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  • Alex Gerko’s XTX paid more than £500m in corporation tax in 2025

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    A London algorithmic trading firm run by billionaire Alex Gerko faced a corporation tax bill of more than £500m last year, the firm’s latest accounts show, making the company one of the largest individual contributors to the exchequer. Kings Cross-based XTX Markets was due to pay around £580m in corporation tax for 2025, according to [...]

    Alex Gerko from XTX Markets at a business conference, discussing market strategies and financial technologies.
  • Betfred brothers, Alex Gerko, Mike Ashley: Top UK taxpayers revealed

    Wealth

    Betting entrepreneurs Peter Done and Denise Coates, traders Alex Gerko and Chris Rokos, and high street kingpins Tim Martin and Mike Ashley are among the top taxpayers in the UK, new analysis has revealed. Betfred founders Fred and Peter Done paid the most cash into HMRC over the past year, according to The Sunday Times’ [...]

    Treasury chief secretary Darren Jones refused to rule out further tax hikes in the autumn budget on Sunday.

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