built around three brands, with 60,000 people: Annabel's – including the Birley clubs (Mark's, Harry's Bar, George and Bath & Racquets), 12,000 members: He says "They're refined, discreet, elegant." Soho House – 17,000 members: He says "They're for an arts, journalistic, younger crowd." Caprice – 30,000 regular customers, the restaurant link between the two club chains The brands have opened in several countries including: Le Caprice New York; Cecconi's Miami; Soho House, via £130m credit line supplied by HBoS, in Berlin, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. Restaurant critic AA Gill once commented: Caring owns restaurant chain The Ivy Collection. Politics A friend of Lord Levy, Caring lent £2m to the Labour Party to fund the 2005 United Kingdom general election. Caring was not later implicated or named as part of the Cash for Honours investigation. The loan monies have since been repaid. Caring has donated to the Conservative Party on several occasions, mainly in the form of auction prizes. This includes the hire of Annabel’s in 2008 for the Conservative Party's Black and White Ball in Battersea Park, which was as an auction prize that raised £70,000. He was also recorded as donating just over £50,000 to the party in 2010. In 2012 he was recorded as donating £170,000. This was followed by a £290,000 donation in the third quarter of 2015. Philanthropy After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Caring donated £1m to the relief effort. He supports the NSPCC at its Fresh Start centre in Camden, to combat child abuse and paedophilia. In 2005, he organised a charity costume "Napoleonic Ball" for the NSPCC in St Petersburg's Catherine Palace, Russia, featuring a performance by Sir Elton John. Caring spent £8m flying in 450 guests in by private jet, including Bob Geldof and former US president Bill Clinton, raising £11m. The Guardian has reported that Caring donated $1m to the Clinton Foundation. Personal life Caring married his first wife, Jacqueline Stead, in 1971. She is an Aldershot-born model and the daughter of a retired British Army major. They have two sons, who were raised in Hong Kong: Jamie, a vice-president of MTV Networks Europe; and Ben, who works for Soho House. The family lived in Hampstead, north London, in a house known as the Versailles of London. It has a ballroom, a cinema, a dining room that seats 30; and a garden with a lake. He has homes in Hong