I almost advertised with Chestnut House on their 'charity' wall planner for Derbyshire, until I found out the following information. There is a lot of history to this company, so please read all of the information before you even consider advertising with them.
The exact same people ran the notorious Liverpool based charity scam company - Barrington House Publishing, it was closed down by the DTI, moved and changed names to Barrington House Corporation Ltd. Closed down by the DTI again and changed names to Hamilton Forbes and moved offices again. Then closed down and have moved again and changed names to Chestnut House. All the previous companies worked for a charity the Children’s Research Fund but Chestnut House work on behalf of the Honeyrose Foundation, which is also a charity. Peter Lyons started the original company (he is a millionaire from charity scamming) and each time the company has closed down and re-opened the directors and people running it were and may still be employees of Peter Lyons. The new directors are again a previous manager of Lyons and her live in partner. All the closures have left large sums of money owing to the VAT and TAX. Each closure and re-opening has had the same workforce (reps)and have taken some of the admin staff too. This company has reps who have travelled with him from company to company, who are also very wealthy. Peter Lyons has been photographed by the Mirror Newspaper at the premises of Chestnut House. Lots of the employees when working for Barrington’s and Hamilton’s' had company cars! And it is known they earn 25-30% commission for their sales. They are telling customers that the charity wall planners are for dying kids all over the country, when in fact the Honeyrose Foundation are a charity for the over 40’s in St Helens and Merseyside. Please note also that a sister company called Mckenzie Campbell which was also closed down and re-opened as Price Chamberlain has since closed down too and was run by Peter Lyons brother. If this business was run correctly why do they keep getting closed down? Why were the DTI ever involved? Why do people get threatening letters if it’s working for a charity? Why is the charity commission board letting companies do this when charities are involved? If you are contacted by this NEW company ask your self WHY should I help someone get rich on the back of a needy cause (the charity).
If you want to know anymore read this http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/investigates/2007/04/05/conman-lyon-back-on-prowl-89520-18861963/
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