The Sunday Times Tax List rankings include corporation tax, dividend tax, capital gains tax, income tax and some payroll taxes as well as gambling and alcohol duties
The Sunday Times Tax List rankings include corporation tax, dividend tax, capital gains tax, income tax and some payroll taxes as well as gambling and alcohol duties
The Home Bargains dynasty are among the United Kingdom’s biggest taxpayers. Tom Morris and family paid £149.2m in tax last year, putting them tenth in The Sunday Times Tax List 2025.
Originally called Home and Bargain – a name that has stuck for many Scousers – the Morris family’s discount chain began with one store, which opened in Old Swan in 1976. It was established by then-21-year-old businessman Tom Morris, the son of a Scotland Road shopkeeper. It now has more than 500 shops across the UK.
TJ Morris Ltd, which is the parent company of Home Bargains, has also recently helped to save Zoe’s Place with a £2.5m donation. The company is also teaming up with the builder of the Beetham Tower to construct a high rise development on the outskirts of Liverpool city centre.
Last May, the latest Sunday Times rich list found that Tom Morris is the fourth-wealthiest person in the North West. His family fortune stood at £6.673bn – up £540m from the year before – which the Sunday Times said makes him the wealthiest ever Scouser.
The 100 wealthy individuals or families revealed in this year’s Sunday Times Tax List were liable for a total of £4.985bn of UK tax last year – 7% less than last year. Each of the individuals or families had to have paid £10.5m to warrant a place on the Tax List — £500,000 more than in 2024.
The Tax List rankings include corporation tax, dividend tax, capital gains tax, income tax and some payroll taxes as well as gambling and alcohol duties, according to the most recently filed company accounts (January 10). These are calculated in proportion with ownership of the company in question.
Billionaire hedge fund manager Christopher Hohn topped the list, paying £339.5m last year. The Salford family behind Betfred – Fred and Peter Done – were the second in the list and highest in the country, having paid £273.4m in tax.
Robert Watts, the compiler of The Sunday Times Tax List, said: “The Tax List provides insight into the sectors and people of the economy that contribute a great deal to the exchequer. We know some of our readers will be concerned about just how important tax and other government revenues from the gambling world have become – not least because of the damage of problem gambling and its associated costs to the public purse.
“It will be also interesting to see if April’s employers’ National Insurance hike actually will in fact boost government receipts. This rise threatens to make many businesses less profitable and in doing so lower corporation tax receipts.”