Presidents Club

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Presidents Club Charitable Trust
Formation1985
Dissolved24 January 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-24)
TypeCharity
PurposeHosting an annual charity dinner
Joint chair
Bruce Ritchie
Joint chair
David Meller
Websitethepresidentsclubcharity.co.uk

The Presidents Club Charitable Trust was a British charity[1][2] known for an annual charity dinner held from 1985 to 2018. The dinner, held usually at The Dorchester hotel in London, was for male guests only and was considered a "mainstay of London's social calendar".[3] After the Financial Times reported[3] on sexual misconduct at the 2018 dinner, the charity announced its intent to disband.[4]

The charitable trust's joint chairmen as of 2018 were the property developer Bruce Ritchie and the businessman and Department for Education director David Meller.[3][5]

  1. ^ "Charity registration number 1017310 – Presidents Club Charitable Trust". charitycommission.gov.uk. Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Official website – The Presidents Club". The Presidents Club Charitable Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Marriage, Madison (23 January 2018). "Men Only: Inside the charity fundraiser where hostesses are put on show". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ^ Booth, William; Barbash, Fred (24 January 2018). "How an undercover female reporter exposed sexual misconduct at a London charity bash". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Scandal-hit dinner organiser quits post". BBC News. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.