Charlie Mullins

Sidney Charles Mullins OBE (born 28 October 1952) is a British businessman, and the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, London's largest independent plumbing company.[2]

Charlie Mullins
Born
Sidney Charles Mullins

(1952-10-28) 28 October 1952
St. Pancras, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder and CEO, Pimlico Plumbers
Net worth£70 million (September 2018)[1]
Spouse(s)Lynda Mullins
Julie Morris
Children2 sons, 2 daughters

Early life

Mullins is the son of a factory worker father and a bartender and cleaner mother.[2] When he was born, they "lived in a couple of rooms in Camden", before moving to the Rockingham Estate in London's Elephant and Castle, where he grew up, and left school at 15 with no qualifications.[2][3]

Career

Mullins was apprenticed to a local plumber at age 15, and started his own business in 1979, operating from a basement in Pimlico.[2]

He is known for his collection of plumbing-themed licence plates, used on the company's vehicles, and perhaps worth £1.5 million.[3]

As of September 2018, Mullins has an estimated net worth of £70 million.[1]

Politics

Pimlico Plumbers donated £22,735 to the Conservative Party in 2015, and Mullins donated more than £48,000, in the two years to July 2017.[2] He was a business adviser to David Cameron and George Osborne, and has been a vocal critic of Brexit.[4]

In January 2018, Mullins announced that he would no longer be a Conservative Party donor, and declared his candidacy as an independent at the 2021 London mayoral election (which had been scheduled for 2020, before being postponed).[2] In March 2018, Mullins said he would financially support the Liberal Democrats to support their campaign to prevent Brexit.[5]

Personal life

He divorced his first wife, Lynda. He has since married Julie Anne Morris.[6][3]

His sons Scott, a director, and Samm, a plumber who manages Pimlico Plumbing & Heating Supplies, work for the company.[7]

Works
  • Bog-Standard Business: How I Took the Plunge and Became the Millionaire Plumber, 2015,288pp, ISBN 978-1784183356, John Blake Publishing Ltd.

References
  1. "Charlie Mullins net worth". Spear's. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ""We need a stronger leader": Charlie Mullins, the millionaire plumber, pulls Tory funding". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. "A-list clients and Dubai escapes – the norm for Pimlico Plumbers boss". realbusiness.co.uk. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. O'Carroll, Lisa (5 October 2018). "Millionaire refuses to take down 'Bollocks to Brexit' poster". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. Santolo, Alessandra Scotto di (2 March 2018). "'We need to back out!' Charlie Mullins vows to donate millions to Lib Dems to STOP Brexit". Daily Express. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. Brown, David (20 February 2016). "Self made supporter of the apprentice". Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. "Plumbers at war over celebrity clients". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


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