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Hugh Grant Was a Major Donor for a U.K. Charity Now at Center of BBC Exposé for Scamming Patrons

On Thursday, a BBC documentary accused Depher founder James Anderson of lying in X posts, using photos of non-consenting beneficiaries and spending company cash on a house and a car.

On Thursday, the BBC released a documentary, Britain’s Hero Plumber Exposed, with an accompanying report accusing Depher founder James Anderson of lying in X posts, using photos of non-consenting beneficiaries and spending company cash on a house and a car. Anderson has accrued a huge online following in recent years for his social media posts detailing the desperate pleas for help his charity has answered — prompting two million pounds in donations, according to BBC analysis of company accounts and even receiving letters of thanks from the late Queen Elizabeth II and the now-King Charles. Other details from the damning investigation showed that an elderly man had not given his consent to be filmed by Anderson — partly over fears he’d be discriminated against because he was gay — but Depher used the photographs dozens of times and racked up 270,000 pounds in the process.

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