The Irish Mail on Sunday

Perhaps he’ll help Mum pay £375 fine for not keeping up with her paperwork

- By Katy Balls

VICTORIA BECKHAM may have just been named Entreprene­ur Of The Year – but even business geniuses sometimes forget to do their paperwork.

The former Spice Girl is to be fined £375 after failing to file her company accounts on time.

She is more than a month late submitting the documents for the fashion brand that carries her name.

And if they remain unfiled for another two months, the fine rises to £750.

The fines shouldn’t prove a problem for a company that has an estimated £30 million-a- year turnover, but many may be surprised that such a large business could have made such a simple error.

According to the latest records that Victoria Beckham Ltd did file at Companies House, the firm is actually £1.8 million in the red with £7.6 million of assets and £9.4 million of liabilitie­s.

The delay in filing is said to have been caused because Victoria recently began the complicate­d process of extracting her fashion business from the ‘brand Beckham’ empire, indicating that in future she plans to expand her business – which could be worth £200 million by 2019 – independen­tly from her husband David.

One such expansion could see her producing a line of scented candles. The Mail on Sunday has learned that she is looking to collaborat­e with a big-name brand on such a launch.

Her own favourites are said to be made by Jo Malone, whose lime, basil and mandarin candles she burned during a fashion show in New York.

A spokesman for Victoria said that the accounts will be submitted shortly.

 ??  ?? DAILY GRIND: Brooklyn, pictured with mum Victoria, worked in a cafe to earn his pocket money
DAILY GRIND: Brooklyn, pictured with mum Victoria, worked in a cafe to earn his pocket money

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