The richest people in the North of England have been revealed as the Sunday Times Rich List is officially published today.
This year's list, featuring 350 individuals and families, holds a combined wealth of £772.8 billion—3 per cent less than last year.
Sir Elton John, Lord Lloyd-Webber, Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Euan Blair, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Sir Christopher Nolan all appear in the annual survey.
But, the Shepherd family, known for their portable toilet business, top the northern list with a wealth increase from £1.1 billion to £1.3 billion.
Despite poor O-level results dashing his RAF pilot dreams, Lord Kirkham's furniture success with DFS places him second in the North.
Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List, said: "The Sunday Times Rich List is changing.
"Our billionaire count is down and the combined wealth of those who feature in our research is falling.
"We are also finding fewer of the world’s super rich are coming to live in the UK.
"This year we were also struck by the strength of criticism for Rachel Reeves’s Treasury.
"We expected the abolition of non-dom status would anger affluent people from overseas.
"But homegrown young tech entrepreneurs and those running centuries-old family firms are also warning of serious consequences to a range of tax changes unveiled in last October’s budget."
"Our research continues to find a wide variety of self-made entrepreneurs building fortunes not just from artificial intelligence, video games and new technologies but also mundane, everyday items such as makeup, radiators and jogging bottoms.
"We know many of our readers find these people and their stories inspiring — especially the many who had tough starts or setbacks to their lives and careers."
The North's top 10 also includes heirs Andrea Shelley, William Morrison and Eleanor Kernighan with £933 million, kitchen mogul Malcolm Healey, who suffered a £600 million loss, and manufacturer John Jakes, now worth £869 million.
The region's wealthiest list concludes with aviator Philip Meeson, care home owner Lawrence Tomlinson, delivery magnate Steve Parkin, and publishers Jon and Susie Seaton.
Combined wealth in the 37th annual edition is £772.8 billion — a sum larger than the annual GDP of Switzerland.
The minimum entry level flatlines at £350 million — another indicator of a subdued year.
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The full top 10 for the North can be found below:
- The Shepherd family - £1.350bn - Portaloo pioneers
- Lord Kirkham and family - £1.140bn - Retailer
- Andrea Shelley, William Morrison and Eleanor Kernighan and family - £933m - Heirs
- Malcolm Healey and family - £901m - Kitchen king
- John Jakes - £869m - Manufacturer
- Mark Healey and family - £688m - Heir
- Philip Meeson - £626m - Aviator
- Lawrence Tomlinson - £525m - Care home king
- Steve Parkin - £515m - Delivery man
- Jon and Susie Seaton - £486m - Publishers
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