The Sunday Times Giving List 2021 The top 200 philanthropists in the UK The Giving List shines a light on the good that flows from wealth creation. For the first time in the 20-year history of the list, charitable donations from the super-rich topped £4 billion. The £4.305 billion gifted over the past 12 months representing a 36.1 per cent rise on the £3.164 billion given the previous year. Covid-19 has fuelled the giving spree and £520 million of donations have been tracked to this end alone, covering PPE supplies, the alleviation of food poverty, community support and the vital area of helping to plug the £10 billion funding gap in the finances of charities up and down the country. The Giving List shows the pandemic how the pandemic has united young and old in a common cause. This year, an increasing number of younger people feature among the most generous on the Giving List.
20 years of the Giving List This is the 20th anniversary of the Giving List and we’ve been proud to partner with The Sunday Times since 2005 to produce it. In addition to the top 200 philanthropists in the UK, this year we feature a list of the 30 leading Giving List donors of the past 20 years.
2 30 Leading Giving List donors 2002-2021 Sums given to or spent by charities in which individuals or their families have a controlling interest.
RANK NAME CHARITABLE SPEND (£M)
1 Alisher Usmanov 4,200
2 Lord Sainsbury and family 3,625
3 Alan Parker 1,934
4 Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family 1,661
5 Sir Michael Moritz and Hariet Heyman 1,356
6 Sir Chris Hohn 1,319
7 Marit Rausing and family 1,100
8 Sir Leonard Blavatnik 580
9 Johan Eliasch 500
10 Lord Edmiston 478
11 Jonathan Ruffer 397
12 Sir Elton John 395
13 Denise Coates 385
14 Dame Janet de Botton 372
15 Sri and Gopi Hinduja 362
16 Steve Morgan 300
17 Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag 242
18 Nicolai Tangen 223
19 Gabriella di Nora and the Gosling family 192
20 Sir Ian Wood 170
21 David and Claudia Harding 169
22 Joanne Rowling 166
23 Sir Jack Petchey 140
24 Sir Tom Hunter 139
25 David and Simon Reuben 124
26 Sir James Dyson 120
27 Elisabeth Murdoch 103
28= Heather and David Stevens 100
28= Leo Noe 100
30 Sir Michael Hintze 93
Data based on sometimes incomplete records, 2002-2021.
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
1 Marcus Rashford 16 20.0 125.00 Food poverty, community
Arts, education, humanitarian, 2 Lord Sainsbury* 512 228.7 44.66 heritage
Community, arts, social, 3 Jonathan Ruffer 159 61.9 38.92 heritage
Arts, heritage, humanities, 4 Dame Janet de Botton* 200 68.3 34.13 education, health
Gabriella di Nora and Community, education, 5 200 54.2 27.09 the Gosling family poverty relief
6 Jordan Henderson 25 4.0 16.00 Covid-19 (NHS)
Education, culture, arts, 7 Nicolai Tangen 550 77.0 14.00 climate change
Children's health, climate 8 Sir Chris Hohn 2,500 314.3 12.57 change
9 David Gilmour 136 16.6 12.22 Climate change
10 Andrew Law 550 50.0 9.09 Education, medical
Community, medical, health, 11 Tony Travis* 120 10.0 8.36 environment, arts
Environment, children, 12 Alan Parker 2,846 232.0 8.15 homelessness, human rights
Community, social, children, 13 Sir Tom Hunter 729 58.0 7.96 education
Education, poverty relief 14 Philip and Donna Berber 166 12.5 7.55 (Ethiopia)
Medical, arts, education, 15 Gerald Ronson* 735 54.1 7.36 Jewish
David and Heather Covid-19, world development, 16 236 16.7 7.08 Stevens environment, children
Youth, children, homelessness, 17 Sir Martin Laing* 194 12.9 6.63 health
Trond Mohn and Marit Medical, sports, education, 18 1,259 81.7 6.49 Mohn Westlake* arts
Youth, sustainability, 19 David Blood 250 13.7 5.50 education, environment
20 Lord Edmiston 897 46.3 5.16 Christian
HIV/Aids, medical, 21 Sir Elton John 375 19.1 5.10 humanitarian, arts
Medical, education, 22= Strive Masiyiwa 1,087 53.9 4.96 sustainability, humanitarian
22= Alex Gerko 464 23.0 4.96 Covid-19, arts
Covid-19, homelessness, 24 Sir Peter Vardy* 172 8.2 4.78 welfare, religion
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
Children, domestic abuse, 25 Matt Moulding 2,100 100.0 4.76 homelessness, Covid-19
Children, education, Wales, 26 Henry Engelhardt* 1,126 51.7 4.59 medical
Food poverty, music, arts, 27= Louis Tomlinson 45 2.0 4.44 children
Heritage, Jewish culture and 27= Lord Rothschild 1,052 46.7 4.44 heritage, education, arts
Water and sanitation, mental 29 John Stone 176 7.6 4.34 health, youth
30 Peter Hargreaves 2,410 100.0 4.15 Youth, sport, education
Covid-19, community, social, 31 Steve Morgan 881 36.1 4.10 children
32 Assem Allam* 210 8.0 3.81 Medical
Covid-19, social, cultural, 33 Alisher Usmanov 13,406 506.8 3.78 education, sport
Education, mental health, 34 Lord Verjee 165 6.2 3.76 medicine, animal welfare
Sir Brian Souter and Social, religious, humanitarian, 35 650 24.2 3.72 Dame Ann Gloag drug abuse, medical
Education, health, Africa, 36 Guillaume Fonkenell 315 11.7 3.71 youth, religion, environment
37 David Harding 600 22.0 3.67 Science, art, medicine, children
38 Niall Horan 52 1.9 3.65 Covid-19
39 Martin Lewis 123 4.2 3.40 Covid-19, mental health, youth
Humanitarian, environment, 40 Bart Becht 280 8.7 3.11 education
Conservation, arts, education, 41 The Duke of Devonshire 895 27.6 3.08 community
42 Joanne Rowling 820 24.2 2.95 Children, women
Criminal justice, youth, social, 43= Sir Philip Hulme 360 10.1 2.81 climate change
Disability sport, special 43= Sir Peter Harrison* 205 5.8 2.81 educational needs
45 Yan Huo 748 20.3 2.71 Education, art
Arts, culture, health, medicine, 46 Lord Glendonbrook 198 5.1 2.59 education
47= Charles Wigoder 260 6.7 2.58 Education, Jewish, arts
Sir Ronnie Cohen and Conflict resolution, Middle 47= 220 5.7 2.58 Sharon Harel East, education
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
49 Sir Jack Petchey 493 12.6 2.56 Youth, social, education
50 Ian Wace 630 15.9 2.52 Education, Covid-19
Sir Michael Moritz and Covid-19, community, social, 51 3,500 87.0 2.48 Harriet Heyman science, youth
52 Terry Bramall* 425 10.4 2.44 Youth
The Duke of Community, arts, education, 53 445 10.3 2.31 Northumberland social welfare
Education, children, arts, 54 Sir Martin Sorrell 269 5.9 2.20 medical, Jewish
Dame Margaret and Animal welfare, community, 55 430 8.7 2.03 Helen Barbour * medical, youth, children
Guy, George, Alannah, Covid-19, education, arts, 56 11,000 218.4 1.99 and Galen Weston* welfare, youth, community Poverty, health, humanitarian 57 Bono 620 10.5 1.70 (Africa)
58 Lord Laidlaw 787 13.3 1.69 Education
Education, medical, arts, 59= Patricia Thompson* 869 14.5 1.67 children, horse racing
Religious, education, 59= Leo Noe* 606 10.1 1.67 community, social
61 Tony Pidgley 295 4.8 1.61 Youth, homelessness
Education, youth, poverty, 62 Ayman Asfari* 280 4.4 1.58 human rights (Middle East)
Education, Jewish, human 63 Jeremy Coller 310 4.9 1.57 rights
Michael and Chris Arts, environment, education, 64 696 10.8 1.56 Oglesby* social, medical research
Arts, Jewish community, 65 Robert Rayne* 394 6.1 1.55 elderly care, youth, mental health
Covid-19, environment, 66 Marit Rausing* 9,490 144.0 1.52 culture, civil rights
Health, medical, poverty 67 Nik Kotecha* 197 2.9 1.49 relief, community
68 Lord Archer 205 2.9 1.42 Various
Children, education, medical, 69 John Armitage 1,200 16.9 1.41 arts, criminal justice
Regional (Northeast Scotland), 70 Sir Ian Wood* 1,819 23.5 1.29 community, humanitarian, youth
Social welfare, employment, 71 Sir Clive Cowdery 137 1.8 1.28 housing, research
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
Children, education, health, 72 James Wates* 357 4.5 1.27 community, training
73 Sir Paul Marshall 645 8.1 1.26 Education, religious, Covid-19
Theatre, children, education, 74 Sir Cameron Mackintosh 1,200 14.9 1.24 community, medical
75= Sir David Samworth* 334 4.1 1.23 Youth, community
75= Sir Keith Mills 161 2.0 1.23 Sport, health
77 Graham Tuckwell 309 3.7 1.21 Education
78 Mike Edge 260 3.1 1.20 Environment
79 The Dhamecha family 171 2.0 1.19 Medical, education, overseas
Denise, Peter and John Community, health, welfare, 80 8,448 99.3 1.18 Coates education, medical research
81 Jon Moulton 184 2.1 1.15 Medical research
Education, poverty relief, 82= Lord Spencer 1,200 12.5 1.04 health, environment
Environment (rainforest 82= Johan Eliasch 2,400 25.0 1.04 preservation)
84 Mark Scheinberg 3,519 36.2 1.03 Covid-19
85 Sir Damon Buffini 127 1.3 1.02 Arts, children, education
Education, youth, poverty, 86 Guy and Julia Hands 259 2.6 1.00 human rights (Middle East)
87= Tarsem Dhaliwal 178 1.8 0.99 Medical research, environment
87= Sir Jim Ratcliffe 6,330 62.6 0.99 Medical, sport
89= Firoz Kassam 300 2.9 0.95 Various
Anthony Green and the 89= 536 5.1 0.95 Various Zochonis family
Jonathan and Lesley 91 169 1.6 0.93 Community, sustainability Wild*
92 Rory McIlroy 180 1.7 0.92 Covid-19
93 Jake Shafran 150 1.3 0.90 Various
94 Andy Currie 2,220 19.5 0.88 Medical
Environment, social, medical, 95 Robin Clark* 201 1.8 0.87 education, arts
96 John Reece 2,200 19.0 0.86 Medical
97= David Henderson 130 1.1 0.85 Poverty relief; humantarian
Environment, education, 97= Michael Gooley 385 3.3 0.85 medical research, military
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
99 Lawrence and Gail Jones 600 5.0 0.83 Community, education
100= Benzion Freshwater* 2,960 23.9 0.81 Jewish, education
100= David Ross 676 5.5 0.81 Education, training, arts, youth
Sir Evelyn and Lady de Arts, health, medical research, 102 1,052 8.2 0.78 Rothschild* education
103= Toto and Susie Wolff 355 2.7 0.77 Medical
103= Douw Steyn 2,050 15.7 0.77 Covid-19
105 Wafic Said 1,997 15.2 0.76 Education, Covid-19, overseas
106 Mohsin and Zuber Issa 4,680 34.9 0.75 Nutrition, social, housing
Sir John and Peter Education, social welfare, 107 323 2.4 0.74 Beckwith medical research, sport
108= John Caudwell 1,566 11.5 0.73 Disabled children
Climate change, human rights, 108= Sir Richard Branson* 3,790 27.8 0.73 criminal justice
Education, children, elderly, 110 The McAlpine family 207 1.5 0.72 medical, community
111= Jamie Cooper 337 2.4 0.71 Children (Africa)
Mark and Mo 111= 334 2.4 0.71 Environment Constantine
113= Michael and Xochi Birch 375 2.6 0.69 Covid-19
113= Jonathan Milner 290 2.0 0.69 Education, conservation
Sir Roger and Peter De Sport, health, environment, 113= 900 6.2 0.69 Haan arts
Education, children, 116= Sir Rod Aldridge 135 0.9 0.67 community
116= Hamish Ogston 131 0.9 0.67 Arts, religion
Medical research, 116= Sir Malcolm Walker* 265 1.8 0.67 environment
Education, community, arts, 119= The Hoare family 419 2.8 0.66 health
Jewish, mental health, 119= Mark Pears* 3,280 21.5 0.66 Holocaust education, community
Guy Berryman 121= 107 0.7 0.64 Children, environment (Coldplay)
Jonny Buckland 121= 107 0.7 0.64 Children, environment (Coldplay)
Will Champion 121= 107 0.7 0.64 Children, environment (Coldplay)
124 Sir Peter Ogden 435 2.8 0.63 Education (science and maths)
125 Simon Cowell 390 2.3 0.59 Various, Covid-19
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
126= Sir Paul Ruddock 300 1.7 0.57 Arts
128= Chris Martin (Coldplay) 125 0.7 0.55 Children, environment
Youth, elderly disability, 128= John Apthorp* 248 1.4 0.55 community
130 Sir Leonard Blavatnik 23,000 123.4 0.54 Education, arts, medical
Arts, education, medical, 131= The Thomson family 1,271 6.7 0.53 regional (Dundee)
131= Ed Sheeran 200 1.1 0.53 Covid-19
133 Roger Taylor 170 0.9 0.52 HIV/Aids
Health, arts, heritage, science, 134 Adam Fleming* 1,525 7.8 0.51 education
Catherine and Gary 135= 122 0.6 0.50 Children, Christian, poverty Grant
135= Mark Hillery 250 1.3 0.50 Education (Durham University)
135= Riccardo Zacconi 410 2.1 0.50 Medical
Education, children, racial 135= Ian MacKechnie* 325 1.6 0.50 equality
135= Elliott Bernerd 125 0.6 0.50 Medical research
140= Sir Stanley Thomas 231 1.1 0.48 Education
Youth, education, 140= Andrew Nisbet* 525 2.5 0.48 unemployment, social welfare
Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck 142 270 1.3 0.47 Sport, medical and Mascolo*
143= Brian May 190 0.9 0.46 HIV/Aids
143= Alexander Buchan* 139 0.6 0.46 Various
Sir Stelios Haji- Education, entrepreneurship, 143= 2,175 9.9 0.46 Ioannou* environment, social
143= Elisabeth Murdoch 1,200 5.5 0.46 Arts, Covid-19, education
David and Simon Education, medical research, 147 21,465 94.0 0.44 Reuben social
Poverty relief, education, 148= Lord Alliance* 330 1.3 0.40 Jewish
Religious, education, 148= The Queen 350 1.4 0.40 environment, overseas, community
150= Samuel Tak Lee 2,731 10.8 0.39 Education
Nicholas and Michael 150= 127 0.5 0.39 Children Wainwright
Sport, social, environment, 152= Ted Fort 245 0.9 0.38 education, health
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
152= Anil Agarwal 9,000 34.0 0.38 Covid-19
Olivia and Dhani Arts, education, children, 154= 290 1.1 0.37 Harrison humanitarian
Education, sport, health, arts, 154= Alastair Salvesen* 472 1.7 0.37 science, children
Overseas, medical, education, 156= Peter Simon* 137 0.5 0.36 children
156= Viscount Rothermere* 1,080 3.9 0.36 Culture, arts, education
158= Sir Michael Hintze 1,500 5.3 0.35 Cultural, arts, medical, military
Children, Jewish, medical, 158= Bernard Lewis* 1,440 5.0 0.35 poverty relief
158= Sir Lloyd Dorfman 720 2.5 0.35 Arts, Jewish, community
Health, medical, education, 161= John Griffin* 150 0.5 0.33 youth, arts
Ranjit and Baljinder 161= 543 1.8 0.33 Children, youth Boparan
163 Peter Stephens 163 0.5 0.32 Poverty relief, medical, health
Education, community, health, 164= Michael Shanly 520 1.6 0.31 disability
164= Lord Lloyd-Webber 525 1.6 0.31 Music education, Covid-19
164= Apurv Bagri* 418 1.3 0.31 Culture, education, health
167= Sir James Dyson* 16,300 49.7 0.30 Covid-19, education, medical
Education (University of 167= Vernon and Shirley Hill 272 0.8 0.30 Pennsylvania)
Education, children, social, 167= Stephen Butt* 742 2.2 0.30 medical, overseas
170= Lord Ashcroft 1,257 3.7 0.29 Covid-19
Education, children (North 170= Graham Wylie 170 0.5 0.29 East)
Amal and George 172= 275 0.7 0.26 Covid-19 Clooney
172= Clive Calder 2,500 6.4 0.26 Education, music, arts
Andrew and Christina Children, elderly, disability, 174 290 0.7 0.25 Brownsword community, education
175 Duncan Cameron 158 0.4 0.23 Disability, social housing
Medical, poverty relief, arts, 176= Simon Borrows 304 0.7 0.22 education
Education, medical, bird 176= Hugh Sloane 180 0.4 0.22 conservation
Douglas and Dame 176= 1,200 2.6 0.22 Medical Mary Perkins*
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Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%)
179= Lord Paul* 2,000 4.3 0.21 Education, social
Education, medical, bird 179= George Robinson 185 0.4 0.21 conservation
Education, medical, children, 179= Sir Martyn Arbib* 350 0.7 0.21 community
179= Harry Banks* 153 0.3 0.21 Community (North East)
179= Julie Heselden* 180 0.4 0.21 Community (Leeds)
Medicine, education, arts, 179= Sir Harry Djanogly* 300 0.6 0.21 social, elderly, youth
185= Simon and Yu Lin Wilson 156 0.3 0.20 Various
185= Vipul Thakrar* 225 0.2 0.20 Various
Education, health, social, 185= Chai Patel 212 0.4 0.20 entrepreneurship
185= Chris Rea 200 0.4 0.20 Covid-19
The Duke of Covid-19, community, military, 189= 10,054 19.1 0.19 Westminster children
Medical research, education, 189= Will Adderley* 1,789 3.3 0.19 health, welfare
189= Paul Rooney 163 0.3 0.19 Community
Poverty relief, education, 189= Lord Haughey* 309 0.6 0.19 health, arts, sport
Barnaby and Merlin Education, medical, military, 189= 6,500 12.0 0.19 Swire* religious
Medical, Jewish, mental health, 194= Moshe Kantor 3,522 6.5 0.18 arts, education
Young people, families, ex- 194= Sir John Timpson* 190 0.3 0.18 offenders
194= Younus Sheikh 532 1.0 0.18 Covid-19
194= Richard Desmond 1,500 2.6 0.18 Children, medical, cultural
198= Guy and Alex Dellal* 400 0.7 0.17 Jewish welfare
Health, education, community 198= David Brownlow 247 0.4 0.17 (Berkshire)
198= Barry Hearn 158 0.3 0.17 Children, education, health
* and family. Wealth valuations based on Rich List 2021 and 2020.
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