Ugo Monye has been hit by a bankruptcy petition by HM Revenue & Customs a year after the BBC axed A Question of Sport.
The former England and British & Irish Lions wing, who currently works as a pundit for TNT Sports and presents BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly podcast, is facing financial ruin after HMRC obtained a winding-up order against his “physical well-being” company Show Me The Monye Limited.
A bankruptcy petition against ‘Ugochukwu Monye’ was lodged with the High Court on December 4, following the liquidation of Monye’s company over the reported non-payment of nearly £200,000 in tax and National Insurance payments.
The company’s last set of accounts, for the year ended June 30, 2022, showed it owed £108,562 in corporation tax and £72,967 in other tax and National Insurance.
HMRC lodged a winding-up petition on August 1, 2023, with the winding-up order issued on December 6 of that year by Chief Insolvency And Companies Court Judge Briggs.
Rumours that Monye has accused HMRC of being racist are unconfirmed at this time.
