The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority only provides payouts in respect of actual injuries, rather than in relation to lost earnings. (So Richard Branson would get the same as someone who is unemployed, as long as all relevant circumstances were the same):
http://www.justice.go...nsation-schemes/cica/
The court which sentences the offender can make a compensation order against him, or the victim can commence a civil case against him but, as the saying goes, "you can't get blood out of a stone". (If the offender has no assets, he won't be able to pay any compensation).
Chris