All smiles for Scots comic Bridges as company posts cool £1m

A company owned by Scots comic Kevin Bridges, aka ‘Kev.in’, has posted total assets of nearly £1 million.

Figures for the Glasgow standup’s personal company revealed in its annual report for 2014 show total assets of £949,871, after £129 debts to unnamed creditors are paid.

The company, El Tiburon – Spanish for The Shark – was set up to manage the earnings of Bridges, 28, who started performing in Glasgow clubs as a teenager before moving on to sell-out tours and a string of television appearances.

As well as touring, DVDS and TV shows, the comic also generates revenue through selling his own branded merchandise and his second company, Dip and Chip, which has yet to file accounts for 2014, has over £4.2m in the bank.

That firm, set up in 2012, is named after one of his most famous routines about American students eating dip and chip snacks at Bridges alter-ego ‘Chad Hogan’s’ party.

Bridges, from Clydebank, is the sole director of both companies and owns all the shares in them.

A source quoted by the Herald newspaper, 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 are not a lot of production costs involved in 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.”