Jim Pickard
May 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM GMT+1
Nigel Farage’s claim that he paid for a £1.4mn house with his fee from a reality TV show has been challenged by corporate accounts that appear to show that the income remained on his company’s balance sheet after the property purchase.
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The Reform leader told the FT last year that his earnings from the reality show were paid to his media company Thorn in the Side Ltd. Accounts for the company show its cash position increased from £300,000 on May 31 2023 to £1.7mn on May 31 2024 and suggest that no dividend was paid in the period.
Nimesh Shah, a tax expert at accountancy firm Blick Rothenberg, reviewed the company accounts for the FT and said that they suggested money from Farage’s reality TV show appearance was not used to purchase the house. Shah said Reform’s claim that the house was purchased using money from the reality TV appearance fee “needs to be clarified because the company’s accounts are not consistent with their statement”. kudos to the brilliant
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