The second set of accounts filed by McNally’s Prosecco Pig Ltd show that her live podcast work injected fizz into the company’s accumulated profits as they last year increased by €181,256 to €856,349. Full story online
The profits of €181,256 follow post tax profits of €674,823 in the prior 17 month period from the date of incorporation on July 28th 2022.
Last year, Prosecco Pig Ltd’s cash funds increased by €885,535 from €475,057 to €1.36m.
Ms McNally is one half of the most talked about breakthrough entertainment acts of recent years with Vogue Williams where the two have capitalised on the popularity of their podcast, My Therapist Ghosted Me, with sell-out live shows across the globe.
Launched in 2021, ‘My Therapist Ghosted Me’ has 300 episodes and 2.5m monthly listeners. In 2023 and 2024, the podcast toured, performing in New York, Sydney and Dubai, culminating in five nights at Dublin’s 3Arena.
‘My Therapist Ghosted Me’ shows generated €2.36m at the box office in the 12 months
McNally is currently adding to her company’s coffers with an extensive solo tour and was performing in Dubai earlier this week. She has sold out a number of shows in London’s Hammersmith Apollo next week.
The Dubliner will also be performing a string of Irish dates across November, December, January and February.
During 2024, Ms McNally drew a €40,000 salary from the company which was double the €20,000 salary for the prior period.
At the end of 2024, the company owed Ms McNally €174,069.
Vogue Williams. Photo: Getty
Figures from trade industry journal, Pollstar for the 3Arena from November 2023 to November 2024 show ‘My Therapist Ghosted Me’ shows generated €2.36m at the box office in the 12 months before. The show had a combined audience of 39,873 and box office would be shared by artists, venues, promoters and ticket sellers.
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Separate accounts filed by Vogue Williams’s Howth Media Ltd in the UK earlier this year show that cash funds last year rocketed to €3.71m on the back of her successful podcast double act work with Ms McNally.
Accounts filed by the Dubliner’s Howth Media Ltd at Companies House in the UK show that cash funds more than doubled from £1.29m to £3.22m (€3.71m) in the 12 months to the end of July 2024.
During the same period, the company’s accumulated profits increased by £191,139 from £2.46m to £2.65m.
The company recorded the increase in profits after declaring a dividend of £539,015 to Vogue Williams.