The family behind Dorset’s Hall & Woodhouse brewery have joined the list of the UK’s richest people, behind other local figures such as the founders of Lush and New Look.

Mark and Anthony Woodhouse and their family have an estimated fortune of £134million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

The business is run from Blandford by Mark Woodhouse, 63, and his 53-year-old cousin Anthony, whose family enter the Rich List in joint 884th place.

The brewery was founded in 1777, when many of its customers were agricultural labourers, for whom beer was safer to drink than water. Today, it has 200 pubs, while its Badger beers are stocked in supermarkets and off-licences across the country. Profits rose by nearly 43 per cent in 2017-18.

Managing director Anthony Woodhouse told last year how the business had invested £30m in Dorset over over five years, including replacing its brewery after 115 years.

The Crown Hotel in Blandford had a £2.5m overhaul, while other pubs to be refurbished included the Duchess of Cornwall in Poundbury, the Lulworth Cove Inn, the Smugglers Inn at Osmington, the Fox Inn at Ansty and the Old Granary in Wareham.

Anthony Woodhouse is part of the seventh generation of Woodhouses, with three members of the eighth generation in the business. “It’s not there to provide employment for Woodhouses,” he said last year. “That’s been drummed into us, that we’re here for a greater purpose than just making money.”

The top local names on the Rich List are Lush Cosmetics co-founders Mark and Mo Constantine, at joint number 308 – up from joint 427 – with an estimated fortune up £150m to £440m. They are also the 24th richest couple on the list.

Mr Constantine, 66, failed his GCEs at Weymouth Grammar School and worked locally as an apprentice hairdresser for £3 a week.

He and wife Mo, 65 – who have been together since their school days – founded Lush in Poole in 1995.

The Sunday Times estimates the value of the family’s holding in the business at £393m, with £47m added from their dividends, their controlling stake in the smaller firm Cosmetic Warriors and other interests.

The founder of New Look-headquartered New Look, Tom Singh, and his family appear at number 385 on the list (down from joint 344), with their fortune down £30m to £340m. Mr Singh, 69, owns a 10 per cent stake in the high street fashion chain, which saw turnover fall by seven per cent last year and announced in November that it was shutting 85 shops.

Andrew and Christina Brownsword, the Bath-based couple who are behind Brownsword Hall at Poundbury, are joint 440th in the list (down from joint 423) with an estimated fortune up £2m to £297m. Mr Brownsword, 71, sold a greetings card firm for £165m and netted £50m from a sports retailer. He and Christina, 67, have assets in two hotel companies and a farming operation.

The Dorset-born computer expert Jonathan Reeves is joint 606th on the list (down from joint 584) with a fortune unchanged at £200m.

Rupert Martin, of Gillingham-based industrial lighting company Dextra, is at number 828 (down from joint 584), with his wealth down £53m to £147m. Profits at Dextra fell to £17.6m in 2017. Mr Martin, 70, invests in motor sport via the Porsche Carrera Cup, funding his son Alex’s racing career. He successfully contested a divorce settlement last year with his third wife Janie, who was awarded £73m but was denied another £17m.

From further east in Dorset, the Rich List contains James Benamor, founder of Bournemouth-based lender Amigo Holdings, at joint 174 (up from joint 337; fortune up £420m to £800m); Warren Haskins and family, of Ferndown-based garden centre group Haskins, at joint 897 (down from joint 892; fortune up £3m to £131m); and Bournemouth land owner Sir George Meyrick at 914 (down from joint 900; fortune up £2m to £129m).