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Find out how other comedians rake in the cash
- Joanne Kavanagh, Showbiz Reporter
- Published: 18:30, 5 Nov 2024
- Updated: 18:30, 5 Nov 2024
MICHAEL McIntyre’s businesses raked in £10,000-a-day profit last year - making him the most loaded comic on terrestrial TV.
The 48-year-old had another stellar year presenting his own Saturday night series Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, and The Wheel quiz programme.
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The London-born funnyman has two companies which are linked to his success - and they made a combined £3.5M profit last year, which works out at a little under ten grand a day.
Michael's media firm Breachcroft Ltd paid £449,384 in corporation tax in its last financial year up to October 31.
At a 19 per cent rate, which halfway through the year changed to a higher 25 per cent, then it suggests the comedian made just over £2M in those 12 months.
The company's reserves now stand at £4,900,168 - an increase of £1.65M from 2022.
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Meanwhile, his production company Hungry McBear Ltd paid £345,000 in tax for the year up to December 31, 2023.
Three quarters would be at a 25 per cent rate, a quarter 19 per cent, meaning the company's profit for the 12 months was approximately £454k.
Reserves are now at £1,753,861.
The two firms' combined reserves are £6,654,029.
Hungry McBear is jointly controlled by Michael and TV producer Dan Baldwin, who is married to Holly Willoughby.
It makes all of Michael’s shows including Christmas and Easter one-offs and Michael McIntyre: Showman for Netflix.
Britain’s richest TV comics
Ricky Gervais
His firms are sat on a £30M fortune from huge success with The Office, Extras and After Life.
In the last year, he made a similar amount to Michael, but it wasn’t all from TV, and also included a sell-out stand up tour of the US and UK.
Jack Whitehall
His firm Jackpot Productions is now worth £11.5M - but like Gervais a substantial amount has come from other work outside TV and Jack is still on a world tour.
He’s also making a name for himself in Hollywood starring in the award-winning Jungle Cruise and Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Romesh Ranganathan
His two TV production firms, Vetty Ltd and Ranga Bee Productions, are worth £3.2M after various one-off shows and hosting The Weakest Link for the last three years.
John Bishop
He once made it onto Forbes’ list of world’s richest comedians, earning £5.4M a year, although the latest accounts for his media firm 3 Amigos Entertainment show reserves of £2.95M.
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