W. Chump and Sons

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W. Chump & Sons
Limited company
Industry Television production
Genre Factual entertainment automotive journalism
Founded July 2015; 8 years ago (2015-07)
Headquarters Studio 4, Power Road Studios, Power Road, Chiswick[1], London
Products The Grand Tour
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Parent Chump Holdings
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  • W. Chump & Sons
  • W. Chump & Sons Productions
  • W. Chump & Sons (Mugs & T-shirts)

W. Chump & Sons Ltd[2] is an independent television production company founded in July 2015 in the United Kingdom.[3] The company is headquartered on Power Road, Chiswick, London, and owned by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman. The directors of the company are the former presenters and producer of the MPH Show and Top Gear Live exhibition tours, as well as the former Top Gear series produced for BBC Television until March 2015. As of 2016 the company was engaged in producing The Grand Tour a television series scheduled to debut on Amazon Video in late-2016.[4]

Two of the directors, Clarkson and Wilman previously owned a similar company called Bedder 6 up until 2012 when it was sold to BBC Worldwide.[5]

Company

Chump Holdings Limited is the holding company for the group of companies.[6] The relationship between Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman and control of the company is covered by a 46-page Articles of Incorporation.[7][8] The company name includes the initial letters of the directors' surnames.[9]

In August 2015 property agency Martin Burke & Associated were tasked with finding a suitable office with "generous car parking space" in Hammersmith, Chiswick or Notting Hill.[10] The company initially used temporary office space in Notting Hill.[11] In October 2015 W. Chump & Sons took a three-year lease on an office at Power Road Studios in Chiswick—at the time leased from Sapcote Group—paying £38 per square-foot.[12][13] The building containing the offices was subsequently bought by Helical Bar from Sapcote.[14][15][16] The company moved in at the beginning of January 2016.[17]

A second company, W. Chump & Sons Productions Limited (company number 09715710) was founded in September 2015 with Andy Wilman as its sole director.[18] A third company Chump Productions (company number 09806303) with Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman as directors and owned by Chump Holdings was founded on 2 October 2015.[19] The companies use the registered office of legal firm Olswang at 90 High Holborn, London.

In mid-December 2015 Clarkson stated to Jeremy Paxman of the Financial Times that "serious business folk who want to be in on what looks set to be a roaring success will have to carry business cards bearing their name and rank in the hierarchy of, for example, W Chump and Sons (mugs and T-shirts)".[20] One week later, a fourth company W. Chump & Sons (Mugs & T-Shirts) Limited (company number 09928481) was incorporated on 23 December 2015 and made up of the four main directors, plus Ernesto Schmitt formerly of Beamly and EMI Music.[21]

Cars

In late-2015 the organisation acquired four Reliant Robin three-wheelers as company cars.[20][22][23][11] The fleet of four cars for Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman cost under £15,000.[11]

Amazon

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Main article: The Grand Tour (TV series)

In July 2015, the directors of W. Chump & Sons signed contracts with the online broadcaster Amazon Video to join a list of original programs distributed by Amazon and produce 36 episodes of The Grand Tour.[24] The deal was arranged by Chris Bird and Conrad Riggs of Amazon.[25] The first series was scheduled to be distributed to Amazon Prime's online customers from late-2016.[22] Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos described the deal as being "very, very, very expensive".[26]

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