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
.jpg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=800)
9. Chris Sheppard and family (NW rank: 7. National: 56)
Sector: Scrap metal. 2026 Tax (£m): 24.0. Profile: Sheppard's scrap-metal empire paid £26 million of waste disposal taxes last year — plus another £11 million in property levies. | Google Maps
.jpeg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=800)
10. The Warburton family (NW rank: 6. National: 38)
Sector: Baking. 2026 Tax (£m): 40.1. Profile: The Warburtons are making a lot of dough from bread — and bagels, crumpets and teacakes. Olivia Colman is the latest screen star to grace their TV ads. | submit
.jpeg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=800){kind=icon}
11. John Coulter and Ann Jones (NW rank: 5. National: 33)
Sector: Retail. 2026 Tax (£m): 52.6. Profile:The brother and sister behind the high-street jeweller Warren James paid themselves a £100 million dividend last year. | Google Maps
12. Henry Moser (NW rank: 4. National: 25)
Sector: Finance. 2026 Tax (£m): 62.0. Profile: A former car salesman, Moser realised there was even more money to be had from arranging finance to buy bangers. | Google Maps