Tommy Robinson's ex-wife banned for unaccounted £1m

The ex-wife of far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been banned from running a company after failing to file her accounts.

The Insolvency Service said Jenna Lennon's firm Hope & Pride Ltd, which was registered at an address in Luton, had no accounts to explain the £1.1m it had received and paid out.

It said: "The liquidator was unable to establish if this money was used for legitimate trading purposes."

Ms Lennon, 39, was the sole director of Hope & Pride when it went into liquidation in September 2023, and has now been disqualified as a company director for seven years.

HM Revenue and Customs estimated the company owed more than £300,000 in unpaid corporation tax.

Hope & Pride was incorporated at Companies House in March 2019 and described its business as "other information service activities not elsewhere classified".

At the time, Jenna Lennon was married to Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, but he was not connected to the company.

The couple divorced in February 2021, and a month later Yaxley-Lennon declared himself bankrupt.

The Insolvency Service said it had been unable to "verify the nature" of Hope & Pride's income and expenditure.

A total of £1,178,364 was paid into the company's account, with £1,133,964 paid out.

Additional payments of £151,000, listed on bank accounts as "J Lennon dividends", were similarly not verified.

The company entered liquidation with total liabilities, which Lennon has not disputed, of £327,923.

An Insolvency Service spokesperson said: "Directors are legally required to maintain adequate books and records which show and explain their company's transactions.

"This is first and foremost to protect consumers and other businesses who have dealings with the company.

"Jenna Lennon failed in her duties as a company director to preserve or maintain adequate accounting records and deliver them to the liquidator.

"This has meant the liquidator has been unable to properly investigate the company's accounts and accurately establish how much was owed to HMRC and other creditors."

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