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Charlotte Dawson in financial turmoil as her company shuts down with £88k tax bill - just months after welcoming her third child with fiancé Matt Sarsfield following sexting scandal

Charlotte Dawson in financial turmoil as her company shuts down with £88k tax bill - just months after welcoming her third child with fiancé Matt Sarsfield following sexting scandal

Daily Mail​28-05-2025
Charlotte Dawson has been plunged into financial turmoil as company Dawsylicious has gone into liquidation.
According to documents on Companies House, the reality star's business is facing a £88,000 tax bill and issued an appointment of voluntary liquidation on Tuesday.
The mother-of-three, 32, who welcomed her third child in March, co-owns the wholesale clothing and footwear brand with her fiancé Matt Sarsfield.
The pair managed to patch up their relationship last year after the news broke of the former rugby players sexting scandal.
And now the couple, who share sons Noah, four, and Jude, 20 months and daughter Gigi, two months, must face their financial problems together.
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According to documents on Companies House, the reality star's business is facing a £88,000 tax bill and issued an appointment of voluntary liquidation on Tuesday
Documents show the company has £15,000 in assets, reducing her debts to an estimated deficit of £73,300.
Since starting the business in May 2020, Dawsylicious has been issued three strike notices, the most recent being in April 2024.
Her accounts were due by February 29 2024 and her confirmation statement was due on June 2 2024. Both are marked as overdue.
Dawsylicious is Charlotte's only limited company listed on Companies House and is described as a wholesale of clothing and footwear.
She is also known to have a separate tanning brand, Dawsylicious Tanning.
MailOnline have contacted Charlotte's representatives for comment.
Back in February Charlotte gave an update on her and Matt's relationship almost six months after Matt was caught sexting another woman.
Admitting 2024 was a rollercoaster, she confessed to MailOnline that the couple weren't making time for each other and hadn't been spending quality time together on dates.
She explained: 'It was a lot last year and especially being pregnant dealing with all that was quite hard.
'But everything's a lot better now, obviously we've sorted things out and we're really excited to grow our family.'
The couple also chose to publicly address the sexting scandal back in December when Matt featured on her podcast The Naughty Corner.
As they took a tentative step towards rebuilding the trust, Matt broke down in tears as he admitted he 'massively regrets' the decision and was left 'heartbroken' by his actions.
Speaking about his decision to go on the podcast, she explained: 'It was quite a big thing for Matthew.
'He's the hardest guest I've ever had on the podcast because obviously he was very nervous, but we really want to make it work and be a family.
'I think because it was so public, I think that he said it would have helped a lot of couples as well going through the same thing.'
Charlotte added: 'I think it was the best thing that we did, just speaking about everything that's the best way to deal with things as well, isn't it?
'I saw a different side to him. He really broke down on it as well which obviously I didn't expect. It was brave for him to do that because he's not like that at all.'
'I think it was the best thing for us and hopefully it helped other couples going through it, cause they do go through it, you know what I mean? It's not all happy times, is it?'
Discussing how celebrities don't often shine a light on the process of rebuilding trust she added: 'People on social media have a certain life and they don't show some real bits.
'Some people don't like to show that there are actually problems in a relationship. And there is, you know what I mean? Not every day, there's ups and downs, and people don't talk about it, which people like to keep private, which is absolutely fine.
'I would have kept this private if it was in my hands, but it wasn't, unfortunately. So when it isn't you have to talk about it and because I'm such an honest, open person on socials and stuff it would have been odd for me not to address things.'
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