SEVEN-star hotel breaks costing £125,000 a time, half-a-million-pound high-end cars and a luxury London penthouse with Tom Jones for a neighbour. Those are just some of the spoils of Britain’s richest plumber Charlie Mullins , who says he has splurged a staggering £100million in just three years. 17 Britain's richest plumber Charlie Mullins in his £11m London penthouse, which overlooks the River Thames Credit: instagram/charliem_obe 17 He made his millions with Pimlico Plumbers and often bought comedy licence plates for his vans Credit: Supplied 17 He claims to have spent more than £100m in three years including with expensive trips to Dubai alongside fiancee RaRa Credit: X-soundslikerara The London-born tradesman’s enormous fortune came from Pimlico Plumbers , which he sold for £140million back in 2021 and has been "celebrating ever since".
Things weren’t always so luxurious for Charlie, who grew up on an “absolutely disgusting”, rubbish-strewn council estate and regularly ate just one meal a day. Now the 71-year-old, who counts Simon Cowell and Dame Joan Collins as pals, reveals all about his spending in The Sun’s series Money Talks, where we talk to celebrities and business tycoons about their financial highs and lows. Charlie paid himself a whopping £6million a year before selling his shares in Pimlico Plumbers and recalls the staggering moment he received the giant sum after months of negotiations.
He says: “My lawyer rang up early one money and said,.