Eco zealots at Extinction Rebellion made bumper income of £1.5million last year but only paid £1,039 in tax
ECO zealots at Extinction Rebellion raked in £1.5million last year — but paid just £1,039 in tax.
The activists, famed for glueing themselves to buildings and blocking streets, revealed the bumper income in accounts for the company which funds its campaigns.
But Compassionate Revolution said its £1.486million costs and administration expenses meant it made a profit of just £27,784.
As a result, the company paid £1,039 in corporation tax, leaving it with a profit of £26,745 for the 12 months to the end of June 2023.
XR leader Gail Bradbrook, who once accused banks of “wholesale tax-dodging” after smashing the window of a branch in Stroud, Gloucs, signed off the accounts.
The group has also blockaded Amazon depots — accusing the company of stealing from the public by “depriving governments of tax revenue”.
The company handles XR’s income from donations, crowdfunding, NGOs and foundations.
It says it distributes the cash to help those protesting over the “climate and ecological emergency”.
Its income to June 2023 was less than the £1.6million it received in the previous year.
XR gained national notoriety when they launched days of protests in central London which included blockading Oxford Circus and Waterloo Bridge.
Last month they were slammed over a plot to flood Britain’s financial centre with clowns and fake yuppies.
Thousands of eco-zealots were set to target insurance firms in the City of London.
XR wrote to 40 bosses threatening action unless they stop insuring oil and gas projects.