Pre-tax profit and turnover leapt at Zaha Hadid Architects in the first year of the pandemic, along with directors’ pay, its latest accounts show.

Turnover shot up from £53m to £60.9m in the year to April 2021, a rise of 15%, while pre-tax profit almost tripled from £3.28m in 2020 to £9.07m.

Six directors took home £3.29m between them, a rise of more than 60%. They were principal Patrik Schumacher, chief executive Mouzhan Majidi, Jim Heverin, who designed the London Olympic Aquatics Centre, Gianluca Racana, Charles Walker, and Charlotte Phillips who has since resigned.

The pay packet for the highest-paid director

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