Two companies associated with British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, an alias of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, have been found to be registered at a luxury shopping centre in the Algarve’s Quinta do Lago. One company reported profits of more than €170,000 in 2025, and paid over €40,000 in Portuguese taxes.
Tommy Robinson, a prominent figure on the British far right and the organiser of the anti-immigration Unite the Kingdom rallies, has been closely linked to two companies based at a luxury shopping centre. The accounts reveal substantial financial activity, including almost €900,000 in annual revenue generated by one of the businesses.
According to a national Portuguese publication, SÁBADO, both companies operate from shop 108 at Quinta Shopping, in Quinta do Lago, Almancil, an upmarket resort area in the municipality of Loulé. The space was last registered as belonging to the offices of a lawyer.
Robinson is reported to live on Spain’s Costa Blanca and to visit the Algarve regularly. He has become a central figure in Britain’s anti-immigration and anti-Islam political movements. His Unite the Kingdom rallies, held in London since 2024, have attracted large crowds and become a platform for nationalist political campaigning.
After moving to the Iberian Peninsula, Robinson closed two companies he had controlled in the UK, both based in his hometown of Luton. According to SÁBADO, those businesses had formally been registered in the name of Adam Geary, a longstanding associate described as Robinson’s right-hand man.
Two similar companies were subsequently incorporated in Portugal.
The first company, Círculo Independente Unipessoal Lda, registered in Geary’s name, was established on 12 December 2024. Its stated business activities include independent journalism, photojournalism, and publishing.
A second company, Hunger4Truth Unipessoal Lda, was incorporated on 18 July 2025 in the name of Yaxley-Lennon himself. Both businesses share the same Algarve address.
The SÁBADO report claims Hunger4Truth has not filed its accounts for 2025 at the time of reporting, meaning its financial position could not be assessed on the same basis as that of Círculo Independente.
However, Círculo Independente’s published financial figures indicate a substantial level of commercial activity during its first full financial year. Despite being established with share capital of just €1,000, the company recorded €871,739.74 in sales and services revenue in 2025 alone.
The online platform Urban Scoop appears to be the public-facing element of this activity. Robinson uses the platform to distribute content and appeal to supporters for donations. The original reporting indicates that much of the money is believed to originate outside the European Union, particularly from the UK and the United States.
The company’s accounts also record €657,333.12 in external supplies and services expenditure. According to SÁBADO, payments to Robinson for his work as a content creator are understood to be included under this accounting heading.
Of the expenditure reported, €21,504.07 was paid to Portuguese entities, according to the figures cited in the report.
The accounts, however, do not establish the precise origin of every payment, the identity of all the company’s customers or donors, or how much was paid directly to Robinson. Those details are lacking in documentary evidence.
After expenses, Círculo Independente reported a positive result of €170,053.90 for 2025. It also paid €40,447.12 in taxes to the Portuguese state, according to the published figures.
The results place the company’s reported annual revenue at close to €872,000, with a year-end profit of more than €170,000. Although it is important to note that these figures do not, by themselves, demonstrate that any funds were obtained unlawfully or that the companies breached Portuguese law.
The financing of Robinson’s political activities has attracted attention in the past, with the activist soliciting donations from supporters and receiving public backing from figures associated with the international hoity-toity. In October 2025, Robinson said that Elon Musk was paying his legal costs in a case arising from his refusal to provide police with access to his mobile phone during a border stop in July 2024. Police had invoked powers under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Robinson was subsequently cleared of the offence in November 2025. The judge ruled that the stop was unlawful, concluding that his political beliefs had been the principal reason for the police action. Robinson thanked Musk after the verdict, but the extent of Musk’s contribution was not independently established.
Robinson’s wider fundraising has included online appeals and support from overseas political allies and wealthy backers. However, the amounts raised through different channels, and the extent to which any particular contribution financed his political events rather than his media activities or legal expenses, cannot be assumed without supporting records.
Robinson has a long record of criminal convictions and court proceedings, including cases involving fraud and contempt of court. In October 2024, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for contempt of court after repeating false claims about a Syrian refugee in breach of a court order. He was released in May 2025.
Source: SÁBADO / BBC
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