Head to head
Jersey vs London.
Jersey leaves about $232K more of a $1M income in hand each year than London, on the Patrician.ch 2026 model. 🇯🇪 Channel Islands against 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.
In short, current to October 2026
- On $1,000,000 of income, Jersey takes an effective 20% and London takes 43%, so Jersey leaves about $232K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
- On a capital gain realized after residence begins, Jersey charges 0% and London charges 24%. On a $5,000,000 event that is a difference of about $1.2M.
- Jersey operates a special regime for arriving foreigners: High Value Residency: 20% on Jersey property income and on the first £1.25M of other income, and 1% on everything above, a minimum tax of £250K a year, and a house bought above £3.5M or an apartment above £1.75M. The United Kingdom operates: 4 year foreign income and gains regime for new arrivals.
- Inheritance, what a child pays: nothing in Jersey, 40% in London.
- Route in: Jersey by Lump sum residence. London by Founder & talent.
- Cost of the life is 105 in Jersey against 96 in London on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 9 against 6 of 10. Both are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.
Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Jersey (Channel Islands) vs London: tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/jersey-vs-london/, October 2026.
