# Reform UK — Full Donor Ranking (DonationWatch)

# 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

1. **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?

2. **David John Grainger** (£1.36m)
   - Same questions as Delo
   - Companies House search
   - Background and business interests

3. **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

4. **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

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

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## Known Associations

*Auto-generated from cross-references in this archive.*

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

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## Tags

- brexit
- christopher-harborne
- donor
- far-right
- jeremy-hosking
- organisation
- reform-uk
- richard-tice

## 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