Charlie Mullins

Sidney Charles Mullins (born 28 October 1952) is an English businessman. He is the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, London's largest independent plumbing company, which he sold in 2021.

Early life Mullins's father was a factory worker and his mother was a cleaner.

Career Mullins was apprenticed to a local plumber at age 15.

He is known for his collection of plumbing-themed number plates, used on the company's vehicles, and worth around £1.5 million. At the point of sale, the business had revenues of $70 million and employed over 400 people.

In January 2018, Mullins announced that he would no longer be a Conservative Party donor, and announced his support for the Liberal Democrats, appearing at the party's conference in September of that year. He later declared his candidacy as an independent at the 2021 London mayoral election (which had been scheduled for 2020, before being postponed) but did not appear on the ballot paper.

In August 2023, Mullins' Twitter account was suspended after he posted a tweet saying that "someone should kill" Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Mullins subsequently apologised for the tweet. In September 2024 following the Labour Party's general election win, Mullins announced that he would be selling his London penthouse and permanently relocating to Spain and Dubai, in response to rumours that the government intended to increase the rate for inheritance tax. In November 2024, he stated in an online video that he would move back to the UK if Nigel Farage became Prime Minister.

Personal life He divorced his first wife, Lynda, to whom he had been married for 41 years. She is the mother of their four children, two of whom work for the company. He then married Julie Anne Morris, who also worked for Pimlico Plumbers. The couple later divorced.

He owns a villa in Marbella, Spain.

Works Bog-Standard Business: How I Took the Plunge and Became the Millionaire Plumber, 2015,288pp, , John Blake Publishing Ltd.