Laura Woods paid herself an eye-watering sum to celebrate her move to ITV and TNT Sports on Wednesday.
The footballer presenter, 37, who is pregnant with her first child, has seen her income increase enormously after leaving talkSPORT in June 2023.
Documents from her company The Pig and I, which manages her television income, showed that she paid herself a dividend of £400,000, the equivalent of £35,000 a month.
The future mother founded the business in 2014 and it is the first time that something has been paid with it.
He also received an advance payment worth £512,292, according to company accounts covering until the end of 2023.
Laura Woods has paid herself an impressive £400,000 dividend sum to celebrate her move to ITV and TNT Sports on Wednesday.
The footballer presenter has seen her earnings increase massively after she left talkSPORT in June 2023.
After the huge payout, his company still has assets worth £635,247, including £460,501 in cash in the bank.
He is said to have earned £250,000 a year at TalkSPORT and is rumored to have received a huge pay rise upon moving to TNT Sports.
Laura began her career as a runner on Sky Sports and quickly rose through the broadcasting ladder.
The presenter left talkSPORT in June 2023 after three years to become the main presenter of the TNT Sports Champions League.
He is also the face of ITV’s England and FA Cup coverage and headlined several Euro 2024 matches over the summer, playing a key role on screens across the UK.
It comes after Laura and Love Island partner Adam Collard, 28, announced the happy news of their engagement on social media last month.
The couple looked happier than ever as they posed for loving photos after Adam got down on one knee on St Ives beach.
Along with the snapshots of the special moment, Laura wrote: ‘And just like that… You make me happy. Thank you @carbisbayestate – the place we fell in love with and now the place we got engaged, you made it so special. What a summer x.’
Documents from her company The Pig and I, which manages her television income, showed she paid herself the equivalent of £35,000 a month.
After the massive payout, his company still has assets of £635,247, including £460,501 in cash in the bank.
It comes after Laura and Love Island partner Adam Collard, 28, announced the happy news of their engagement on social media last month.
Sharing his own gallery of photos from the proposal, Adam gushed that Laura is his “whole world.”
She wrote: ‘From dates and daiquiri to a fiancé and a child on the way, our little team.’ My whole world. Always. @carbisbayestate where it all really started, the only place to do it x’
The couple’s famous friends, including Manchester City footballer Jack Grealish, Piers Morgan and Love Island’s Chloe Burrows, rushed to the comments to congratulate the couple.
In one snap, Laura put her hands to her face in shock as Adam proposed to her on the beach before they were seen hugging in another photo.
Laura couldn’t contain her smile as she hugged her new fiancé while showing off her stunning engagement ring to the camera.
The exciting news comes after Laura made her surprise pregnancy announcement, sharing her first glamorous snaps on her Instagram.
Adam got down on one knee on the beach during a romantic getaway in St Ives
Adam and Laura went public with their romance in October 2023, after the sports presenter ‘accidentally’ posted a series of loving snaps that were later deleted (pictured on May 12).
Adam, who starred in Love Island in 2018 and 2022, also appeared on Celebs Go Dating last year – but met Laura by cheekily sliding into her DMs (pictured on May 12).
Below the trio of images, Laura wrote: ‘Entering the mummy era thanks to my love @makeupwithjourdan for making me feel like myself again! Come join me at 9pm on @eurosport 1 and @discoveryplusuk tonight for all the Olympic talk you need in your life.”
Laura took to Instagram to share her happy news with her more than 700,000 followers.
Posting a photo of her French bulldog and an ultrasound she and Adam held, Laura wrote in the caption: “Hi baby.”
Adam and Laura went public with their romance in October 2023, after the sports presenter ‘accidentally’ posted a series of loving snaps which he later deleted.
