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Dominic Chappell Net Worth

Net WorthNA
Date of Birth28 November 1966
ProfessionBusinessman
NationalityBritish
Last Updated2020
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Dominic Chappell Net Worth, How did the British businessman and former racer driver attain his wealth? Read on to find out more about Dominic Chappell Net Worth and his career.

Dominic Chappell Net Worth

Dominic Chappell Early Life

Dominic Chappell is a British businessman and former racing driver who has been declared bankrupt on three occasions. He was educated at Millfield School in Somerset. 

He has been a director of various failed companies and has been made bankrupt three times and entered into an individual voluntary arrangement once.

Dominic Chappell Career

Dominic Joseph Andrew Chappell was born on 28 November 1966 in Sunbury. He competed from 1986 to 1999 including British F3 in 1990 and British Formula Ford 2000 finishing runner up in the Class B Championship and British Formula 3000, Chappell competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in the GT1 class in 1994 (not classified), 1995 (did not finish) and 1996 (did not finish),[1] and entered in the GT2 class in 1997 but failed to qualify.

He launched the Interactive Sportscar Championship in the UK in 2001 which folded after one race, leaving almost everybody unpaid, despite promises of payment.

In August 2016, he was disqualified from holding a driving licence for six months and fined after pleading guilty to driving at over 63 mph in a 40 mph zone in Andover, Hampshire.

Chappell was also involved in the Island Harbour Marina development on the Isle of Wight.

Chappell alongside the backing of investors, became the 90% owner of Retail Acquisitions, the firm that acquired British Home Stores (BHS) from Sir Philip Green for £1 in 2015.

It later transpired that instead of injecting new capital into the cash-strapped company as agreed with Arcadia, Chappell extracted £1,789,250 within three months of acquiring control of BHS.

However, during the 13-month period he controlled BHS, Chappell by his own admission, extracted a total of £2,627,643 from BHS.

On 26 April 2016, it was reported that when it became likely that BHS would be going into receivership Chappell had moved £1.5 million from the firm to a company owned by a fellow board member of Retail Acquisitions. The sum had been later refunded at the request of BHS’ chief executive Darren Topp (less £50,000 bank transaction fees).

Just days after putting BHS into liquidation, and with its £571m pension deficit absorbed by the UK government’s Pension Protection Fund, Chappell was said to be considering re-purchasing some parts of the firm. 

Another Chappell owned company, Swiss Rock plc was put into liquidation on 2nd September 2016. The Statement of Affairs included unpaid VAT debts of £365,000 and outstanding Corporation Tax of £197,306.

Retail Acquisitions Limited, the company used by Chappell to take over BHS in 2015 was wound up by the High Court of Justice on 3 May 2017 on the petition of BHS owed £6.1M in respect of an unpaid loan]. 

Chappell had previously disclosed that Retail Acquisitions Limited had paid £1.5M to settle a mortgage debt secured on his parents’ home.

He was found guilty of three charges of neglecting or refusing to provide information and documents to The Pensions Regulator at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 11 January 2018 and ordered to pay a fine of £50,000 and £37,000 court costs. 

Chappell said he could not pay because he had “no funds”, and claimed he had extensive outgoings, of almost £9,000 per month made up of: £3,800 a month rent on a Dorset mansion; £2,666 a month leasing a 2017-plate Range Rover; and £2,500 a month school fees for his two children, aged eight and 12, on which he was in arrears. In September 2018 he lost an appeal against his sentence.

In 2019 the UK Insolvency Service banned Chappell from company directorships for ten years following its investigation into the collapse of BHS under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. Two other directors, one his father Joseph Chappell, were also banned for five years.

Dominic Chappell Net Worth

Dominic Chappell Net Worth is unveiled but he received £2.6 million while working in BHS. Dominic Chappell Net Worth is earned from his businesses.

Summary: 

Dominic Chappell is a British businessman and former racing driver who has been declared bankrupt on three occasions. 

He launched the Interactive Sportscar Championship in the UK in 2001 which folded after one race, leaving almost everybody unpaid, despite promises of payment.

As of 2020, Dominic Chappell’s net worth is yet to be revealed.

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