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Clarkson, Hammond and May have just made £6 million each in major business move

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Updated 09:04 3 Sep 2025 GMT+1Published 08:38 3 Sep 2025 GMT+1

Clarkson, Hammond and May have just made £6 million each in major business move

The TV titans each have a tidy windfall coming their way, according to reports

Olivia Burke

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The trio behind The Grand Tour might be saying goodbye to their TV partnership, but they're each saying hello to a huge payday.

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May originally found fame on the BBC as the presenters of Top Gear.

But after Clarkson was sacked for punching a producer, he and his co-stars migrated to Amazon Prime Video.

Continuing their car-related TV content, they teamed up with the streaming platform to create The Grand Tour in 2016.

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But last year, this too came to an end, wrapping up the trio's 22-year-long partnership with it.

The hit series was produced via their company W. Chump & Sons, which also churned out its video game spin-off and co-founded the motoring platform DriveTribe.

The presenters and their producer Andy Wilman established the production company in 2015 shortly after Clarkson was given the boot by the BBC.

The Grand Tour stars called time on their production company earlier this year (Amazon Prime Video)
The Grand Tour stars called time on their production company earlier this year (Amazon Prime Video)

In June, it was revealed that W. Chump & Sons was 'voluntary winding up' after ten years in operation.

Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman's application was made to Companies House, the official government body that approves startups and new business ventures as well as the dissolution of companies.

The foursome were each listed as 'directors' of W. Chump & Sons.

It marked the end of an era for fans, who have intently followed Clarkson, Hammond and May's TV work for the last two decades.

Now, documents filed at Companies House on Monday (1 September) have revealed what finances each of the fellas are walking away with.

W. Chump & Sons shut down with £24,087,100 on the books, meaning Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman could now each pocket about £6 million.

May previously revealed why he thought his working relationship with his longtime co-stars had run its course, while saying they were each very happy to go out on a high.

It marks the end of an era for Hammond, Clarkson and May (Vito Corleone/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
It marks the end of an era for Hammond, Clarkson and May (Vito Corleone/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The 62-year-old told UNILAD: "I think people would only really like us doing cars, despite what some people say - ‘Oh, I think you should all go off and do cooking or you should all go and do a podcast about nothing’.

"But I don’t think so. I think we should let it lie, what we did."

However, May didn't completely rule out the prospect of reuniting with Clarkson and Hammond in the future.

"I'm sure there will be something," he added. "But it won't be as big as [The Grand Tour] and I don’t need it to be. I’ve done that. I'm quite open minded yet.

"To be honest, I don't know if anybody wants me," May then joked.

Thomas Holland, James Engelsman and Francis Bourgeois are reportedly set to front a new series of The Grand Tour.

Featured Image Credit: Jeff Spicer/WireImage

Topics: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, Celebrity, UK News, TV, The Grand Tour, Business

Olivia Burke
Olivia Burke

Olivia is a journalist at LADbible Group with more than five years of experience and has worked for a number of top publishers, including News UK. She also enjoys writing food reviews (as well as the eating part). She is a stereotypical reality TV addict, but still finds time for a serious documentary.

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