections that link 54 companies ran by members of the very small Plymouth Brethren Church members
The Times
The Times report on the covid contracts awarded to the Plymouth Brethren, in conjunction with us here at Open & Candid. It is good to see some mainstream coverage
Beckenham Charity
The remarkable links between the 5 trustees of the Albacore Gospel Hall Trust charity and the £2 billion pounds of Covid contracts awarded to 17 companies
Michelle Donelan MP
Exclusive! The award of Government contracts, the Conservative MP for Chippenham Michelle Donelan, Young Britons Foundation, family ties, PPE contracts, a gospel hall, a 400 year old pub and at the heart of it the Plymouth Brethren
Testing, Testing £100, £200, £300 million
Covid testing is proving a real hit for two or maybe 3 companies, with Medco Solutions (surely one of the UK's fastest growing businesses) building on their PPE contracts and Sterilabs of Harrogate joining the party to take the Covid Contracts awarded to companies owned by Plymouth Brethren members to around £2 billion!
Grace Growth through PPE
Brethren charity reaps the award of the pandemic. The latest accounts from the Grace Trust show an increase in income of circa £25 million for 2020, driven by PPE trading
Original Prophet or Profit?
The remarkable story of 51 companies winning £1.3 billion of Covid-19 contracts
Behind the Plymouth Brethren
A selection of videos from 1970's to the present day, where the Plymouth Brethren have featured in the media