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How UK's largest family with 22 kids the Radfords have afforded 20 holidays this year

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Updated 16:46 17 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 16:32 17 Dec 2024 GMT

How UK's largest family with 22 kids the Radfords have afforded 20 holidays this year

Noel and Sue Radford have been growing their massive family for over 30 years

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

The Radford’s are on their 20th holiday this year to Centre Parcs and people want to know how they can afford it all.

If you don’t know who the family are, the Radford’s are the UK’s largest family, comprising of Sue and Noel Radford's 22 children.

The pair have been married for more than 30 years and have been raising their massive brood as well as working, and even detailing their day-to-day lives on TV.

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This latest trip has come just mere weeks after they posted a holiday to Dubai for Sue and Noel’s anniversary.

As they have such a large family, which began when Sue was just 13, it’s understandable that fans are interested to know how they can afford it all.

The Radford's are the UK's largest family (Instagram/theradfordfamily)
The Radford's are the UK's largest family (Instagram/theradfordfamily)

According to the Mirror, the family spends £450 each week on food, which includes 16 pints of milk and four loaves of bread a day.

Sue, 48, and Noel, 53, work tirelessly in and out of the home to ensure that the needs of their kids are met.

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Together, the pair have Chris, 34, Sophie, 29, Chloe, 28, Jack, 26, Daniel, 24, Luke, 22, Millie, 23, Katie, 20, James, 19, Ellie, 18, Aimee, 17, Josh, 16, Max, 14, Tillie, 13, Oscar, 11, Casper, 10, Hallie, eight, Phoebe, seven, Archie, six, Bonnie, four, and Heidie, three.

They also lost a son called Alfie in 2014 who was stillborn. But how do they manage to have so much luxuries when taking care of this many kids?

Well, it’s mostly thanks to their bakery.

Sue and Noel have been married for over 30 years (Instagram/theradfordfamily)
Sue and Noel have been married for over 30 years (Instagram/theradfordfamily)

The family actually manage to live a cushy life on The Radford Pie company, which is the business that Noel worked at each day until he 'hung up his gloves' upon his retirement in 2023.

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It’s sat in Morecambe, Lancashire and makes a range of meat and veg pies to all who want a taste.

The website states: "We have owned our own lovely bakery since 1999 which is how we manage to provide for (and feed) our huge and expanding family as well as for the local people of Heysham and Morecambe.

"We have set up our online pie shop so we can share our very popular pies with you all. We're a real family business with both myself and Sue working at the helm along with some of our children to help us."

Daughter Chloe and son Daniel also work for the company.

In an episode of their show, Noel revealed that the business had earned them £2.5 million since it's opening.

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The family largely rely on their pie shop (Channel 5)
The family largely rely on their pie shop (Channel 5)

According to the Mirror, the pair have a net income of £975,000. Even though they reportedly make so much, Sue once said on YouTube that she doesn’t consider herself to be rich.

She said: "Absolutely not, we're definitely not secret millionaires. To me rich would be having the big mansion, the flash cars and quite a few hundred thousand in the bank, to me that would be rich but we are not that."

Alongside their business, they also have brand partnership money which comes from their YouTube channel, as well as a fee to shoot their TV show, 22 Kids and Counting.

Some of the older kids also pay board to their parents, though Chloe says it's 'it's not a lot', adding: "I am trying to save up for my own house at the moment."

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Earlier this year, Sue told The Mirror that people 'just jump to conclusions' and that their pie company and media business is 'very successful'.

"We work hard but we’re not millionaires!" she said. "The nastiness is upsetting though. We just want to be able to give our children the best possible life."

Featured Image Credit: Channel 5/Instagram/theradfordfamily

Topics: TV, Parenting, Money, UK News

Britt Jones
Britt Jones

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