Investigations

GAP Global Pty Ltd operates from the Sydney Olympic Park premises raided by the ATO in 2024. We have identified 15 directors across five countries — all either Hales family members or the most powerful business figures in the Brethren Ecosystem.

Conservative MP Michelle Donelan declared her partner's family as related parties in the DfE annual report. His father's company became the first PBCC business to win a DHSC PPE contract. His fellow directors were linked to a further £800 million in Covid contracts. His employer's address briefly transferred to UBT. The timeline covers September 2019 to August 2020.

All six trustees of Stormwater Shepherds — registered in the UK and Australia — are PBCC members. The UK charity spends 90% of its income employing one person to lobby government on stormwater regulation. It is funded by SPEL Environmental, owned by Stephen and Cameron Hales. The product it promotes is sold by the company that funds it.

Ten companies. Seven countries. £2.556 billion in Covid contracts. Unispace received £675 million via the PPE VIP lane after being put forward by Michael Gove. Medco Solutions won £1 billion in testing contracts. All ten companies connect to the four sons of Bruce Hales through shareholdings, directorships, shared premises or documented business relationships.

The Plough Inn at Kington Langley was acquired by Brethren members during Covid lockdown and transferred to the Down Gospel Trust. A pub that served the community for four centuries became a meeting room. The local planning authority was not informed of the change of use.

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church holds an estimated AUS$37 billion in global wealth across charities, meeting rooms, member companies and personal property — held by just 54,000 members in 16,570 households. Per member: approximately $685,000 each. The Church of England, with nearly twenty times the membership, holds a third of that value.

On 19 March 2024, the Australian Tax Office conducted an unannounced raid on the global operational centre of the PBCC — UBT, OneSchool Global, the Rapid Relief Team, Campus & Co, CoShield and Vision Accelerator. ATO documentation confirms such raids happen only where there is suspected tax evasion, fraud, secrecy or concealment. Five major contractions in the Ecosystem followed within 18 months.

The PBCC launched its first podcast featuring the four Hales brothers. Our editorial response: boredom, shock and anger in equal measure — followed by insider accounts from Australia that directly contradict what Dean, Charles, Gareth and Greg Hales told their host Lloyd Grimshaw.