THE Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman earned around £2million last year, according to company accounts.
The 53-year-old, widely viewed as the BBC’s golden girl, rakes in the cash from several TV shows and lucrative advertising deals.
A financial expert said: “This is a huge pay packet even by the standards of TV stars and very much reflects the fact that she is at the top of her game right now.
“Claudia can command big money for fronting shows as well as ad campaigns and the opportunities that are coming her way now are only going to swell her coffers even further.”
The figures for her company, Little Owl Productions, reflect earnings from May 2024 to April 2025.
The financial statements, published yesterday, show that during these 12 months she paid corporation tax of £575,000, which suggests her earnings are around £2million.
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The business also has almost £3million in reserves.
Although Claudia is best known for Strictly her earnings for the show are unknown as she is paid through the commercial company, BBC Studios, which makes the dance show.
She set up Little Owl in 2003. It is listed with Companies House as “amusement and recreation activities”.
Claudia arrived in Blackpool yesterday for tonight’s Tower Ballroom specials on Strictly.
She is quitting the series at the end of this year but has already signed up for her own BBC chat show, due to air in the spring.
A fourth series of The Traitors will be shown early next year. And the success of the celebrity version, where Traitor Alan Carr lied and deceived his way to victory, means she will also be back to present a second run later next year.
Other telly vehicles include reality talent series The Piano and game show One Question, both on Channel 4.
