Betfred brothers top the UK’s biggest taxpayers list with £400m bill

Tim Martin makes Sunday Times Tax List top 10, paying 200m while Harry Styles is the highest-contributing celebrity

Sir Tim Martin, Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Erling Haaland and Mo Salah are among the UK's 100 biggest taxpayers, according to new rankings.

The billionaire brothers behind gambling giant Betfred, topped the Sunday Times 2026 Tax List. Fred and Peter Done paid 400.1m in tax, about half of which relates to gambling duty from their betting shop empire.