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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

  1. Full offshore list: Babelfish claims 18 donors linked to offshore. Get the full list.
  2. Donation timeline: When did each major donor start giving? Clusters around elections?
  3. Donor overlap: Which of these donors also give to Tories, Heritage Party, UKIP?
  4. 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
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