Here I noted that having gone from one
monolithic group it had split into two seeming separate groups. One
being Conservative way Forward, a trading name of a group called Conservative
Campaign Organisation Limited, and having Two directors, Paul Abbot
and Donal Blaney the second being Cherish Freedom Ltd, which was trading as the
Young Britons' Foundation. and had one director, Donal Blaney.
Now
we find that in the weeks after the first Blog post the structure has undergone
a few changes.
Firstly
the group behind CWF, the Conservative Campaign Organisation Ltd has
changed its name to Conservative Way Forward Ltd and has changed it's directors.
both Donal Blaney and Paul Abbot have quit, and the new director is a
man called Paul Osborn . Now he has appeared before as he was one of the
Founder Donors of the Young Britons' Foundation, and the YBF's former Director of Strategy.
Blaney is said to
have quit due to his wife's medical problems, and an increasing US legal
business, no reason is given for Abbot leaving however.
In further changes, the Young Briton's Foundation is no longer a trading
name of Cherish Freedom, but is now a trading
name of YBF Training
Limited. A company with a single director, One Donal Blaney. It would seem reasonable to ask if
an organisation with such a newsworthy reputation needed to
be separated off from the Thatcher Center and Library, even by
implication that its parent organisation was connected to a group which might
be seen to have a damaged reputation can't be good for a group that has to rely
on a reputation for probity for its fundraising.
Cherish Freedom is no
longer under the directorship of Donal
Blaney, Instead it is now
under the directorship of Connor Burns, however all correspondence is still
directed to the offices of Donal
Blaneys Law firm, Griffin Law and it is listed on the corporate paperwork as
acting as company secretary. It might be considered that with this strong
connection still in existence that the distancing between the YBF and
Cherish Freedom are not as Effective as would seem on the surface.
No doubt any further changes will be viewed with interest.
