🇬🇧 United Kingdom insider buying in May 2026
Directors and managers of United Kingdom listed companies made 81 open-market share purchases in May 2026, worth €1.6M in total across 61 companies and 75 insiders. The largest was Dean Finch (Group Chief Executive) at Persimmon Plc, for €786k. Data from FCA filings under MAR Article 19; transactions above €100m are excluded as likely holding-threshold filings rather than trades.
Largest insider buys
| Date | Company | Insider | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | Persimmon Plc | Dean Finch Group Chief Executive | €786k |
| 2026-05-28 | Unilever PLC | Judith McKenna Non-Executive Director of Unilever PLC | €230k |
| 2026-05-29 | Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | Jeremy Darroch Chair | €117k |
| 2026-05-20 | Centrica plc | Jonathan Howell Non-Executive Director | €115k |
| 2026-05-22 | SIG plc | Simon Kesterton PDMR (Chief Financial Officer) | €86k |
| 2026-05-26 | Mitchells & Butlers plc | Amanda Brown Director | €83k |
| 2026-05-18 | SIG plc | Simon Kesterton PDMR (Chief Financial Officer) | €31k |
| 2026-05-18 | Grainger plc | Caroline Keaveney PCA of Michael Keaveney - Director of Land and Development (PDMR) | €23k |
| 2026-05-20 | IntegraFin Holdings plc | Elisabeth Grey-Davies A person closely associated with a PDMR: Euan Marshall - CFO | €19k |
| 2026-05-21 | ITV plc | Tom Betts Chief Corporate Development Officer | €19k |
| 2026-05-28 | Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | Andrew Bonfield Non-Executive Director | €17k |
| 2026-05-26 | Genuit Group plc | Tim Pullen Chief Financial Officer and PDMR | €13k |
| 2026-05-22 | The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc | Elisabeth Stheeman Director | €12k |
| 2026-05-18 | SIG plc | Alan Lovell Non-Executive Director | €11k |
| 2026-05-19 | Haleon plc | PDMR at Haleon plc Chief Executive Officer | €10k |
| 2026-05-18 | Hammerson plc | Adam Metz Non-Executive Director | €10k |
| 2026-05-22 | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | Tadeu Marroco Chief Executive | €9k |
| 2026-05-18 | RIT Capital Partners plc | George Coles Gazzoli PCA of Helena Coles, Non-Executive Director | €8k |
| 2026-05-18 | COCA-COLA HBC AG | Zoran Bogdanovic Chief Executive Officer | €6k |
| 2026-05-15 | Foresight Environmental Infrastructure Limited | Nadia Sood Director | €6k |
| 2026-05-22 | Bow Street Group plc | Wendy Dixon Non-Executive Director | €5k |
| 2026-05-26 | Centrica plc | Frank Mastiaux Non-Executive Director | €3k |
| 2026-05-29 | SIG plc | Simon Kesterton PDMR (Chief Financial Officer) | €3k |
| 2026-05-12 | Hammerson plc | Himanshu Raja Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director | €2k |
| 2026-05-26 | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | Serpil Timuray Non-Executive Director | €2k |
Most-bought companies
- Persimmon Plc1 buy · €786k
- Unilever PLC1 buy · €230k
- Reckitt Benckiser Group plc2 buys · €134k
- SIG plc4 buys · €131k
- Centrica plc2 buys · €118k
- Mitchells & Butlers plc2 buys · €83k
- Grainger plc1 buy · €23k
- IntegraFin Holdings plc1 buy · €19k
- ITV plc1 buy · €19k
- Genuit Group plc2 buys · €13k