Dec Donnelly’s huge pay packet revealed as ITV star prepares for time off after Saturday Night Takeaway’s final show
DECLAN Donnelly boosted his wealth by a whopping £1.8m in a year.
It adds to his monster £31.1m bottom line, according to latest accounts for his firm Deecourt.
Alongside his long-running work for ITV like I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! and Britain’s Got Talent, the influx comes thanks to a new project from his and Ant McPartlin’s production firm, Mitre – gameshow Limitless Win.
The selling point of the quiz, ironically, is that the prize fund has no limit, with players taking away as much as £1m.
But it’s been a huge success for Ant and Dec, both 48, and created another revenue stream for their bulging bank balances.
The books, for the trading year to the end of June 2023, show Dec has £31.1m in cash and investments and almost £900,000 in readies.
A firm he runs with sidekick Ant called Hurley Promotions Ltd made a profit of £48,722 for 2023 and is worth £2.7m.
His Deecourt business used to run parallel with Ant’s Teecourt Ltd, which his co-host closed down to fund his divorce from Lisa Armstrong.
They founded the firms to bank their TV presenting fees and lucrative ad deals like their Santander bank tie-up.
The Geordie duo are putting the finishing touches to their grand finale of the Saturday Night Takeaway show on April 13 before taking a break from the format.