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Strictly Contestant Tom Skinner’s Company Still Owes £50,000 Covid Loan, Records Show

Filed records contradict Skinner’s pandemic success narrative, with a government window now allowing voluntary repayment until December 2025.

Overview

  • Companies House filings for The Fluffy Pillow Company list a £50,000 bounce‑back loan as outstanding in 2021 and 2022 accounts.
  • Regulators have issued four notices to wind up or strike off the firm; two were discontinued and two are currently suspended following an objection.
  • Skinner has publicly claimed his ventures prospered during Covid, citing seven‑figure turnover, which sits at odds with the unresolved loan.
  • Social media posts show deliveries continuing through December 2020 despite interviews suggesting the pillow business failed in March 2020, and his 2023 book implied no loan was taken.
  • Reporters say Skinner and representatives declined to explain the filings, as a voluntary ‘Covid repayment amnesty’ runs until December 2025 for directors to settle such debts.