The family behind The White Company have given themselves at least £50m in payments as the upmarket homewares and clothing brand bounces back from the pandemic lockdowns.
The company paid a £50m dividend to an entity controlled by the founder, Chrissie Rucker, and her husband, Nicholas Wheeler, the founder of the shirtmaker Charles Tyrwhitt. The group’s highest paid director, thought to be Rucker, took a further £5m in pay, up from £675,000 a year before, as a long-term bonus plan cashed in.
