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Robin Windsor died with simply £879 in his firm’s enterprise account years after he pulled in £100,000 a 12 months as a Strictly star and was as soon as paid £10,000 to bounce for 2 minutes.
The tragic entertainer’s personal agency had not traded for a while and in line with Corporations Home Information was dealing with an ‘lively proposal’ to be struck off, data present.
The corporate Glad Ft Artistic Restricted was owed nearly £5,000 the final time it filed accounts, however owed collectors £15,000, that means it was £8,350 within the pink.
The small print emerged days after Robin, 44, was discovered lifeless in a London lodge – as pals and former colleagues continued to pay tribute to the previous Strictly Come Dancing skilled performer.
On the peak of his celeb in 2015 and 2016 he held greater than £23,000 within the firm and superior himself £35,000 from the corporate, which was repaid.
Gordana Grandosek Whiddon, pictured right here with Robin Windsor, says she thought he had pulled himself ‘out of the shadows’ after they labored collectively simply weeks in the past
Robin, whose firm’s enterprise account had £879 in it when he died, had lately been performing with Gordana on a Fred Olsen cruise to South Africa and Madagascar
The corporate had channelled earnings from a ‘vast number of contracts to supply performing arts companies throughout the media business’, paperwork stated.
In latest months Robin had been engaged on a Fred Olsen Cruise – alongside fellow Strictly skilled Gordana Grandosek Whiddon – and posted photos of himself when the boat docked in South Africa.
He had beforehand been a director of Caffe Italia in south London, with shut pal Marco Bertarini.
Saddened Bertarini has posted a collection of images of the pair collectively on Instagram.
He wrote: ‘My coronary heart is damaged I at all times cherished you and at all times will goodbye amore.’
Extra lately Robin had been starring in Come What Might, a Moulin Rouge tribute present.
He beforehand instructed how he was paid £100,000 a 12 months throughout his time on Strictly which got here to an finish after the twelfth collection in 2014.
He additionally recalled one time he earned ‘foolish cash’, telling This Is Cash: ‘My dance associate and I had been as soon as paid £10,000 every to remain in a luxurious resort in Mauritius for every week and dance the cha-cha-cha at an occasion. Our dance lasted two minutes.’
He remembered in September 2022 that the ‘greatest’ 12 months of his monetary life was 2010, ‘my first 12 months on Strictly Come Dancing’.
Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff through the launch of their Burn the Ground present in 2013
Robin Windsor received his huge TV break when becoming a member of Strictly Come Dancing in 2010
Robin Windsor’s dance companions included TV presenter Susanna Reid, seen right here performing collectively on Strictly Come Dancing for Youngsters in Want in 2011
A heartbroken Susanna Reid fought again tears on yesterday’s Good Morning Britain on ITV after studying of Robin’s dying
He stated: ‘Abruptly, I used to be incomes cash I had solely dreamt about. I in all probability made about £100,000 that 12 months – not simply from Strictly however from work off the again of the present such because the tour and personal performances.
‘Once you’re on prime-time TV, everybody needs a little bit slice of you.’
Talking about his Strictly exit final 12 months, Robin stated he turned so ‘bitter’ about not being allowed to return that he could not bear to observe it.
‘I received to bounce and present 13million folks each single week what it was that I like to do. So, as soon as that was taken away from me, I went into fairly a gradual decline.
‘I used to be unhappy. And, I do know all of us have our darkish days, however my darkish days changed into darkish weeks and I would not get off the bed. I did not actually perceive why I used to be feeling like that or the best way to get out of that state’.
The skilled Latin and Ballroom dancer featured on the BBC present between 2010 and 2015, partnering with mannequin Patsy Kensit, EastEnders legend Anita Dobson, Free Lady Lisa Riley and Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden.
The Suffolk-born star additionally carried out with This Morning host Alison Hammond within the 2015 Christmas particular.
And he was paired with TV presenter Susanna Reid on Strictly for Youngsters in Want in 2011.
She fought again tears on ITV’s Good Morning Britain yesterday after studying of Robin’s dying, telling viewers: ‘He was a fully exceptional dancer – robust, so inventive, he was simply so captivated with dancing.
‘I simply adored him. He was probably the most unimaginable persona. As quickly as I danced with him there was one thing actually particular about it.’
Robin Windsor had been spending a while in Cape City when the cruise ship docked, writing on-line: ‘This place is the distraction of all distractions.’
Robin is pictured right here three weeks in the past in South Africa the place he was dancing on a cruise ship travelling all over the world
Robin Windsor dazzles in a blue ensemble throughout his latest cruise ship travels
He responded to a photograph posted of on the ship with: ‘Sooo pretty to fulfill you each’
His final submit on Instagram, a black and white selfie, was captioned ‘hiding within the shadows’
He was discovered lifeless in a London lodge, it has emerged, as his pals detailed his battle in opposition to psychological well being struggles and ideas of suicide.
On January 27, Robin had posed in entrance of a marina with Cape City’s Desk Mountain within the background with the caption: ‘This place is the distraction of all distractions!’
He seemed pleased as he took photos of elephants on safari and relaxed in a lodge overlooking the gorgeous Leopard Mountain sport reserve.
The dancer had additionally loved a one-night cease in Mozambique and was seen enjoyable on the seashore and posing with a Lemur in Madagascar within the days beforehand.
However Robin’s final submit on Instagram, shared to his 46,000 followers on January 28, was a extra muted selfie within the near-dark with the caption: ‘Hiding within the shadows.’
Seven days earlier, the dancer had reposted a quote saying: ‘Trauma teaches you to anticipate and settle for the naked minimal.
‘On this new season, might you modify your requirements and study to obtain the utmost. You’re worthy. You’re sufficient. You deserve overflow.’
And on January 4, he shared a message along with his pals and followers which stated: ‘Massive shout out and like to everybody who’s reached out and checked within the final week.
‘Sorry I’ve not replied… it has been a little bit of a attempting time and issues are wanting up. Robin.’
Robin was a co-founder and unique member of dance present Burn The Ground, who introduced the star’s shock dying on their official web site.
On January 14, Robin posted: ‘Bear in mind, when one thing goes flawed within the circus, they ship within the clowns to distract the viewers. Nicely, one thing has gone very flawed with this circus and the clowns are in every single place.’
On January 4 (left), Robin had shared a message along with his pals and followers which stated: ‘Massive shout out and like to everybody who’s reached out and checked within the final week. Sorry I’ve not replied… it has been a little bit of a attempting time and issues are wanting up. Robin.’ On January 21, he hinted at trauma (proper) by sharing a quote from Dr Thema Bryant
The skilled Latin and Ballroom dancer was greatest identified for his appearances on BBC ‘s Strictly Come Dancing for 5 years between 2010 and 2015
Kristina Rihanoff and Robin Windsor are pictured right here throughout a Strictly Come Dancing launch occasion on the BBC Studios again in 2011
Their assertion learn: ‘Burn the Ground household has misplaced one in all its founding members, Robin ‘Bobby’ Windsor – who has tragically handed away.
‘A BTF journeyman he danced with us for twenty years – together with Broadway, The West Finish and all our loopy adventures all over the world.
‘His gorgeous picture connected with Jessica Raffa outlined our firm, vibrant, excessive and sensual.
‘His expertise, angle, vitality and persona helped create the Burn the Ground stage fame. He leaves a void in our hearts that can by no means be stuffed, but our fantastic recollections will keep perpetually.’
Different messages included a submit by former Strictly skilled James Jordan, who wrote: ‘I had the pleasure of working with this man for a few years on Strictly.
‘Everybody who got here in touch with him adored him, from his celeb companions to his working colleagues. You can be missed outdated pal.’
And Strictly decide Craig Revel Horwood stated Robin could be ‘perpetually lacking’, describing him as ‘one of many kindest, light, sincere, humorous and caring folks I’ve had the pleasure of figuring out and dealing with’.
Robin’s former boyfriend, X Issue singer Marcus Collins, stated the world was now ‘so much much less sparkly’ after his dying.
Robin Windsor was beforehand in a relationship with Marcus Collins, proper, a X-Issue finallist mentored by Gary Barlow – the couple had deliberate to marry however break up in 2015
X-Issue star Marcus Collins, who shared this picture of them collectively after Robin’s dying
In 2010, Robin’s first 12 months on Strictly, he danced with Patsy Kensit
The next 12 months he was partnered with EastEnders actress and singer Anita Dobson
Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden and Robin Windsor are pictured acting on Strictly Come Dancing in 2014
In the meantime, Gordana, 45, paid an emotional tribute to her late pal and shared unique pictures of their final dance collectively in January.
Addressing Robin, she stated: ‘I can not consider you might be gone. You had been the sunshine, the rainbow, the solar, the heat, the smile, vitality, you had been too fragile for this world.
‘You solely wished to be cherished. I treasure our recollections from the start to the tip.
‘From Biloxi, Mississippi to New Orleans Mardi Gras to Japan Laundry, Broadway, the final twenty fifth anniversary of Burn The Ground.
‘Limitless events. Oh how I do not remorse a single night time partying and ingesting with you whereas rehearsing and doing what we cherished.
‘All of us had a lot enjoyable. Late nights strolling round, speaking, laughing.
‘I used to be privileged to be subsequent to you on the darkest nights, hugged you if you cried, and it appeared you bought out of the shadows however you by no means did.
‘I attempted so arduous nevertheless it was not sufficient. We had an unforgettable cruise, final dance with you. I really like you Bobby boy for ever.’
Child Robin being held by his older sister as a baby. He started dancing on the age of three and was profitable competitions in main college (proper)
Robin as a youngster after he left Ipswich to grow to be a dancer in London when he was 15
Robin Windsor attending the launch of Strictly Come Dancing 2012
The skilled Latin and Ballroom dancer, pictured in October final 12 months, has been discovered lifeless in a London lodge aged 44
Robin received his TV break on Strictly in 2010 however was pressured to drag out of the collection in 2014 on account of a slipped disc which left him paralysed for 4 days.
Whereas he by no means gained the Glitterball Trophy, he got here seventh with each Patsy Kensit and Anita Dobson.
Robin appeared in Dancing With The Stars Australia and So You Suppose You Can Dance within the Netherlands and assisted within the choreography for the Australian model of So You Suppose You Can Dance, in addition to performing as a motivational speaker.
He additionally took half in a number of theatre dance excursions and likewise did a number of pantomime seasons to assist make ends meet.
