The annual Sunday Times Rich List has unveiled Britain's wealthiest individuals and families for 2026, revealing a slight increase in the number of billionaires to 157, up from 156 the previous year.
Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja topped the prestigious list following the death of their father, Gopichand Hinduja, the patriarch behind the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group, who passed away last year. Their combined estimated wealth stands at £38 billion.
Other high-profile billionaires, including Sir James Dyson and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, also feature prominently once again. Notably, Christopher Harborne, known for his record-breaking political donations to Reform, entered the list for the first time at sixth place with an estimated fortune of £18.2 billion.
Top 20 Richest Individuals and Families in the UK
- Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and family – £38 billion
- David and Simon Reuben and family – £27.971 billion
- Sir Leonard Blavatnik – £26.852 billion
- Idan Ofer – £24.481 billion
- Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family – £18.939 billion
- Christopher Harborne – £18.177 billion
- Nik Storonsky – £16.411 billion
- Alex Gerko – £16.006 billion
- Sir Jim Ratcliffe – £15.194 billion
- Igor and Dmitry Bukhman – £14.26 billion
- Kirsten and Jorn Rausing – £12.6 billion
- Michael Platt – £12.481 billion
- Sir James Dyson and family – £12 billion
- Lord Bamford and family – £10.318 billion
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho – £10.215 billion
- Barnaby and Merlin Swire and family – £9.736 billion
- Denise, John and Peter Coates – £9.728 billion
- The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family – £9.677 billion
- Moshe Kantor – £8.888 billion
- Marit, Lisbet, Dame Sigrid and Sir Hans Rausing – £8.888 billion
Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List, commented: "Many foreign billionaires who have been living in the UK have dropped out because they have moved away. We have also seen a sharp rise in the number of British nationals now resident in Dubai, Switzerland and Monaco. As UK nationals these people remain on our Rich List – wherever they now live."
He added: "These two exoduses pose challenges for the UK economy and its public finances. Will more of the wealthy now set up or grow their ventures overseas and in doing so create fewer jobs here? How much tax – if any – will Rachel Reeves' Treasury be able to extract from those affluent Brits who have now left the country?"
