Holly Willoughby's media company, Roxy Media, has had winding-up proceedings against it dismissed at a specialist insolvency court. The firm, directed by the TV presenter and her husband Dan Baldwin, faced a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in January over an unpaid tax bill.
At a hearing in April at the Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC), it was revealed the company owed £377,000 in tax, reduced from an undisclosed amount. In July, the court heard Roxy Media was seeking to take the case to a tax tribunal, though details of the challenge were not provided.
The case returned to court on Wednesday, where Chief ICC Judge Nicholas Briggs dismissed the petition at HMRC's request. Charlotte Cooke, for HMRC, stated: “The debt is now being dealt with in a tribunal appeal and no date has been set for that, so in the circumstances we simply ask for the petition to be dismissed.” No representatives for Roxy Media attended the minute-long hearing.
Willoughby, best known for fronting ITV's This Morning and Dancing On Ice, set up Roxy Media with her husband to manage media clients. Companies House records show she became a director in 2014, while Baldwin has been a director since 2008.
