Jacqueline Jossa shuts down her company after paying off £51k in debt

Jacqueline Jossa has shut down her business after paying off £51,000 in debt.

The former EastEnders star, 29, – who revealed she had to sell her house due to financial difficulties after leaving the soap in 2018 – has now closed her business, according to The sun.

Last year, Jacqueline was reportedly under investigation by HMRC over the then unpaid £32,000 tax bill.

She had tried to close her company Pooker Bash Limited, which handled her soap revenues, but was forced to cooperate with an investigation into the company’s transactions.

In paperwork filed with Companies House, first seen by The sunIt is alleged that Jacqueline owed a total of £43,457, including £21,905 in tax and £10,171 in VAT.

The soap star has so far failed to repay debts through her company since it was voluntarily liquidated in 2019.

Ready: The former EastEnders star, 29, – who revealed she had to sell her house due to financial difficulties after leaving the soap in 2018 – has now closed her business, according to The Sun

The company was originally formed to process revenue from her role as Lauren Branning on EastEnders, which she played from 2010 to 2018.

Now the liquidating company has closed its investigation and closed Pooker Bash after receiving £51,523 from Jacqueline to pay off some of its debts.

Representatives of Jacqueline have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.

Jacqueline previously revealed on Sam and Billie Faiers’ podcast, The Sam and Billie Show, that she was forced to sell her then home after she quit the soap to help pay the bills.

Career: The company was originally formed to handle earnings from her role as Lauren Branning on EastEnders, which she played from 2010 to 2018 (pictured on EastEnders)

Candid: Earlier this year, Jacqueline revealed she was forced to sell her house after ‘struggling with money’ following her departure from EastEnders in 2018

She said: ‘I was on EastEnders for eight years where you got a fixed salary every week. It was a fixed salary and I didn’t have to do anything else. It was my comfort blanket, it was what I knew. Then it just wasn’t there.

“For me, there is no such thing as maternity benefits, so when I had kids I had to go out and make magazine covers to earn money to feed my kids.

“There have been times when I had no money. Before going into the jungle, I struggled with money. I had to sell my house.’

Jacqueline won I’m A Celebrity in 2019 and has since built a successful career through her acting school and fashion range.

Tough: The actress, who moved into a £1.2m mansion in Essex last year, confessed she wasn’t ’embarrassed or ashamed’ to share her money problems after she left the soap