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The Irish Sun
07-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Shirley Ballas' million pound payday as company rakes in seven figure sum and doubles profits after books and TV deals
SHIRLEY Ballas took home a million-pound payday as her company raked in a seven-figure sum. The Strictly Come Dancing star has doubled her profits after her money-spinning books and TV deals. 7 Shirley Ballas has raked in a seven-figure sum with her company Credit: Getty 7 Accounts filed on Companies House have showed bumper profits for her private firm Credit: Splash 7 The star has several huge projects away from her role as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing Credit: PA As well as being a fan-favourite judge on the BBC One ballroom competition, She has waltzed up £6,650 a week in business profits after proving herself a hit with the books she's released as well as on the dance floor. Dance with Passion is the firm into which she reportedly channels her TV income and it has banked £349,280 in profit. Its bumper earnings - run-up in the year to 31 March 2025 - taking ongoing profits held by Ballas's firm to a whopping £1.2 million. READ MORE ON SHIRLEY BALLAS She signed off the accounts for the firm late last month after she filed the figures at Companies House late last week. The accounts reporting a £1,420,751 in assets before bills . Cash balances of £1,420,651 and monies due in at £100 offset by £178,374 in monies owed. Ballas's firm was due to pay out £152,843 in corporation tax on her profits and £20,654 in taxation and security, as at the date of the accounts. Most read in News TV 2025's profit is almost double the £181,093 she banked in 2024, and also the best so far for the TV personality According to the public accounts, she previously made £201,391 in 2023, £237,913 in 2022, £135,284 in 2021 and £137,416 in 2019 – her firm's first year of trading. Strictly professional Vito Coppola leaves Shirley Ballas speechless as he goes naked in new video The nature of business Dance with Passion is reported on the entity as 'other support activities not elsewhere classified.' She is the company's only director and sole shareholder which is one of her businesses on Companies House. The second – Dance with Us – was set up in March with dancer and Strictly co-star Its nature of business has been reported as performing arts and the first accounts are due by December 2026. All your Strictly Come Dancing winners Strictly first kicked off back in 2004, and over the years has crowned 21 winners. Here is a full list of who has been lucky enough to 2004 - 2004 - Jill Halfpenny 2005 - Darren Gough 2006 - Mark Ramprakash 2007 - Alesha Dixon 2008 - Tom Chambers 2009 - Chris Hollins 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - Louis Smith 2013 - Abbey Clancy 2014 - Caroline Flack 2015 - 2016 - Ore Oduba 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - Kelvin Fletcher 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024 - Shirley has also released a number of books, This is part of her own special novel series called, This comes after Shirley opened up on her other businesses away from her gig as a judge on the celebrity dancing competition. She previously told The Sun that she feels 'safe' in her own dancing studios, which she insists is her primary job. When I go back to work to my own job, I'm always in a safe environment Shirley Ballas Speaking to The Sun She told us: "When I go back to work to my own job, I'm always in a safe environment, because the people, we have 17 teachers in our dance studio, and I've been around them all since I was seven. "Anton used to come into my studio as a very young man, very young man. "He's no different now than he was when he walked through the doors the whole of the industry, my industry, my number one job, if you like, has great respect for these people. So it's just marvelous." Shirley also praised the wider dance community and her long lasting creative relationships. Sheadded: "And I feel blessed to be a part of that community. "I know other a lot of the Strictly [stars] around the world, Dancing With The Stars, particularly the one in the US, for example, or everybody around the world [has] either passed through my books or been a part of my life at some point." 7 Shirley waltzed up £6,650 a week in business profits Credit: Getty 7 The star released her first novels in 2023 and 2024 Credit: PA 7 She previously gushed over the wider dancing community to The Sun Credit: PA 7 Ongoing profits held by Ballas's firm stand at a whopping £1.2 million according to companies house Credit: Instagram/@bbcstrictly/@shirleyballas
Sky News
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
Stalker who believed Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas was his aunt avoids jail
A man who stalked Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas for six years has avoided jail. Kyle Shaw, 37, got a 20-month suspended sentence and a lifetime restraining order on contacting Ballas, her mother, niece, and former partner. Liverpool Crown Court heard that he thought Ballas was his aunt and "began a persistent campaign of contact". "He believed, and it's evident from what he was told by his mother, that her late brother was his father," said prosecutor Nicola Daley. The court heard there was no evidence he was wrong, and "limited evidence" he was correct. Ms Daley said Shaw's messages had accused Ballas of being to blame for the death of her brother, who took his own life in 2003 aged 44. He also set up social media accounts in his name. Shaw had pleaded guilty to stalking the former dancer between August 2017 and November 2023 at a hearing in February. Incidents included following Ballas's 86-year-old mother, Audrey Rich, while she was shopping and telling her she was his grandmother. The court heard in messages to Mrs Rich, Shaw had asked: "Where's my dad?" Ballas was so worried for her mother's safety that she moved her from Merseyside to London. In October 2020, Ballas called police after Shaw messaged her and said: "Do you want me to kill myself, Shirley?" Posts on X included one alongside an image of her home address that warned: "You ruined my life, I'll ruin yours and everyone's around you." Another referenced a book signing and said: "I can't wait to meet you for the first time Aunty Shirley. Hopefully I can get an autograph." The court was told Ballas's niece Mary Assall, former partner Daniel Taylor and colleagues from Strictly Come Dancing and ITV's Loose Women were also sent messages. 'I know where you live' On one occasion in late 2023, Shaw called Mr Taylor and told him he knew where the couple lived and described Ballas's movements. The court heard the 64-year-old TV star become wary of socialising and stopped using public transport. Prosecutor Ms Daley said: "She described having sleepless nights worrying about herself and her family's safety and being particularly distressed when suggestions were made to her that she and her mother were responsible for her brother taking his own life." Shaw cried and wiped away tears as he was sentenced on Tuesday. The judge said the stalking stemmed from his mother telling him Ballas's brother, David Rich, was his biological father. "I'm satisfied that your motive for this offending was a desire to seek contact with people you genuinely believed were your family," he said. "Whether in fact there's any truth in that belief is difficult, if not impossible, to determine." Defence lawyer John Weate said Shaw had been told the story by his mother "in his mid to late teens" and had suffered "complex mental health issues" since he was a child. He added: "He now accepts that Miss Ballas and her family don't wish to have any contact with him and, importantly, he volunteered the information that he has no intention of contacting them again." Shaw, of Whetstone Lane in Birkenhead, also admitted possessing cannabis and was ordered to undertake a rehab programme.
The Independent
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Man sentenced for stalking Strictly judge Shirley Ballas
A man who believed Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas was his aunt has been given a suspended sentence for stalking her. Kyle Shaw, 37, embarked on a 'persistent campaign of contact' sending messages and threats to the dancer and her friends and colleagues because he believed her late brother, David Rich, was his father, Liverpool Crown Court heard on Tuesday. Shaw was given a 20-month prison sentence, suspended for 20 months, after he pleaded guilty at a hearing in February to stalking Ballas, 64, causing serious harm or distress, between August 31 2017 and November 29 2023. He was made the subject of a restraining order for life which prevented him contacting Ballas as well as her niece, mother and former partner. Nicola Daley, prosecuting, said: 'He believed, and it's evident from what he was told by his mother, that her late brother was his father.' The court heard there was no evidence that his belief was incorrect, but there was 'limited evidence' it was correct. Ms Daley said in messages Shaw accused Ballas of being responsible for the death of her brother, who took his own life in 2003 at the age of 44. He also set up social media accounts in her brother's name. He approached Ballas's mother, 86-year-old Audrey Rich, when shopping in Wirral in 2019, the court heard, leading Ballas to move her mother from Merseyside to London. The court heard he told Ms Rich she was his grandmother and continued to follow her around the shop when she did not want to speak to him. The court heard in messages to Mrs Rich, Shaw asked: 'Where's my dad?' Shaw, wearing a white shirt and tie with a black coat, wiped away tears at times during the hearing and sobbed in the dock when Judge Gary Woodhall delivered the sentence. The court was told in October 2020 Ballas contacted police after he messaged her and said: 'Do you want me to kill myself, Shirley?' The court heard Shaw posted messages on Twitter which included an image of the TV star's home address along with a message which said: 'You ruined my life, I'll ruin yours and everyone's around you.' The judge said: 'This was a menacing threat against her and her family.' Ms Daley said Ballas became reluctant to socialise with colleagues and stopped using public transport. She said: 'She described having sleepless nights worrying about herself and her family's safety and being particularly distressed when suggestions were made to her that she and her mother were responsible for her brother taking his own life.' Shaw also sent messages to her niece Mary Assall, former partner Daniel Taylor and to work colleagues from Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing, the court heard. The court heard when Ballas had book signings planned in Wirral, Shaw messaged her saying: 'I can't wait to meet you for the first time Aunty Shirley. Hopefully I can get an autograph.' He called her partner in November 2023 and in an 'implied threat' told him he knew where they lived and described what he knew about the TV star's movements. Ms Daley said when police recovered his phone they found in 2022 and 2023 he had contacted or attempted to contact colleagues from Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing through social media indicating that Ballas was not answering him and making derogatory comments about her and her family. When arrested in December 2023, Shaw told officers: 'If she'd have answered nothing like this would have happened.' Sentencing Shaw, the judge said: 'Since 2017 you have engaged in persistent, unwanted online contact with Shirley Ballas and her family. You did so because your mother told you Shirley Ballas's late brother was your biological father. 'I'm satisfied that your motive for this offending was a desire to seek contact with people you genuinely believed were your family. 'Whether in fact there's any truth in that belief is difficult, if not impossible, to determine.' He added: 'This was not an offence driven out of delusional beliefs, physical attraction or simply an obsession with a celebrity.' John Weate, defending, said Shaw had suffered complex mental health issues since childhood and in his mid to late teens was told by his mother that David Rich was his father. He said: 'He now accepts that Miss Ballas and her family don't wish to have any contact with him and, importantly, he volunteered the information that he has no intention of contacting them again.' He said Shaw's use of cannabis had 'not helped him'. Shaw, of Whetstone Lane in Birkenhead, Wirral, also admitted possession of cannabis. He was ordered to carry out 20 days of rehabilitation activity and undertake a 12-month drug rehabilitation requirement. Senior Crown Prosecutor Natassia McAdam said: 'Kyle Shaw's attempts to contact Ms Ballas were clearly stalking. 'They were persistent and became abusive and caused anxiety and distress over a prolonged period of time. 'His behaviour became increasingly erratic, and she feared he would become violent. He knew what he was doing would cause her alarm and distress.'
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Man who stalked Strictly judge Shirley Ballas for six years avoids jail
A man who stalked Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas over the course of six years has avoided jail after being handed a 20-month suspended prison sentence. Kyle Shaw, 37, embarked on a 'persistent campaign of contact' sending messages and threats to the dancer and her friends and colleagues because he believed her late brother, David Rich, was his father, Liverpool Crown Court heard on Tuesday. Shaw was given a 20-month prison sentence, suspended for 20 months, after he pleaded guilty at a hearing in February to stalking Ballas, 64, causing serious harm or distress, between August 31 2017 and November 29 2023. He was made the subject of a restraining order for life which prevented him contacting Ballas as well as her niece, mother and former partner. Nicola Daley, prosecuting, said: 'He believed, and it's evident from what he was told by his mother, that her late brother was his father.' The court heard there was no evidence that his belief was incorrect, but there was 'limited evidence' it was correct. Ms Daley said in messages Shaw accused Ballas of being responsible for the death of her brother, who took his own life in 2003 at the age of 44. He also set up social media accounts in her brother's name. He approached Ballas's mother, 86-year-old Audrey Rich, when shopping in Wirral in 2019, the court heard, leading Ballas to move her mother from Merseyside to London. The court heard he told Ms Rich she was his grandmother and continued to follow her around the shop when she did not want to speak to him. Shaw, wearing a white shirt and tie with a black coat, wiped away tears at times during the hearing and sobbed in the dock when Judge Gary Woodhall delivered the sentence. The court heard Shaw posted messages on Twitter which included an image of the TV star's home address along with a message which said: 'You ruined my life, I'll ruin yours and everyone's around you.' The judge said: 'This was a menacing threat against her and her family.' Ms Daley said Ballas became reluctant to socialise with colleagues and stopped using public transport. She said: 'She described having sleepless nights worrying about herself and her family's safety and being particularly distressed when suggestions were made to her that she and her mother were responsible for her brother taking his own life.' Shaw also sent messages to her niece Mary Assall, former partner Daniel Taylor and to work colleagues from Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing, the court heard. The court heard when Ballas had book signings planned in Wirral Shaw messaged her saying: 'I can't wait to meet you for the first time Aunty Shirley. Hopefully I can get an autograph.' John Weate, defending, said Shaw had suffered complex mental health issues since childhood and in his mid to late teens was told by his mother that David Rich was his father. He said: 'He now accepts that Miss Ballas and her family don't wish to have any contact with him and, importantly, he volunteered the information that he has no intention of contacting them again.' He said Shaw's use of cannabis had 'not helped him'. Shaw, of Whetstone Lane in Birkenhead, Wirral, also admitted possession of cannabis. He was ordered to carry out 20 days of rehabilitation activity and undertake a 12-month drug rehabilitation requirement.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Man sentenced for stalking Strictly judge Shirley Ballas
A man who believed Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas was his aunt has been given a suspended sentence for stalking her. Kyle Shaw, 37, embarked on a 'persistent campaign of contact' sending messages and threats to the dancer and her friends and colleagues because he believed her late brother, David Rich, was his father, Liverpool Crown Court heard on Tuesday. Shaw was given a 20-month prison sentence, suspended for 20 months, after he pleaded guilty at a hearing in February to stalking Ballas, 64, causing serious harm or distress, between August 31 2017 and November 29 2023. He was made the subject of a restraining order for life which prevented him contacting Ballas as well as her niece, mother and former partner. Nicola Daley, prosecuting, said: 'He believed, and it's evident from what he was told by his mother, that her late brother was his father.' The court heard there was no evidence that his belief was incorrect, but there was 'limited evidence' it was correct. Ms Daley said in messages Shaw accused Ballas of being responsible for the death of her brother, who took his own life in 2003 at the age of 44. He also set up social media accounts in her brother's name. He approached Ballas's mother, 86-year-old Audrey Rich, when shopping in Wirral in 2019, the court heard, leading Ballas to move her mother from Merseyside to London. The court heard he told Ms Rich she was his grandmother and continued to follow her around the shop when she did not want to speak to him. Shaw, wearing a white shirt and tie with a black coat, wiped away tears at times during the hearing and sobbed in the dock when Judge Gary Woodhall delivered the sentence. The court heard Shaw posted messages on Twitter which included an image of the TV star's home address along with a message which said: 'You ruined my life, I'll ruin yours and everyone's around you.' The judge said: 'This was a menacing threat against her and her family.' Ms Daley said Ballas became reluctant to socialise with colleagues and stopped using public transport. She said: 'She described having sleepless nights worrying about herself and her family's safety and being particularly distressed when suggestions were made to her that she and her mother were responsible for her brother taking his own life.' Shaw also sent messages to her niece Mary Assall, former partner Daniel Taylor and to work colleagues from Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing, the court heard. The court heard when Ballas had book signings planned in Wirral Shaw messaged her saying: 'I can't wait to meet you for the first time Aunty Shirley. Hopefully I can get an autograph.' John Weate, defending, said Shaw had suffered complex mental health issues since childhood and in his mid to late teens was told by his mother that David Rich was his father. He said: 'He now accepts that Miss Ballas and her family don't wish to have any contact with him and, importantly, he volunteered the information that he has no intention of contacting them again.' He said Shaw's use of cannabis had 'not helped him'. Shaw, of Whetstone Lane in Birkenhead, Wirral, also admitted possession of cannabis. He was ordered to carry out 20 days of rehabilitation activity and undertake a 12-month drug rehabilitation requirement.
