DIRECTOR Guy Ritchie was paid a £19.3million dividend last year — after he used the furlough scheme during lockdown.
The huge payout from his Toff Guy Films firm followed the success of 2019 flick The Gentleman.
Guy Ritchie was paid more than £19m last year after using the furlough scheme during lockdown[/caption]
The company made a profit of £8.6million and already had reserves of £14m — so was left with £3.3m after the dividend.
Meanwhile, 53-year-old Ritchie’s Fatboy Pub Company received government aid to pay staff at his London pub in the same period.
Figures show that it claimed £10,000-£25,000 from December 2020 to March 2021 and then up to £10,000 in April 2021.
The firm which manages his 1,134-acre Wiltshire estate also claimed £1-£10,000 in January, February, March and April last year.
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But his outdoor kitchen business is almost £2.3million into the red, company figures state.
Last summer, the film director shared a photo showing the charred remains of his Lore of the Land pub to Instagram, after the boozer was engulfed in a huge blaze.
The photo posted by Ritchie reveals part of the Fitzrovia pub’s interior was blackened, with electrical cords hanging from the ceiling and charred chairs piled up, covered in dirt and soot.
Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters spent hours tackling the blaze, while Conway Street, along with nearby road Grafton Way were closed off to the public.
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Ritchie arrived at the scene around 4.30pm, where he spoke to firefighters and police officers.
He was said to have appeared “calm” as he was told of the damage.
The pub is owned by the Fat Boy Pub Company, of which Ritchie is listed as director, and opened just last year.
As well as the pub, Ritchie owns a brewing company, Gritchie Brewing Co, which brews beers using barley grown on the Wiltshire/Dorset border.
The filmmaker – who was married to pop star Madonna for eight years – shot to fame after making gangster movies ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels‘ in 1998 and ‘Snatch’ starring Brad Pitt two years later.
A fire broke out at the back of Ritchie’s property in London last summer[/caption]
