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Apr 13, 2026 Investigations

The questions Richard Tice isn’t answering

Richard Tice isn’t denying that Quidnet REIT, his property company, failed to pay around £120,000 of tax when it paid dividends to Mr Tice and his offshore trust. He says it doesn’t matter, because he paid tax in full. That’s wrong: Quidnet’s failure to withhold REIT tax was unlawful, and the £120,000 remains due. But […]
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Apr 11, 2026 Investigations

Richard Tice’s property company failed to pay £120,000 in tax

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company – Quidnet REIT Limited. From 2020 to 2022 it paid around £600,000 of dividends to Mr Tice and his offshore trust. Quidnet was required by law to withhold approximately £120,000 of tax from those dividends and pay it to HMRC. But we believe […]
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Mar 13, 2026 Investigations

Companies House flaw exposed five million directors and enabled company hijacking

A major vulnerability in the Companies House website gave unauthorised access to the private dashboard of any of the five million registered companies for five months. It exposed directors’ home addresses and email addresses, and enabled attackers to change company and director details – and even file accounts. This article sets out what we know, […]
Mike Pugh, founder of MP Estate Planning. “Presto magic, there’s no tax.”
Mar 13, 2026 Investigations

MP Estate Planning: the unregulated firm selling defective trusts to the elderly

MP Estate Planning is an unregulated advisory firm using an extensive social media campaign to sell expensive “asset protection trusts” to elderly homeowners, often of relatively modest means. The pitch is simple: put your home into a trust and you can avoid inheritance tax, care home fees, divorce claims and creditors. Our investigation, drawing on […]
Simon Goldberg and Empower the People - US tax fraud
Feb 25, 2026 Investigations

The bizarre UK group selling US tax fraud to hundreds of Britons – and prosecuting its critics

Simon Goldberg and his UK-based organisation, Empower the People, are running an elaborate scheme to defraud the US Government. The group files fake US tax returns to trick the IRS into refunding their members’ everyday UK consumer spending – a practice the US tax authorities have repeatedly warned is fraudulent. When YouTuber Salim Fadhley publicised […]
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Jan 31, 2026 Investigations

Emails show Peter Mandelson discussing Panama tax structure with Jeffrey Epstein

Previously unreported emails – first identified by Tax Policy Associates – show Peter Mandelson discussing with his “chief life adviser”, Jeffrey Epstein, a tax avoidance structure for the purchase of a £2m Rio apartment, involving a Panama company. Mr Mandelson told us that he has no recollection of the proposal, or knowledge as to the […]
Samuel Leeds makes a false claim that you can avoid capital gains tax when renovating and selling property
Jan 6, 2026 Investigations

Samuel Leeds: the “property guru” and his bogus tax loopholes

Samuel Leeds is a self-proclaimed “property guru”. He makes substantial sums by using hard-sell tactics and conspiracy theories to sell expensive courses on property investment to people who can’t afford it. Mr Leeds makes an array of claims on social media about how to “pay zero tax” and “learn the tax loopholes that the rich […]
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Nov 18, 2025 Investigations

Betting on tax avoidance – is Sky Bet avoiding £55m tax per year?

ITV News has just broadcast an investigation: gambling company Sky Bet has migrated its business to Malta to avoid around £55m of tax each year. We provided technical support for the investigation, and this report goes into further detail of what precisely Sky Bet has done. Sky Bet provides a vague explanation of why they […]
Appendix A —Director’s Statement of Affairs and List of Creditors The Joint Administrators have been notified of additional unsecured creditor claims beyond those included in the Director's Stalement of Affairs. In accordance with Rule 3.35 (i)(i) and R3.35 (2) and (3) IR16 a list of creditors has been provided The Faorvis Mazars Joint Administrators pass no comment on the creditors list below and provide this list with the sole purpose of complying with their interpretation of the relevant sections of [R16 Company Creditor - Schedule B - Creditors PPE Madpro Limited (Registered Number - 12597000) Key Name Address Amount Of Debt £ CADOGO Ange'o (PTC) Lemited ga Samuel Karns House, & 11 St Georges Strect, Douglas. Isic of Mar IM? 1AL 1,000.060.00 eM Revenue & Customs x00 Pus 2 eeravonal LUND foo! New ofree. square, Londo, 38 SIEKNOW codes Trasspertect Legal 33 Arigate House. London. EC3N 14H unknown CT0001 The Depanment of Health and Social Care Ministenal Correspondence and Public Enquiries Uni. 39 Viciona Street, London. SWtH OEU 148.045.993.00 6 entries totalling 188,262,228.88
Nov 6, 2025 Investigations

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m PPE profits

During the pandemic, Douglas Barrowman’s company, PPE Medpro, sold £200 million of PPE to the Government. It made £65m profit, which went into trusts benefiting Barrowman and Mone’s families. Most of the PPE was later ruled to breach sterility standards but, rather than repay the money, Barrowman put PPE Medpro into administration. New documents show […]

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