Laura Woods paid herself an eye-watering sum to celebrate her move to ITV and TNT Sports on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old footballer-presenter, who is pregnant with her first child, has seen her earnings soar after leaving talkSPORT in June 2023.
Paperwork from her company The Pig and I, which manages her TV income, showed she paid herself a dividend of £400,000 – the equivalent of £35,000 a month.
The expectant mother set up the business in 2014 and it is the first time she has paid herself any part of it.
She also received an advance worth £512,292, according to company accounts running until the end of 2023.
Laura Woods paid herself an eye-watering £400,000 dividend to celebrate her move to ITV and TNT Sports on Wednesday
The footballer-presenter has seen her earnings soar after leaving talkSPORT in June 2023
After giving herself the huge payout, her company still has £635,247 in assets, including £460,501 cash in the bank.
She is said to have earned £250,000 a year at TalkSPORT and is rumored to have received a huge pay rise in her move to TNT Sports.
Laura started her career as a runner with Sky Sports and has quickly worked her way up the broadcasting ladder.
The presenter left talkSPORT in June 2023 after three years to become TNT Sports’ lead Champions League anchor.
She is also the face of ITV’s England and FA Cup coverage and hosted 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 loved-up snaps after Adam got down on one knee on the beach at St Ives.
Alongside photos of the special moment, Laura wrote: ‘And just like that… You make me happy. Thank you @carbisbayestate – the place we fell in love and now the place we got engaged, you made it so special. What a summer x.’
Paperwork from her company The Pig and I, which manages her TV income, showed she was paying herself the equivalent of £35,000 a month
After giving herself the huge payout, her company still has assets worth £635,247, including £460,501 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
Adam shared his own photo gallery from the proposal and said Laura is his “whole world.”
He wrote: ‘From dates and daiquiris to a fiancé and a sprog on the way, our own little team. My whole world. Always. @carbisbayestate where it all really started, the only place to do it x’
Celebrity friends of the couple, including Manchester City footballer Jack Grealish, Piers Morgan and Love Island’s Chloe Burrows, rushed to the comments to congratulate the couple.
In the snap, Laura covered her face in shock as Adam proposed on the beach before the pair were seen cuddling in another photo.
Laura couldn’t contain her smile as she cozy up to her new fiancé while flashing her dazzling engagement ring for the camera.
The exciting news comes after Laura made her surprise pregnancy announcement by sharing her first glamorous photos on her Instagram.
Adam got down on one knee on the beach during a romantic getaway in St Ives
Adam and Laura made their romance public in October 2023, after the sports presenter ‘accidentally’ posted a slew of later-deleted loved-up snaps (pictured May 12)
Adam, who starred on Love Island in 2018 and 2022, also appeared on Celebs Go Dating last year, but he met Laura by cheekily sliding into her DMs (pictured May 12)
Underneath the trio of photos, Laura wrote: ‘Entering the mummy era thanks to my love @makeupwithjourdan for making me feel like myself again! Join @eurosport 1 and @discoveryplusuk tonight at 9pm for all the Olympic chat you need in your life.’
Laura took to Instagram to share her happy news with her more than 700,000 followers.
Laura posted a photo of her French bulldog and a sonogram that she and Adam were holding and wrote in the caption, “Hey honey.”
Adam and Laura went public with their romance in October 2023, after the sports presenter ‘accidentally’ posted a slew of later-deleted loved-up snaps.