"Martin, who founded the Wetherspoon's chain, is eighth with a personal contribution put at just shy of 200m. JD Wetherspoon paid more than 1m tax a pub with the chain of 794 venues pumping 837.1m into the public finances from levies including corporation tax, business rates, slot machine duty and VAT, about 1m a pub. Martin owns 26.7% of company shares."
"The billionaire brothers behind gambling giant Betfred, topped the Sunday Times 2026 Tax List. Fred and Peter Done paid 400.1m in tax, about half of which relates to gambling duty from their betting shop empire. Peter Done, 78, told the newspaper he had no plans to quit Britain. We owe this country, he said. I feel there is an obligation for people that have made the money in that country to pay the tax in that country. Fred and myself are stopping here."
Fred and Peter Done of Betfred paid £400.1m in tax, with about half from gambling duty. Sir Tim Martin, founder of JD Wetherspoon, contributed just under £200m personally and owns 26.7% of the company. JD Wetherspoon’s 794 venues contributed about £837.1m to public finances from levies including corporation tax, business rates, slot machine duty and VAT, averaging about £1m per pub. The rankings coincide with some wealthy individuals relocating to jurisdictions such as Jersey, Guernsey, Monaco, Portugal, Cyprus, Dubai and the US. Other notable taxpayers include JK Rowling, the Timpson family, James Dyson, and the Andersons of GAP Group.
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