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 
 
 
 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 
 

 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