Healey family stay in Rich List despite £600m drop in wealth

REPORTED ASSETS OF £901M IN SUNDAY TIMES 2025 RANKING

- By DEBORAH HALL

THE billionaire count in the UK is falling and Hull kitchen king Malcolm Healey is among those in the drop zone, according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2025.

Published online on Friday, May 16 (and in the print edition of the newspaper on Sunday, May 18), the list is the definitive guide to wealth in the UK. It charts the fortunes of the 350 richest people in the UK and is based on identifiable wealth, including land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies.

Mr Healey and family this year appear in fourth place in the tabled top ten wealthiest in the North, with a reported wealth for 2025 of £901m a fall of £600m on last year when their amassed fortune was reported to be £1.501bn. The wealth figure places the Healeys in 170th place overall in the national rankings.

In 2024, Mr Healey the man behind interiors giant Wren Kitchens and family were officially the richest people in the Yorkshire and Humber region. This year, the North is dominated by Portaloo pioneers the Shepherd family, of York, whose amassed wealth is £1.350bn a climb of £246m over last year's figure.