How do mum-of-22 Sue Radford and her husband Noel make their money?

5 April 2023, 13:29 | Updated: 5 April 2023, 13:48

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How does mum-of-22 Sue Radford and husband Noel really make their money? Here’s everything we know about their family business…

Mum-of-22 Sue Radford was recently caught up in some drama, with her daughter Millie accusing her of 'using her grandkids for money' on Channel 5 series 22 Kids and Counting.

Millie was furious after Sue and her husband Noel decided to take three of their grandchildren on holiday, and didn't include her kids Ophelia and Chester.

But away from the feud, the couple are also parents to Chris, 32, Sophie, 27, Chloe, 26, Jack, 24, Daniel, 22, Luke, 21, Katie, 19, James, 18, Ellie, 16, Aimee, 15, Josh, 14, Max, 12, Tillie, 11, Oscar, 10, Casper, nine, Hallie, six, Phoebe, five, Archie, four, Bonnie, three, and Heidie, one.

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And running such a busy household, they've previously admitted to spending a whopping £400 a week on groceries for their brood.

This includes four loaves of bread a day, as well as 16 pints of milk, three tubes of toothpaste and 24 toilet rolls per week.

They have also been lucky enough to treat themselves to a few luxuries in life, including family holidays, a Range Rover car and a hot tub.

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But how do The Radfords make enough money to afford all this?

How do Sue and Noel Radford make their money?

The Radfords live on income from Noel's family bakery business, which is called The Radford Pie Company.

Located near their family home in Morecambe, Lancashire, Noel opened his own business back in 1999 after training as a baker.

And it’s all hands on deck, as wife Sue oversees all the orders and daughter Chloe is also trained as a baker.

As well as their bakery, The Radfords also make their money through their YouTube channel which has more than 300k subscribers.

They also do brand partnerships on social media, with Sue regularly posting adverts on her Instagram account.

As well as this, The Radfords have filmed for their documentaries since 2014, when they debuted with 15 Kids and Counting.

With most of the children still living under the same roof, some of the elder kids pay a small amount of rent to their parents towards bills too.

"Us older ones do pay a little bit of board, granted it's not a lot but I am trying to save up for my own house at the moment," Chloe previously said.

Sue added: "We've always said if you want to buy somewhere, rent is dead money so we would rather you saved that money up and stayed at home for a bit longer.

"But me and Noel believe they should pay board, if they are earning we've always been brought up to pay board."

Sue has been very open about her finances over the years, hitting back at trolls who have criticised their family spending.

She previously wrote on social media: “Oh I do, we’ve worked extremely hard to get to where we are now.

“I think people forget that we don’t just have our bakery, we also work very hard on our media company and filming for our new program just like lots of other 'influencers'.

"I hate that word but most YouTubers don’t also run a very successful business."