Axed SAS star Ant Middleton shuts down UK business after one went bust owing £1.2m
FORMER SAS: Who Dares Wins instructor Ant Middleton is closing down his UK businesses after one went bust owing £1.2 million.
Presenter Ant has suffered a spectacular fall from grace after being sacked from SAS: Who Dares Wins two years ago for a series of high profile gaffes and claims of inappropriate behaviour towards women on set, which he denied.
His stock has shrunk in this country while it remains sky high in Australia where he’s just finished hosting their latest celeb version of the gruelling reality show.
Now the 43-year-old has applied to strike off his three remaining media and fitness firms from the Companies House register in the surest sign yet that Ant sees his future outside of the UK.
He’s applied to voluntarily dissolve Middleton Global Group, Antcolony and Middleton Global IP.
On 29 December last year, his personal firm, Sway and Starting Ltd, was forced into liquidation by creditors despite it raking in £4.5 million in 2021.
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The firm’s statement of affairs reveals it was abandoned owing £1,199,773 to HMRC and £3,318 to other creditors.
Before wrapping it up, Middleton took out £2.7million as a “director’s loan” with the paperwork noting it is “uncertain” how much of that will be paid back.
Middleton, an ex-Para, Royal Marine and Special Boat Service hero, claimed £20,000 in furlough money.
Ant was given the boot from SAS over his “personal conduct” after controversial tweets where he said that Black Lives Matter is “not welcome on our streets, absolute scum”, while also making light of the pandemic saying we should all “carry on as normal”.
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The Sun has reached out to Ant for comment.