The 21 biggest donors to the Brexit campaign

We learnt last month the groups that made up the Leave campaign were mainly funded by five of Britain's richest businessman.

The campaign received a total of £24.4 million in donations and loans between February 1 and June 23 last year, according to the Sunday Times. £14.9 million of that sum came from five of the nation's richest businessmen.

This included Nigel Farage-ally Arron Banks and Crystal Palace football club co-owner James Hosking.

The Sunday Times has just released a full list of the biggest donors to the Leave campaign and exactly how much money they gave. Scroll down to discover the Brits who bankrolled the Brexit campaign.

21. Tessa Keswick — £20,000

Keswick is a prominent writer and political activist, having served as a special adviser to Ken Clarke for six years in the 1980s and 90s. She is married to Sir Henry Keswick, a businessman who owned Brexit-backing magazine The Spectator during the 1970s

T=18. Chris and Monica Miller — £25,000

T=18. Lady Annabel Goldsmith — £25,000

Wealthy aristocrat Goldsmith made much of her money after the death of her second husband, financier James Goldsmith. She has a history of political activism and founded eurosceptic pressure group the Democracy Movement in the late 1990s.

The mother of former MP and Conservative Party candidate Zac Goldsmith, Goldsmith is the

T=18. Jan Colam — £25,000

63-year-old Colam made his money through his business Interfish, a Devon-based fish processor.

17. Jeremy Woolridge — £35,000

16. Sir Rocco Forte — £42,000

Forte is one of the UK's most prominent hoteliers, owning famous locations including

T=13. Will Adderley — £50,000

Adderley is the deputy chairman of UK-based retailer Dunelm. His estimated net worth is £1.183 billion.

T=13. Terence Mordaunt — £50,000

Mordaunt heads Bristol-based cargo handling business The Bristol Port Company along with David Ord. The pair have given over £640,000 to the Tory party since 2001.

T=13. Lord Harris — £50,000

Lord Harris, also known as

T=11. Paul Marshall — £100,000

Marshall co-founded hedge fund Marshall Wace in 1997. He is one of Brexit's biggest financial backers and last month praised Theresa May for calling a snap election, saying it would give her

T=11. Sir Michael Hintze — £100,000

London-based Hintze is the majority owner of the CQS hedge fund and has previously worked for Goldman Sachs. His estimated net worth is £1.28 billion. He said in the run-up to the June referendum that Britain had more to fear from staying in the EU than departing it.

10. Tim Martin — £212,000

9. Lord Farmer — £300,000

Michael Farmer is a businessman, House of Lords life member, and treasurer of the Conservative Party. Writing before the June referendum, Farmer said Brexit would be a "bright new beginning" for Britain.

8. Michael Freeman — £348,000

Brexit donor Freeman co-founded property developer group Argent in 1981. His estimated net worth is £135 million.

7. Peter Cruddas — £350,000

Cruddas is the founder of He was at the centre of a political scandal in 2012 when it emerged that he offered then Prime Minister David Cameron donations in return for access to government policy-making.

6. Lord Bamford — £673,000

Lord Bamford is an English businessman and currently the chairman of managing director of JCB. He said Britain has "little to fear" about life outside the EU as the country "

5. Crispin Odey — £873,288.15

Odey is a

4. Lord Edmiston — £1,000,000

Robert Norman Edmiston became a millionaire through his company IM Group, an importer of cars. He described the notion that Britain's economy will fall off the cliff after leaving the EU as "complete nonsense" in the lead up to the June referendum.

3. Jeremy Hosking — £1,691,296

Hosking made his millions through

2. Peter Hargreaves — £3,200,000

Hargreaves, who is now retired having founded the donated £3.2 million to the Leave.EU group. On Sunday he called on Theresa May to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the UK as a "gesture" to negotiators in Brussels.

1. Arron Banks — £8,106, 375

Multi-millionaire Banks was a co-founder of pro-Brexit group Leave.EU and gave over a million pounds to the UK Independence Party while it was led by his friend Nigel Farage. He was the chief executive (CEO) of Southern Rock Insurance Company in 2014 and claims to control interest in a South African diamond mine.

The 21 biggest donors to the Brexit campaign

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