Charles Wigoder

Charles Wigoder is the executive chairman of The Utility Warehouse,Directors, Utility Warehouse, accessed 19 Febrtuary 2013. a philanthropist, who gives to a variety of Zionist causes, and supporter of the Conservative Party.
He is the son of Basil Wigoder, Lord Wigoder, the former chairman of the Liberal Party.The Honourable Charles Wigoder, Alumni and Friends, University of Kent, accessed 19 February 2014.
==Background==
Wigoder qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 1984 and was subsequently employed by Kleinwort Securities as an investment analyst in the media and communication sectors. Between 1985 and 1988, he was head of corporate finance and development at Carlton Communications plc and then Quadrant Group plc. In March 1988 he left Quadrant Group to set up The Peoples Phone Company PLC, which was subsequently bought by Vodafone in December 1996. He joined the Utility Warehouse in February 1998.Directors, Utility Warehouse, accessed 19 Febrtuary 2013.
In 2006, the Conservative Party said it had received a £100,000 loan from Wigoder.Conservative lenders unveiled, BBC News, 31 March 2006.
Wigoder is a member of The Leader's Group, the premier Conservative Party supporter group. Through an annual membership fee of £50,000 donors are able to secure access to leading members of the party, including the prime minister.
==Letter to the Telegraph==
On 1 April 2015 Wigoder was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 7 April 2015.
==Donation history==
Recorded by the Electoral Commission: Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 9 April 2015 
Date
Name of donor
Amount
Donated to
Subsidiary (parties only)
22/04/2005
Charles Wigoder
£20,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
15/09/2005
The Hon Charles Wigoder	
£10,000.00
The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP
22/11/2006
Charles F Wigoder
£9,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
19/04/2007
Charles F Wigoder
£5,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
18/10/2007
Charles F Wigoder
£2,000.00
Conservative Party
Regent's Park & Kensington North
03/09/2009
Charles F Wigoder
£2,000.00
Conservative Party
Westminster North
03/02/2010
Charles F Wigoder
£10,000.00
Conservative Party]
Central Party
30/06/2010
Charles F Wigoder
£1,600.00
Conservative Party
Central party
31/12/2010
Charles F Wigoder
£1,800.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
31/03/2011
Charles Wigoder
£10,000.00
No Campaign Limited
07/06/2011
Charles F Wigoder
£10,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
30/08/2011
Charles F Wigoder
£50,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
24/10/2011
Charles F Wigoder
£1,000.00
Conservative Party
Westminster North
24/10/2011
Charles F Wigoder
£9,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
30/09/2012
Charles F Wigoder
£63,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
26/11/2012
Charles F Wigoder
£1,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
26/11/2012
Charles F Wigoder
£4,500.00
Conservative Party
Central party
07/11/2013
Charles F Wigoder
£8,800.00
Conservative Party
Central party
15/01/2014
Charles F Wigoder
£100,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
15/01/2014
Charles F Wigoder
£1,000.00
Conservative Party
Central party
==Affiliations==
*Wigoder Family Foundation - Trustee.
*The Leader's Group
==Resources==
*Holly Watt, The Tory Leader's Group donor club: 'A chance for like-minded people to talk' Guardian, 4 May 2015, accessed 5 May 2015.
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