Anna Richardson: Partner, Career, Life After Sue Perkins

Current partner: Unnamed boyfriend (as of August 2025) · Previous partner: Sue Perkins (comedian) · Children: None reported · Occupation: Television presenter, writer, journalist · Current venture: Co-founder of Mindbox (online therapy centre)

Eight facts, one pattern: the page is dense with career detail and nearly silent on her private life.

Is Anna Richardson still with Sue Perkins?

No. Metro (UK news outlet) reported that the couple ended their romantic relationship in either 2020 or 2021, after around seven or eight years together.

The relationship went public in January 2015, when Richardson confirmed to PinkNews (LGBTQ+ media outlet) that she and Perkins were together. She said they had met through mutual friends and later encountered each other at a party.

Why did Anna Richardson split with Sue Perkins?

• No official reason has ever been published by either party; no public statement on the split appears in the record reviewed for this profile.
• Metro reported that the pair have spoken about forgiveness since the breakup (Metro (UK news outlet)).
• Context: before Perkins, Richardson’s previous long-term partner was identified in coverage as film or television producer Charles Martin, with reports of that relationship’s length ranging from 18 to approximately 20 years (Metro (UK news outlet)).

The honest answer to “why” is that the record does not say. A quiet ending without a joint statement is unusual for such a public couple.

Does Sue Perkins currently have a partner?

• No current partner is named for Perkins in any source reviewed for this article.
• Perkins has not publicly announced a new relationship.

So the accurate answer is that the public record is empty. That is not evidence of anything — just a gap in what is verifiable.

What illness does Sue Perkins have?

• Perkins has not publicly disclosed a named illness in the sources reviewed.
• The question appears in search results, but no supporting public record was found for this profile.

This may be one of those search artifacts that grows because people keep asking it, not because something happened. There is no documented diagnosis to report.

The pattern: a relationship that began with a clear public statement ended with none. That asymmetry is why “why did they split?” remains one of the most searched questions about Richardson, with no source to answer it.

The implication: the public record is clear on the ending, even if the reason is not.

What is Anna Richardson doing now?

Her largest current project is not a TV series. Richardson is co-founder of Mindbox (24-hour online therapy centre), described on her website as focused on stress and anxiety.

• She is also a qualified cognitive hypnotherapist (Anna Richardson official website (personal bio))
• When Mindbox launched, secondary coverage described it as an online service connecting subscribers with mental-health professionals (PinkNews (LGBTQ+ media outlet))
• She has written two books on food and dieting, according to her own biography (Anna Richardson official website (personal bio))

She began her television career as a journalist on The Big Breakfast, then developed, wrote and produced formats for BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five (her official biography). Her Channel 4 presenting credits include Supersize vs Superskinny, Secret Eaters and Naked Attraction (her official biography).

Why this matters: Mindbox gives her a second public identity. Someone searching for “Anna Richardson partner” now finds a mental-health entrepreneur, not just a former Channel 4 presenter.

The takeaway: her professional pivot is the defining story, not the relationship updates.

Has Anna Richardson got children?

The short answer: there is no public record that she has children.

• Her official biography does not mention children (Anna Richardson official website (personal bio))
• In 2017, coverage of her relationship with Perkins discussed possible fostering or adoption (PinkNews (LGBTQ+ media outlet))
• In 2020, Richardson said she was considering fostering or adoption independently of Perkins (Hello! Magazine (UK celebrity magazine))

That 2020 interview — published while she and Perkins shared a London house during lockdown (Hello! Magazine (UK celebrity magazine)) — showed a woman still open to parenthood, though nothing suggests she has taken that step publicly. The takeaway: every source answers the same way — no record of children — while her public comments point toward fostering or adoption.

Who is Anne Richardson?

“Anne Richardson” is how a surprising number of people type the presenter’s name, and the two names are frequently conflated in search results.

• Her full name is Anna Clare Richardson.
• No separate public figure named “Anne Richardson” matches this biography in the sources reviewed.

The most likely explanation is misspelling. The person behind the searches is always Anna: born in Wellington, Shropshire; a career in British television; a relationship history that includes Sue Perkins.

Is Anna Richardson pansexual?

• No public statement from Richardson confirms a pansexual identity in the sources reviewed.
• The question keeps appearing in People Also Ask because her relationship history includes both a man and a woman — not because she has used the label.
• What is documented is a relationship with a male producer and, later, with comedian Sue Perkins (PinkNews (LGBTQ+ media outlet))

The catch: “Anne” is a search artifact, not a separate person, and a People Also Ask question is not evidence of anything Richardson has said about herself.

Who is Anna Richardson’s partner now?

As of August 2025, Richardson is dating a boyfriend whose name she has not made public. OK! magazine reported the relationship that month, saying she is in no rush for them to move in together.

• The boyfriend’s identity has not been confirmed publicly (OK! magazine, August 2025).
• She told the magazine she does not want them to move in together yet (OK! magazine, August 2025).
• She remains close to Sue Perkins, according to the same report (OK! magazine, August 2025).

Who is Anna Richardson’s partner in 2026?

• No verified information for 2026 exists in any source reviewed.
• The most recent documented status is the unnamed boyfriend from August 2025 (OK! magazine).
• Any claim that she is or isn’t with someone in 2026 is speculation until a reliable source confirms it.

The accurate 2026 answer, for now, is the same as 2025: an unnamed partner, with the caveat that a year is a long time in anyone’s love life. What this means: the verifiable status ends at August 2025. Everything beyond that is a search query, not a fact.

The implication: until she or a reliable source updates the record, the partner status remains the August 2025 snapshot.

Anna Richardson timeline: key dates

Seven dates, one pattern: the personal milestones all came to light through third-party reporting, while her own website supplies the only self-published marker.

The pattern in the dates: a public beginning, a lockdown spent together, and an ending that was never formally announced.

What’s confirmed and what’s still unclear

The balance of evidence is clear: her professional life is documented; almost every private-life detail rests on a single tabloid interview.

What Anna Richardson has said about the split and her new life

“I have no desire to rush into moving in with my new partner — and Sue and I are still close.”

— Anna Richardson, as reported by OK! magazine, August 2025

“I’m a producer, presenter and journalist with more than 20 years of broadcasting experience.”

— Anna Richardson’s official biography

“Anna Richardson and Sue Perkins ‘forgave’ their breakup, with the split reported to have taken place in 2020 or 2021.”

— Metro, January 2024

The pattern: Richardson talks about her future — Mindbox, a new partner — more openly than about her past. That is exactly why the record has a hard edge where the relationship ended.

The version of Anna Richardson that fans are still searching for — the one defined by Sue Perkins — ended around 2020 or 2021. The current version is a mental-health entrepreneur with an unnamed boyfriend and a carefully protected private life. For viewers who grew up watching her on Channel 4, the decision is straightforward: follow Mindbox now, or keep waiting for headline updates that will always lag behind what she is actually doing.

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