Reform UK — Full Donor Ranking (DonationWatch)

Source: DonationWatch, data from Electoral Commission. As of 8 June 2026.

Summary Statistics

Total donations: £45,162,847.16
Total donations (count): 362
Average donation: £124,759.25
Time period: Since 2010 (includes Brexit Party era)

Donor Type Breakdown

Type	Amount	Percentage
Individual	£39,629,927.99	88%
Company	£5,532,919.17	12%

Key insight: Reform UK is overwhelmingly funded by individuals, not companies. This is unusual for UK political parties and reflects the "mega-donor" model.

Top Donors

Rank	Donor	Amount	% of Total	Entity File	Notes
1	Christopher Harborne	£25,190,000	56%	`christopher-harborne.md`	Tether shareholder. Largest single donor in UK political history.
2	Ben Peter Delo	£4,000,000	9%	NEW — needs research	Unknown background. Massive donor.
3	Jeremy J Hosking	£1,718,000	4%	`jeremy-hosking.md`	Marathon Asset Management (Jersey parent). Fossil fuel investor.
4	David John Grainger	£1,360,000	3%	NEW — needs research	Unknown background.
5	Leave Means Leave Ltd	£990,000	2%	NEW — needs research	Company donation. Brexit-era campaign group?
6	Nicholas A C Candy	£990,000	2%	NEW — needs research	Likely property developer Nick Candy?

Offshore-Linked Donors (from Mirror/Good Law Project/Babelfish investigations)

Headline: 80% of Reform UK's £15m in 2025 donations linked to offshore tax havens.

Donor	Amount	Offshore Connection
Christopher Harborne	£25.19m	Tether (El Salvador-based)
Jeremy Hosking	£1.72m	Marathon via MAM Investments (Jersey)
Andrew Perloff / Panther Securities	£45,000	Portnard Ltd (Jersey parent)
Evans family / Evan Management Ltd	£200,000	Jersey parent, Monaco residents
Margaret Hepburn / Hepburn Bio Care	£24,000	Monaco resident
Tangerine Holdings Ltd	£50,000	Rendell (Isle of Man parent)
Richard Tice (deputy leader)	N/A	Jersey offshore trust (personal)

Research Priorities

High Priority — New Names to Investigate

Ben Peter Delo (£4m)
- Who is he? Source of wealth?
- Companies House search: directorships, PSC records
- Electoral Commission: full donation history (other parties?)
- Is he offshore-linked?
David John Grainger (£1.36m)
- Same questions as Delo
- Companies House search
- Background and business interests
Nicholas A C Candy (£990k)
- Likely Nick Candy, the property billionaire (brother of Christian Candy)
- CPC Group (property development)
- Known high-society figure, married to Holly Valance
- Check Companies House and previous political donations
Leave Means Leave Ltd (£990k)
- Company donation — who owns Leave Means Leave?
- Companies House search
- Brexit-era campaign group — connection to Leave.EU / Arron Banks?
- Is this a pass-through for other donors?

Medium Priority — Deeper Analysis

Full offshore list: Babelfish claims 18 donors linked to offshore. Get the full list.
Donation timeline: When did each major donor start giving? Clusters around elections?
Donor overlap: Which of these donors also give to Tories, Heritage Party, UKIP?
Company donations breakdown: The 12% company donations — which companies, who owns them?

Known Associations

Auto-generated from cross-references in this archive.

Reform UK — 4 mentions · tagged
Richard Tice — 1 mention · tagged
Heritage Party — 1 mention

Sources

DonationWatch: https://donation.watch/en/unitedkingdom/party/REFORM/donors
Electoral Commission: https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/
Mirror/Good Law Project (Sept 2024): "The offshore bonanza powering Reform's far-right rhetoric"
Babelfish (2026): "80% of Reform Cash Linked to Tax Havens"
Mirror (May 2026): "Reform UK handed almost £15m by offshore millionaires"

Last Updated

Date: 2026-06-14
Next actions:
- Ben Peter Delo deep dive
- David John Grainger deep dive
- Nicholas Candy confirmation and profile
- Leave Means Leave Ltd corporate structure
- Full offshore donor list