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. 3 The Sunday Times Giving List 2021 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 4 The Sunday Times Giving List 2021 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 5 The Sunday Times Giving List 2021 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 6 The Sunday Times Giving List 2021 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 7 The Sunday Times Giving List 2021 Recent Giving Rank Name Wealth (£m) Main beneficiaries donations (£m) Index (%) 99 Lawrence and Gail Jones 600 5.0 0.83 Community,