Reveal The Massive Earnings of Clarkson’s Farm Star Kaleb Cooper in 2025
Kaleb Cooper, the 27-year-old farmer who rose to national prominence through Clarkson’s Farm, has recorded a remarkable financial year, earning close to £1 million according to newly filed accounts at Companies House. The figures, submitted last week, underline how Cooper has transformed television exposure into a diverse and increasingly sophisticated business portfolio — while keeping one eye firmly on his long-term ambition of owning a farm of his own.
The accounts show that the majority of Cooper’s income, approximately £800,000, came from media and television work, reflecting the global success of Clarkson’s Farm. A further £100,000 was generated through the sale of meat products, £60,000 from branded merchandise, and around £85,000 from farming and contracting work — the trade that first defined his reputation long before cameras arrived in the Cotswolds.
According to reports in The Sun, Cooper’s long-term plan is clear: he wants to use the money to one day buy and run his own farm. Land prices in the Cotswolds and surrounding areas remain steep, but the scale of his recent earnings suggests that goal is becoming increasingly realistic.
Cooper’s entrepreneurial instincts are not a recent development. He has often spoken about starting young, recalling how his mother marked his 13th birthday not with a phone or games console, but with three chickens. From there, a modest egg-selling operation quickly grew.
“I started my first company at 13, selling chicken eggs around Chipping Norton with a basket,” Cooper has said previously. “Within two months of my 13th birthday I had 450 chickens.”
That early experience laid the foundations for a mindset that blends traditional farming with modern business thinking — a combination that has served him well in recent years. In November, Cooper launched his own meat business, selling steaks, sausages, burgers and barbecue boxes sourced from British farms. The venture marked a deliberate step beyond television, allowing him to build a consumer-facing brand rooted in food production rather than entertainment alone.
While farming remains central to his identity, Cooper has also shown a growing willingness to step outside familiar territory. Last year, he filmed a new four-part series in Australia, a move he openly described as pushing himself beyond his comfort zone. The project, set to air on Prime Video, follows Cooper as he explores whether his contracting business could operate on an international scale.
Announcing the series on social media, Cooper acknowledged how significant the move felt. “You know how hard it is for me to leave Chippy, so flying to Australia is definitely taking me out of my comfort zone,” he wrote. “I’m on a mission to see if I can make my farming contracting business international.”
Despite the distance, Cooper was quick to reassure followers that his roots remain firmly in Oxfordshire, promising he would return once filming concluded.
The expansion has not gone unnoticed by Jeremy Clarkson, who has often joked about Cooper’s importance to daily life at Diddly Squat Farm. Reacting to news of Cooper’s Australian venture, Clarkson quipped that he was “so happy” about the opportunity — adding, tongue firmly in cheek, that it meant he could finally run the farm “without him mucking everything up.”
Behind the humour, however, lies a recognition that Cooper’s role on Clarkson’s Farm has always extended beyond comic relief. His practical knowledge, blunt assessments and willingness to challenge Clarkson have made him a central figure in the show’s success — and a credible voice in wider conversations about modern British farming.
As Cooper balances television work, food production and contracting, his trajectory reflects a broader shift within agriculture, where media exposure and diversification are increasingly part of long-term survival. With a £1 million year now behind him, Kaleb Cooper appears well placed to turn early ambition into lasting independence — and, eventually, a farm with his own name on the gate.