The 100 wealthy individuals or families revealed in this year’s Sunday Times Tax List paid a total of £5.758 billion of tax.
The eighth edition of the Tax List — released today as millions of people have met the self-assessment deadline at the end of January — features figures from the worlds of music and arts, high finance and the high street, as well as billionaire aristocrats and rags-to-riches entrepreneurs.
For the first time, gambling founders Fred and Peter Done of Betfred top the rankings, with an estimated contribution of £400.1 million, up from £273.4 million a year ago. The brothers founded the company in 1967 and it is headquartered in Warrington, Cheshire.
They’re not the only North West businessmen to feature in the list though, so take a look below at the 14 people from across the region that have been named amongst the nation’s biggest taxpayers.
Read the full rankings here: https://www.thetimes.com/article/tax-list-2026-uk-biggest-taxpayers-nqsjk2bvn
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13. Sir John Timpson and family (NW rank: 3. National: 16)
Sector: Retail. 2026 Tax (£m): 86.7. A high-street cobbler with a philanthropic soul, Timpson has suggested all tax rates should be cut to 20 per cent and that everyone should be given £200 by HMRC on their birthday each year. | submit
14. Tom Morris
Sector: Retail. 2026 Tax (£m): 209.1. Profile: The discount chain Home Bargains has made reclusive Morris the richest ever Liverpudlian. Paid himself a £66 million dividend last year | Tom Morris and family (NW rank: 2. National: 7) Photo: The Sunday Times
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15. Fred, pictured, and Peter Done (2025: £3.015bn, 2024: £2.7bn)
Sector: Gambling. 2026 Tax (£m): 400.1. Profile: The Betfred brothers funded their first shop with a successful wager on England to win the 1966 World Cup. Last year, Fred warned that he may be forced to close if a mooted tax hike on horseracing was introduced, putting jobs at risk. | submit