1. Employment and Earnings
Brown Estates Limited: Director. Remuneration: Nil. Hours worked: Nil.
* Brown Estates Limited: Director. Remuneration: In financial year 2020-21, dividend income of £2,000 and wage of £3,000. Hours worked: average of 20 per month. (Registered 19 July 2022)
Volunteer USA (Volunteer USA owns intellectual property of former company Politrip Limited): Consultant. Remuneration: £800 per month (fixed payment). Hours worked: varies depending on services provided. (Ceased 1 August 2022)
Alliance Party: Development Officer. Remuneration: £26,000 pro rata, per annum. Hours worked: January - June 2022, 37 per week. January 2020 - December 2021, 20 per week. (Ceased 1 July 2022)
Down Business Centre, Enterprise Agency: Consultant. Remuneration: £1,188 per month, amount expected to receive. Hours worked: 54 per month. Additional information: 4 month fixed term contract, paid to Brown Estates (commenced 12 January 2023). (Registered 26 January 2023)
2. Donations and other support
Alliance Party: provided a donation of £9,029.10 towards May 2022 Election costs.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality
None
4. Visits
15 - 23 March 2023: I, along with 6 other MLAs, visited Washington DC and Alabama to participate in the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) exchange programme to build relationships and share knowledge between political, business and civic society leaders in the USA. The ACYPL contributed approximately £3,557 towards transport, accommodation, hospitality, flights and activity costs (with the remainder of the total costs of approximately £4,887 being met by the Northern Ireland Assembly). (Registered 26 April 2023)
5. Shareholdings
Brown Estates Limited, (Property Investment and Consultancy Services) – sub-category (i).
Politrip Limited, (Travel Agency currently in liquidation) – sub-category (i).
6. Land and Property
Part Owner, residential property, Belfast, from which rental income is received.
Part Owner, residential property, Belfast, from which rental income is received.
Part Owner with Brown Estates Limited, residential property, Killyleagh, from which rental income is received.
Part Owner with Brown Estates Limited, residential property, Downpatrick.
* Receipt of income from this property, under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, commenced on 24 October 2022. (Registered 31 October 2022)
* Receipt of income from this property, under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, ceased on 1 February 2023. Notice lodged 15 May 2023. (Registered 15 May 2023)
7. Miscellaneous
PhD student Queen’s University Belfast, in receipt of studentship grant between September 2018 – December 2021. Grant ceased January 2022.
Councillor, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, May 2014 – May 2022: member of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) Pension Scheme.
Associate, Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE), providing ad-hoc marketing support. Remuneration ceased December 2021.
Close family member works for Autism NI.
Close family member is a teacher.
Cohabitant is a nursing student.
8. Unremunerated interests
Trustee/Director, Down Business Centre since February 2016.
9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure
None