Adrian Chiles made more than £4.5m last year, according to the latest financial filing from the company he runs.
Chiles, whose main work is as the chief presenter of ITV’s football coverage, including the FA Cup and Champion’s League, reported profits at his company Basic Broadcasting of £4.63m for the year to the end of January 2014.
The firm, which is used to channel Chiles’s earnings, had a strong year with profits up almost 18% on the £3.94m reported the previous year.
Chiles is listed as the only director of Basic Broadcasting, according to a financial filing at Companies House.
The filing shows that Chiles took a loan of £599,538 from the company last year, repaying £118,304 by the end of its financial filing period of 31 January.
In August, Chiles’ BBC Radio 5 Live presenting role was expanded as part of a restructure of the station’s schedule.
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