UK captains of industry have charity night where they sexually assault young female 'hostesses'

[bemused]

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A real crying shame this

It's bonkers - that's £650k they can't spend on sick kids.

 

[trashpony]

I read somewhere that the donations made were less than the cost of running the event.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

It's far safer to stay with the men thing than the class thing here though. Without seeing the guest list it's impossible to say for certain but I'd bet money that half of those tables were bought by traders and brokers and anyone with any experience of either will tell you that they are absolutely not the preserve of posh boys and far more likely to be occupied by wide boys from Kent and Essex!

Traders and brokers are proles now?

 

[bemused]

I'm not surprised about Botham's involvement. He was regularly involved in those I attended many, many years ago.

There is a World of difference between going to charity events where women are groped and groping women at a charity event.

 

[D'wards]

Yeah, I was wondering that too. It's not like the President's Club is the only way to make a donation. They could just make a donation.

They could but I reckon due to the shitstorm they'll all be keeping their heads down currently. Not many will want to be publicly linked with the event or charity currently.

 

[dessiato]

I read somewhere that the donations made were less than the cost of running the event.

It wouldn't surprise me if that were true.

The first I went to, in the mid seventies, used to separate the running costs from the other returns. The hosts would usually barely break even. They'd still make a couple of thousand for charity though. In the seventies this was decent money being raised in a smallish east coast town.

 

[Spymaster]

I read somewhere that the donations made were less than the cost of running the event.

I can't see that. The cost of running the event would be well covered by the sale of the tables at £1660/head.

 

[Wilf]

I read somewhere that the donations made were less than the cost of running the event.

I had a similar suspicion yesterday when I tracked down their annual income figures yesterday (posted a few pages back, but didn't go into great detail). Bit like these 'sponsor me to go trekking in the Himalayas on my gap year to benefit sick kids' things.

 

[existentialist]

Funny, isn't it, how the political party that best represents the interests of the kind of people who go to these events is also the party most responsible for the fact that the NHS is so dependent on donations for essential medical resources and kit.

 

[Wilf]

I can't see that. The cost of running the event would be covered by the sale of the tables at £1660/head.

Unless he donated his fee (lol), that would take 3 or 4 tables just to pay for Walliams.

 

[bimble]

I read somewhere that the donations made were less than the cost of running the event.

I saw similar, can't find it now but someone on twitter saying that the cost of the event was very close to the total donations, like a few grand difference (to give away).

 

[Spymaster]

Unless he donated his fee (lol), that would take 3 or 4 tables just to pay for Walliams.

Probably. But there were about 32 more.

 

[trashpony]

I saw similar, can't find it now but someone on twitter saying that the cost of the event was very close to the total donations, like a few grand difference (to give away).

I can't remember where I saw it either.

 

[kabbes]

I can't see that. The cost of running the event would be well covered by the sale of the tables at £1660/head.

I interpret the statement as saying that the total of what the guests paid to attend was more than the total of the charity lots they paid for or otherwise donated. Not that the event didn't cover its overheads.

 

[8ball]

I read somewhere that the donations made were less than the cost of running the event.

I thought this was the norm for this sort of thing.

 

[Yossarian]

Probably. But there were about 32 more.

£175 X 150 for the hostesses and probably the same again to the agency that sent them would add up to a lot of those tables. Plus there's the cost of the foie gras or whatever food it is they serve at this kind of thing.

 

[trashpony]

I thought this was the norm for this sort of thing.

I'm sure it is. I just find it profoundly depressing

 

[Spymaster]

I interpret the statement as saying that the total of what the guests paid to attend was more than the total of the charity lots they paid for or otherwise donated. Not that the event didn't cover its overheads.

That's more likely. A fag packet calculation suggests about £600k raised on table sales. Caring's £400k plus a few others might have come in under that.

 

[Teaboy]

I agree with others, charities should have kept the money.

 

[bimble]

I thought this was the norm for this sort of thing.

Nope, if they are supposed to be a charity they would be investigated & struck off.

 

[Spymaster]

£175 X 150 for the hostesses and probably the same again to the agency that sent them would add up to a lot of those tables.

About £26,000. They still have over half a million to play with.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I thought the Hostesses were paid £150. That won’t be what the agency charged for them though.

 

[Spymaster]

I thought the Hostesses were paid £150. That won’t be what the agency charged for them though.

Triple it then. It's still a strawman.

 

[Lord Camomile]

They could but I reckon due to the shitstorm they'll all be keeping their heads down currently. Not many will want to be publicly linked with the event or charity currently.

Sure, but as Yossarian suggested, someone could swoop in as a white knight. If played correctly someone who attended could possibly even pull it off. "It's not right that this great cause should lose out because of our mistakes, so I will still be donating £X. Lessons have been learned", sort of thing.

 

[bimble]

About £26,000. They still have over half a million to play with.

Renting the Dorchester for the night isn't free. And it sounds like lots of the guests had rooms. The figures will probably come out in a while. Charity commission is investigating apparently.

 

[dessiato]

I thought that the money paid for the tables was wholly separate from the money raised as donations through an auction. It was the model that used to be used.

 

[Spymaster]

Sure, but as Yossarian suggested, someone could swoop in as a white knight.

If I were one of Caring's business rivals with half a million quid going spare I'd be in like Flint!

 

[Spymaster]

I thought that the money paid for the tables was wholly separate from the money raised as donations through an auction. It was the model that used to be used.

I'd be extremely surprised if that's not the case.

 

[bimble]

'The Presidents Club had an income of just over £2m in the year to 31 October 2016, of which £1.6m was generated through last year’s annual dinner, according the latest set of accounts filed with the commission. It spent £2.2m, largely on donations to charities..'
Charity to return any donations raised by Presidents Club's men-only event

 

[bemused]

Bit like these 'sponsor me to go trekking in the Himalayas on my gap year to benefit sick kids' things.

I use to work at a US tech company that had a sabbatical policy, I'd get endless begging letters from wankers who wanted a year off to ride a moped across India sponsored
by their collegues.