8 Facts About Dominic Chappell

1. Dominic Chappell competed as a racing driver from 1986 to 1999, including races in British Formula Ford 2000, and British F3 in 1990, finishing runner-up in the Class B Championship and British Formula 3000.

2. Dominic Chappell launched the Interactive Sportscar Championship in the UK in 2001.

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

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

5. On 2 September 2016, another Dominic Chappell-owned company, Swiss Rock plc, was put into liquidation.

6. Dominic 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.

7. Two other directors, one his father Joseph Dominic Chappell, were banned for five years.

8. On 5 November 2020, Dominic Chappell was found guilty of failing to pay tax of around £584,000, and sentenced to six years in prison.