Anthony Joshua, JK Rowling and Mo Salah have been named among the many UK’s 100 largest taxpayers.
The billionaire brothers behind playing big Betfred topped the rankings of The Sunday Times Tax List 2026 for the primary time, surpassing musicians, entrepreneurs and sports activities stars.
Fred and Peter Accomplished, who based the Warrington-based enterprise in 1967, paid out an estimated £400.1m in tax over the previous yr, based on the annual record.
It got here after their tax invoice climbed by virtually half from £273.4m a yr earlier.
JK Rowling. Pic: Reuters
Monetary buying and selling entrepreneur Alex Gerko ranked second on the record with £331.4m in tax, adopted by hedge fund boss Chris Rokos, who paid £330m.
Elsewhere, Harry Kinds was among the many new entries to the record, in 54th place, paying £24.7m in tax.
The previous One Route member-turned-solo artist is ready to launch his fourth studio album in March.
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Billionaire businessman Mike Ashley ranked ninth on the record, with a contribution of £175m in tax, whereas entrepreneur Sir James Dyson and Nik Storonsky, a co-founder of the funds agency Revolut, additionally featured.
Erling Haaland on the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, in November final yr. Pic: PA
Two footballers additionally joined the record for the primary time, with Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland showing in 72nd place with an estimated tax cost of £16.9m and Liverpool’s Salah believed to have a invoice of £14.5m, in 81st place.
Haaland, 25, is the youngest particular person to seem within the tax record.
Harry Potter writer Rowling ranked thirty sixth on the record with a invoice of £47.5m, and musician Ed Sheeran sixty fourth, with a £19.9m tax cost. Boxer Anthony Joshua ranked a centesimal, paying £11m.
Wetherspoons founder Sir Tim Martin, 70, ranked eighth within the record with a private contribution of £199.7m.
The record confirmed that the highest 100 taxpayers handed over a complete of £5.758bn price of tax, up from £4.985bn a yr earlier.
Anthony Joshua. Pic: Reuters
Many on the record, together with the Accomplished brothers, paid extra tax after adjustments to company tax charges and different taxes by the federal government in a bid to assist larger welfare spending.
Robert Watts, who compiled the record, mentioned: “That is an more and more various record, with Premier League footballers and world well-known pop stars lining up alongside aristocrats and enterprise house owners promoting pies, pillows and child milk.
“This yr there’s been a giant leap within the quantity of tax we have recognized – largely due to larger company tax charges.”
Six taxpayers characteristic on the record regardless of leaving the UK over the previous yr, amid stories of rich people shifting to keep away from larger taxes underneath Labour, or attributable to non-dom standing being eliminated.
These included Wren Kitchens founder Malcolm Healey and sports activities promoter Eddie Hearn.
