[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][7] In 2008, guests at the dinner organised by Harvey Goldsmith included Jimmy Savile, Justin King, Harold Tillman and Robert Tchenguiz.
[8] In 2010, guests at the dinner organised by Peter Shalson and sponsored by HSBC included Len Blavatnik, Mike Sherwood, Charles Dunstone, Martin Sorrell, Richard Desmond, Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore, Nick Candy, David Reuben, Gerald Ronson, Howard Shore, Harvey Goldsmith, Jarvis Astaire, Jimmy Lahoud, Dan Wagner and Jimmy Tarbuck.
[9] In January 2018, the Financial Times sent two undercover reporters to join the 130 scantily clad "hostesses" specially hired for the event by the Artista agency.
[11] Some MPs called for the resignation of Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi, who had been among the guests,[12] as well as for a police investigation of the event.