Robin Windsor, who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, reportedly only had £879 in his company’s account when he tragically passed away at 44.
Despite previously earning up to £100,000 a year and even receiving £10,000 for a brief two-minute performance, his business hadn’t been active for some time before his unfortunate passing. Officials found Robin’s body in a London hotel room with tributes from friends and fans soon pouring in.
Reports suggest that Happy Feet Creative Limited, Robin’s company, was under an “active proposal” to be struck off by Companies House Records. The filed accounts showed debts of about £5,000, but the owed creditors totalled around £15,000, as MailOnline reports.
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This resulted in the dancer’s company reportedly being £8,350 in debt. During his most thriving periods, Robin held more than £23,000 in 2015 and 2016 within his business.
Robin is said to have once loaned himself £35,000 from his company, which he later paid back. Although he featured on the famed dancing show between 2010 and 2014, he departed shortly due to a severe back injury. Still hopeful, Robin expected a return call from the Strictly bosses a year later. Unfortunately, this call never came through.
On the My Time Capsule podcast, he shared: “I got a phone call saying ‘Thank you for all your hard work on the show, we won’t be needing you anymore’ and that was all I got. That hurt more than anything, it was heartbreaking.”
In another chat with Betway, he said: “Leaving Strictly wasn’t my choice. I had a horrible back operation and they decided that they didn’t want to ask me back the next year. It was probably for health and safety reasons, in case something happened, but I was physically fit.”
Robin once revealed that he earned £100,000 a year during his time on Strictly. He also confessed to making “silly money” after receiving a large payment for a brief dance.
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Speaking to This Is Money, he said: “My dance partner and I were once paid £10,000 each to stay in a luxury resort in Mauritius for a week and dance the cha-cha-cha at an event. Our dance lasted two minutes.”
Robin remembered that his “best” financial year was in 2010, during his first series of the show. He revealed: “All of a sudden, I was earning money I had only dreamt about. I probably made about £100,000 that year not just from Strictly but from work off the back of the show such as the tour and private performances. When you’re on prime-time TV, everyone wants a little slice of you.”
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