Ant Middleton Banned as Director Following £1M Tax Default

Ant Middleton, former chief instructor of SAS: Who Dares Wins, has been banned from serving as a company director for four years after his firm, Sway and Starting Limited, failed to pay over £1 million in taxes. Despite receiving more than £4.5 million from 2020 to 2022, Middleton and his wife, Emilie, neglected to pay over £300,000 in VAT and more than £800,000 in corporation tax between 2019 and 2022. They withdrew nearly £3 million from the company as a director's loan before it went into liquidation in December 2022. Middleton has agreed to repay £300,000 of the loan as part of a settlement. The Insolvency Service emphasized that their actions deprived the government of necessary tax revenue, highlighting the importance of directors fulfilling their tax obligations. This case serves as a warning to other directors about the risks of failing to pay taxes while withdrawing funds from their companies.