Ricky Gervais’s coffers swell by £1.5million | According to the latest accounts for one of his companies © Netflix / Matt Crockett

Ricky Gervais’s coffers swell by £1.5million

According to the latest accounts for one of his companies

Ricky Gervais’s main company saw its value grow by £1.5million in the last financial year.

Newly filed accounts for Red Lion 100 Ltd show it has £19.82million in equity as of the end of March – up from £18.3million 12 months earlier.

The company, set up in 2014, lists its activities as ‘motion picture production activities’.

A separate limited liability partnership called Red Lion 99, which has Gervais and his partner Jane Fallon as co-directors, had £2.5million in assets when it last filed its accounts in August.

The comedian also has production companies set up for various TV  projects, including one for each series of After Life. The biggest, Derek Productions Ltd, had £8.15million in equity in August, with Gervais as the only director The others have no significant assets or liabilities in comparison. 

And a company called Risk Productions, which has Gervais’s Office co-creator Stephen Merchant as co-director, has equity of £336,000 last year.

The publication of the latest accounts comes as Gervais’s latest stand-up special, Mortality, arrives on Netflix on December 30.

Published: 23 Dec 2025

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