Sunday Times Rich List 2026: Wealthiest people in the UK including Nigel Farage donor and Sir David Beckham
The Sunday Times Rich List has revealed the wealthiest individuals and families in the UK, and how much they are worth.
The UK’s wealthiest people have been revealed in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List including famous faces including Sir James Dyson, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Britain’s first billionaire sportsman Sir David Beckham. Also appearing in the list is the cryptocurrency investor behind a £5 million gift to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Christopher Harborne.
The number of billionaires recorded by the list increased to 157 for the year, nudging up from 156 a year ago after a recent period of decline. Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja topped the high-profile list following the death of father Gopichand Hinduja, who passed away last year.
Mr Harborne, who has broken records for his political donations to Reform, was a new entrant on the 2026 list. The entrepreneur and investor came in at sixth place with an estimated wealth of £18.2 billion.
Mr Farage is facing an investigation by the Commons sleaze watchdog, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, for the undeclared gift which he has insisted was not connected to his political activity and was needed to pay for private security for the rest of his life. Mr Harborne has separately donated millions to Reform, including a £9 million donation in August 2025 – the biggest single donation in history to a political party from a living person.
Sir David Beckham is Britain’s first billionaire sportsman after he and wife Lady Victoria doubled their wealth in the last year. The celebrity couple now have a combined fortune of £1.185 billion, a significant increase to the £500 million estimated net worth they had on the 2025 list.
The major uptick in wealth is attributed to Sir David’s investments in the US, as the signing of Lionel Messi to Inter Miami until 2028 has lifted the value of his stake in the club, and a vast property development adjoining Inter’s home has provided another windfall. Meanwhile revenues at Lady Beckham’s eponymous fashion line have topped £100 million.
Oasis stars Liam and Noel Gallagher are newcomers to the rich list, thanks to their sell-out tour last year. The pair have an estimated joint wealth of £375 million as a result of the 41 shows they performed with the band between July and November.
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis and her family are also newcomers to the list, with an estimated wealth of £400 million. Eavis’s father Sir Michael hosted his first music festival at Worthy Farm in 1970. The business is now partly owned by family trusts.
Musicians Sir Elton John, Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Sir Brian May, theatre impresario Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber, author JK Rowling, make-up guru Charlotte Tilbury and racing driver Sir Lewis Hamilton are also among the household names who appear in the annual survey. The King also appears on the list, with an estimated wealth of £680 million.
20 richest people and families in the UK, according to the Rich List
- Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and family – £38 billion
- David and Simon Reuben and family – £27.971 billion
- Sir Leonard Blavatnik – £26.852 billion
- Idan Ofer – £24.481 billion
- Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family – £18.939 billion
- Christopher Harborne – £18.177 billion
- Nik Storonsky – £16.411 billion
- Alex Gerko – £16.006 billion
- Sir Jim Ratcliffe – £15.194 billion
- Igor and Dmitry Bukhman – £14.26 billion
- Kirsten and Jorn Rausing – £12.6 billion
- Michael Platt – £12.481 billion
- Sir James Dyson and family – £12 billion
- Lord Bamford and family – £10.318 billion
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho – £10.215 billion
- Barnaby and Merlin Swire and family – £9.736 billion
- Denise, John and Peter Coates – £9.728 billion
- The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family – £9.677 billion
- Moshe Kantor – £8.888 billion
- Marit, Lisbet, Dame Sigrid and Sir Hans Rausing – £8.888 billion