The pub toilet cleaning company owned by Liam and Des O'Dwyer has more than doubled its sales to €2.6 million.
The strong performance of Dublin Sanitary Disposals, based in Barrow Street, Ringsend, in the year ended September 2005, was in contrast to the brother's pub chain, Capital Bars, which has posted pretax losses of €18 million.
The O'Dwyers, who own Dublin city centre pubs like Cafe en Seine and the George, benefited from the company's success, taking total emoluments of €697,692 out of the business. This was significantly up on the previous year, when the corresponding figure stood at €224,289.
The company had sales of €2.6 million in the period, up from €1.1 million in the same period in 2004.
The accounts for the brothers' pub business disclose that services were provided to the pub chain via Dublin Sanitary Disposals under a management services agreement, which amounted to €589,000 last year.
The gross profit stood at €2.4 million, up from €1 million. The profit increase would have been greater but for a rise in costs, particularly in the distribution overhead.
The disposal company's website describes it as a professional restroom management company offering waste management, air freshening systems, vending hygiene products and soap dispensing systems.
Its customers are airports, shopping centres, supermarkets, pubs, office buildings, Government departments, leisure centres and healthcare services.
It has a customer base all over Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and parts of Wexford and Meath.
The company currently employs in excess of 35 members of staff and has more than 10 vehicles on the road serving several thousand clients.
This week, losses for the brothers' pub company were disclosed. Capital Bars is owned by a company called Full Circle, which suffered from falling sales in the period to the end of September 2005.
Pub sales were down 3 per cent, while the company was forced to write-off significant asset and goodwill from the business.
Dublin Sanitary Disposals is now in a strong financial position, sitting on retained profits of €5 million and shareholders funds of €6.9 million.
