Romesh Ranganathan's companyVetty Limited banksmore than 1million in a year

 Posted on June 7, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  530 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan's company took more than £1million last year and doubled its value.

The one-time maths teacher showed he knows how to make the figures add up as his company value hit £1.7m after paying all his bills.

Assets in the company Vetty Limited hit £2.5m, up from £1.4m, but creditors owed nearly £800,000, and meant that the company was left with the reduced bottom line.

Winning: Comedian Romesh Ranganathan, 44, was laughing all the way to the bank after his company took more than £1million last year and doubled its value (pictured 2018)

Winning: Comedian Romesh Ranganathan, 44, was laughing all the way to the bank after his company took more than £1million last year and doubled its value (pictured 2018)

Romesh, 44, runs the company, which is believed to be named after his father who died in 2011, with his wife Leesa, 42.

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He has become one of the BBC’s biggest stars and last year landed the plum job as presenter of The Weakest Link.

The business channels his TV earnings, but he also has a separate TV company which is now worth more than £300,000, called Ranga Bee Productions.

Raking it in: Assets in the company Vetty Limited hit £2.5m, up from £1.4m, but creditors owed nearly £800,000 (pictured last month)

Raking it in: Assets in the company Vetty Limited hit £2.5m, up from £1.4m, but creditors owed nearly £800,000 (pictured last month)

As well as TV appearances he has his own podcast Hip Hop Saved My Life and is about to go on a stand up comedy tour called the Cynic’s Mixtape.

It comes after Romesh moved into a £3m new home just five miles from the humble terrace house where he grew up.

Despite becoming one of Britain's most sought-after TV stars, the comedian has shunned celebrity enclaves and instead chosen to build a six-bedroom property in his home town of Crawley in West Sussex.

Family affair: The funnyman, wife Leesa and their three children recently moved in to a lavish new home (pictured 2014)

Family affair: The funnyman, wife Leesa and their three children recently moved in to a lavish new home (pictured 2014)

Home counties: The comedian has shunned celebrity enclaves and instead chosen to build a six-bedroom property in his home town of Crawley in West Sussex

Home counties: The comedian has shunned celebrity enclaves and instead chosen to build a six-bedroom property in his home town of Crawley in West Sussex

The funnyman, wife Leesa and their three children recently moved in, although workmen are still digging the swimming pool and putting the finishing touches to the red-brick house.  

It is a far cry from the small house nearby where he grew up with his Sri Lankan parents, Shanthi and Ranga, and his younger brother Dinesh.

A source told The Mail on Sunday: 'Romesh could have moved somewhere flash but he decided to stay in Crawley, where his roots are. It's where his mum and brother are and it's a town he loves.

'He has managed to find a space there to build his dream home, though it is rather bigger than his childhood home in one of the poorer areas of Crawley. It's a lovely story of rags to riches which Romesh has worked very hard for.'

Moving on: BBC presenter Romesh has moved into a £3 million new home just five miles from the humble terrace house (pictured) where he grew up

Moving on: BBC presenter Romesh has moved into a £3 million new home just five miles from the humble terrace house (pictured) where he grew up

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