Holly Willoughby faces court battle over £300k unpaid tax bill
Holly Willoughby faces a court battle over a £300,000 outstanding tax bill.
Roxy Media, the media production and management firm which was formerly run by Dan Baldwin, the TV presenter's husband, was hit with a winding-up order earlier this month, according to fresh filings.
The order means that His Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) could seek to shut down the business over unpaid taxes.
Willoughby and Mr Baldwin set up Roxy Media, which specialises in managing media clients, in 2020.
The size of the tax issue is not known. However, Roxy Media's most recent set of accounts showed that it owed £329,715 in corporation tax for the year to August 2023.
The Dancing On Ice presenter is represented by the firm after stepping aside from agency YMU.
It comes after Willoughby walked away from her role on the ITV1 programme This Morning after it emerged that security guard Gavin Plumb, 37, was plotting to kidnap, rape and kill her.
She stepped down from the show five months after her co-star Phillip Schofield, 62, also left following reports of his affair with a junior colleague.
Plumb was sentenced to life with a 16-year minimum term in July of last year following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Willoughby has since returned to host ITV1's Dancing on Ice and is also appearing in Celebrity Bear Hunt, where 12 celebrities become prey for legendary survival expert Bear Grylls.
A hearing related to the issue was set to take place in London on Wednesday, but was adjourned.
It is understood that a new hearing is scheduled to take place on April 16.
An HMRC spokeswoman said: 'We take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax debts and only file winding-up petitions once we've exhausted all other options, in order to protect taxpayers' money.'
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