Barclay absent as Gordon family tops rich list
PAWhisky magnate Glenn Gordon and his family are the wealthiest people in the Channel Islands, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, while Sir Frederick Barclay is not included for a second year.
Mr Gordon, who runs William Grant & Sons, is worth £6.39bn with his family, according to the list, an increase of £779m from 2024.
The Jersey-based businessman tops the list for the second year running, in the absence of Sark's Sir Frederick, who has not appeared on the list since 2023.
Sir Frederick topped the list in 2023 with £6.4bn but was not included last year due to a lack of data to estimate his wealth.
No information was given as to why Sir Frederick was not included in the list for 2025.
The Rich List reveals the wealth of the 350 richest people in the British Isles in 2025.
Jersey's Chris and Sarah Dawson, of retail stores The Range and Wilko, are second on the list for the Channel Islands and are worth £2.6bn.
In third place is Jersey-based co-founder of Moneysupermarket Simon Nixon, with a worth of £1.95bn.
Guernsey's richest family are Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins of Specsavers - in fourth place for the islands overall - with a total wealth of £1.539bn.
Guernsey-based financier and Bristol City FC shareholder Steve Lansdown is fifth on the list and is worth £1.25bn.
How much are they worth?
- 1. Glenn Gordon and family (£6.398bn, up £779m) 29th nationally
- 2. Chris and Sarah Dawson (£2.6bn, up £100m) 64th nationally
- 3. Simon Nixon (£1.95bn, up £70m) 86th nationally
- 4. Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins (£1.539bn, down £48m) 107th nationally
- 5. Steve Lansdown (£1.25bn, up £82m) 127th nationally
The Rich List for 2025 saw the sharpest decline in UK billionaires in the guide's 37-year history, from 165 in 2024 to156 this year.
The number of billionaires dropped for the third consecutive year.
The combined wealth of the UK's richest people is more than £772bn - a sum larger than the annual GDP of Switzerland.
The compiler of the list, Robert Watts, said the people included on the list were changing.
"Our billionaire count is down and the combined wealth of those who feature in our research is falling," he said.
"We are also finding fewer of the world's super rich are coming to live in the UK."
He added: "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."
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