£1m-a-year comic Kevin is laughing all the way to bank
SCOTS comedian Kevin Bridges can afford a smile to himself after raking in £1million last year.
New figures from the standup’s personal company show how his massive success has boosted his bank balance.
Bridges, 28, started performing in Glasgow clubs as a teenager before moving on to sell- out tours and a string of television appearances.
Annual 2014 accounts for his company El Tiburon – Spanish for The Shark – showed total assets of £950,000.
The company owes £129 to unnamed creditors, l eaving Bridges with shareholder funds of £949,871.
Bridges’ second company Dip and Chip – which has yet to file accounts for 2014 – has more than £4.2million in the bank.
That firm, set up in 2012, is named after one of his most f amous routines about US students eating dip and chip snacks at Chad Hogan’s party.
Bridges, f rom Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, i s the sole director of the companies and owns all the shares.
A source said: ‘These are a phenomenal set of figures and show Kevin is on his way to becoming one of the country’s richest comedians.
‘His popularity and the fact there is not a lot of production costs i nvolved i n his shows means he can earn a huge amount of money from touring.
‘He is being financially savvy by channelling his earnings through a company and is obviously getting good advice.’
As well as touring, DVDs and TV shows, the comic has also earned cash through selling his own-branded merchandise.
Last year, he had his name officially registered as a trademark to protect his money-spinning image rights.
He is about to embark on a huge UK tour which will see him perform 16 sell- out gigs at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro.
Bridges has disclosed that he has already splashed out some of his earnings.
He recently bought a £1million townhouse in Glasgow’s West End and a luxury boat which he uses f or trips around Loch Lomond with friends.