David and Victoria Beckham are £30 million richer after a bumper payday

Accounts filed over the weekened revealed that the couple earned millions in dividends from their business empire last year.

Along with Simon Fuller, the former Spice Girls manager, they sucked £29.9 million out of Beckham Brand Holdings, which looks after Victoria's fashion sales and David's image rights. 

It comprises an £18.8 million dividend paid out in 2017 and another £11.1 million pocketed at the end of the year.

But the firm owned by former Manchester United legend and his fashion designer and former Spice Girl wife saw a drop in pre-tax profits from £19.9 million to £15.7 million. Turnover, however, was up from £47.5 million to £55.7 million.

As well as the bumper payday for the wealthy couple, accounts reveal the difference in success of their respective brands. 

Separate filings show that Mr Beckham's business, DB Ventures, booked a pre-tax profit of £26.5 million in the year to December 31. 

However, figures out earlier in the month showed that losses at Victoria's luxury fashion label increased by £2 million as it continued to invest in the fashion business. 

The 10-year-old high-end fashion retailer posted a loss of £10.2 million for 2017 compared with £8.2 million for 2016.

NEO Investment Partners invested £30 million in the business to grow the company's digital operations and bricks-and-mortar stores in December, 2017. 

The company trades from flagship store in Mayfair, its website, Hong Kong and in London, as well as from 400 stockists in more than 50 countries.