Charlie Mullins

Shinamae

He’s a self-made man and I say good luck to him

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I couldn't care less.

He was very Anti Brexit which I thought might have made him popular on here.

maddyone

I think he sold the business too.
He was working class Galaxy, Broad accent and starting out from absolutely nothing. I say well done to him. Amazing the nasty comments on here because he’s quitting the country. It’s up to him. Dyson has got nothing to do with it. This is about Charlie Mullins, who had nothing and made himself a multi millionaire by his own hard work. In doing so, he employed many people and paid a lot of taxes. He owes nothing else to the country.

I have no issue with him selling his business, retiring and living elsewhere? Why shouldn’t he?

They won’t all go, the rich ones, I remember the so called brain drain !

GrannyGravy13

Lisaangel10

Gosh, what a lot of nastiness to a guy none of us have probably ever met.

Par for the course on GN at the moment unfortunately 🤷‍♀️

Really? Any more examples?

I think weeping over some spiv going to Dubai is rather unpleasant.

eggplant I think calling a self made millionaire a spiv is far more representative of you than CM

I thought it was what any Government wanted, its citizens to do well and pay £’s in taxes to HMRC

Where he retires to is his choice.

You can see Pimlico Plumbers' accounts on the Companies House website. The company number is 02012715.

The latest annual accounts are for the year ended 31 May 2021. The last complete year before he sold 90% of his shareholding.

It is slightly misleading for him to say that he has paid £120m in tax. Most of that will be CT on the company's profits. Obviously some of it will be PAYE on his salary. There will also be some CGT on the sale of his 90% shareholding plus income tax on his dividends.

Please do not forget that it was his employees who did the work (apart from when he first started) and who earned those profits. There is no way in which he could have earned turnovers in excess of £40m just working as a plumber.

In the accounts referred to above the net profits were circa £4.9 m and £3.2 m was paid out in dividends.

The accounts are easy to read.

I think somebody up thread used the term?My only encounter with him was on TV and I found him rather unpleasant.

We are all self made aren't we?

You couldn't pay me enough to holiday or work in Dubai.

Mollygo

Lisaangel10

Gosh, what a lot of nastiness to a guy none of us have probably ever met.

Happens often on here.

Mainly about Keir Starmer, it would be accurate to say.

Is there a self made woman? Would they enjoy Dubai.

GrannyGravy13

eggplant I think calling a self made millionaire a spiv is far more representative of you than CM

I thought it was what any Government wanted, its citizens to do well and pay £’s in taxes to HMRC

Where he retires to is his choice.

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Soelf-made women? many. Dame Stephanie Shirley, of computer programming fame, Hilary Devey, who formed Pallet-Ex, Anita Roddick of The Body Shop and many thousands of others.

All have far more sense than to want to spend their retirement in Dubai, where it is so hot you have to spend all your time in air conditioned buildings and there is nothing to do except dribble away time.

eggplant

Is there a self made woman? Would they enjoy Dubai.

Definitely, we have an extended family member who moved to Dubai last month.

Taking her child and extremely successful business with her.

Looking forward to visiting her soon.

M0nica

Soelf-made women? many. Dame Stephanie Shirley, of computer programming fame, Hilary Devey, who formed Pallet-Ex, Anita Roddick of The Body Shop and many thousands of others.

All have far more sense than to want to spend their retirement in Dubai, where it is so hot you have to spend all your time in air conditioned buildings and there is nothing to do except dribble away time.

There is plenty to do in Dubai, other than dribbling away time

Have you been there?

GrannyGravy13

eggplant

Is there a self made woman? Would they enjoy Dubai.

Definitely, we have an extended family member who moved to Dubai last month.

Taking her child and extremely successful business with her.

Looking forward to visiting her soon.

I can well imagine.

As many as 10,000 migrant workers from south and southeast Asia appear to die every year in the Gulf, with more than half of those deaths effectively unexplained.

eggplant

As many as 10,000 migrant workers from south and southeast Asia appear to die every year in the Gulf, with more than half of those deaths effectively unexplained.

That is unacceptable I agree.

A fair few died building the stadia for the Football World Cup, which we as a football loving family boycotted.

GrannyGravy13

M0nica

Soelf-made women? many. Dame Stephanie Shirley, of computer programming fame, Hilary Devey, who formed Pallet-Ex, Anita Roddick of The Body Shop and many thousands of others.

All have far more sense than to want to spend their retirement in Dubai, where it is so hot you have to spend all your time in air conditioned buildings and there is nothing to do except dribble away time.

There is plenty to do in Dubai, other than dribbling away time

Have you been there?

No, I haven't. I dislike heat and beach holidays bore me.I am not a shopperMy ideal holiday is a continental capital in Autumn or winter with lots of museums and concert halls.

My niece went to work in Dubai for a Tony and Guy franchisee. this was about 20 years ago. She is white, English and had her passport taken away.

M0nica

GrannyGravy13

M0nica

Soelf-made women? many. Dame Stephanie Shirley, of computer programming fame, Hilary Devey, who formed Pallet-Ex, Anita Roddick of The Body Shop and many thousands of others.

All have far more sense than to want to spend their retirement in Dubai, where it is so hot you have to spend all your time in air conditioned buildings and there is nothing to do except dribble away time.

There is plenty to do in Dubai, other than dribbling away time

Have you been there?

No, I haven't. I dislike heat and beach holidays bore me.I am not a shopperMy ideal holiday is a continental capital in Autumn or winter with lots of museums and concert halls.

Mine too. Hoping to go to Vienna in early spring, assuming that our health is OK. There are so many lovely European cities to visit and not all are too crowded.

Doesn't he own a whole village in Hertfordshire or am I getting mixed up with someone else?

It just dawned on me today that he was a very vocal critic of Brexit. And yet now supports Farage and the Reform party. So I can only conclude that he has some very scrambled ideas about a lot of things .

A seventy one year old man is retiring to Dubai or Southern Spain. I cannot see this as news.

Chocolatelovinggran

A seventy one year old man is retiring to Dubai or Southern Spain. I cannot see this as news.

Chocolatelovinggran
It’s a chance to have a rant about him and a grumble about which ever party you don’t favour. All in a day’s GN.

News this morning is that since Starmer became PM, 10,000 millionaires have left Great Britain.