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Direct Provision firm records profits of €4.52m as revenues climb to €14.9m

The company operates five different properties in Co Donegal, Co Sligo, Co Mayo, Co Offaly and Co Clare

PRE-TAX PROFITS AT one of the country’s largest accommodation providers to asylum seekers more than doubled last year to €4.52 million.

New accounts filed by Michael Gillen’s Bridgestock Care Ltd show that the company recorded the 128% increase in pre-tax profits as revenues surged by 33% from €11.2 million to €14.9 million.

The Roscommon based Bridgestock has capacity for more than 1,000 asylum seekers for locations in Sligo, Mayo, Donegal and Clare and last year numbers employed by the firm increased to 109.

According to the director’s report “the company continues to perform well” in 2021.

The report states that Gillen “is happy with the company’s performance and expects the company to continue to be profitable”.

The company operates five different properties in Co Donegal, Co Sligo, Co Mayo, Co Offaly and Co Clare – Port Road apartments (306); Globe House (218); Old Convent (266); Marian Hostel (168) and Clare Lodge Hostel (65).

The company recorded operating profits of €5.34 million last year and enjoyed the pre-tax profits of €4.52 million after paying €816,552 in interest charges.

The profit takes account of combined non-cash depreciation and amortisation charges of €988,208.

The company recorded post tax profits of €3.86 million after paying corporation tax of €665,734.

Numbers employed increased from 93 to 109 as staff costs rose from €3.22 million to €3.45 million. Director’s pay last year increased marginally from €201,130 to €207,947.

At the end of last December, the firm had accumulated profits of €6.4 million. The firm’s cash funds almost doubled from €834,393 to €1.57 milion.

Separate accounts for another operator in the ‘international protection’ accommodation sector, Next Week & Co Ltd show that it recorded post tax profits of €1.72 million for 2021 – a 58% increase on the post tax profits of €1.08 million for 2020.

Next Week and Co Ltd operates the 108 bedroom Riverside Park hotel in Macroom and also the 230 bed Abbeyfield Hotel in Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon which is an Emergency Reception and Orientation Centre (EROC) for refugees.

At the end of last December, Next Week and Co Ltd’s accumulated profits totalled €4.2 million. The firm employed 43 last year.

Fazyard Ltd is the operator of the 250 bed The Towers at Clondalkin in Dublin and the 202 bed Montague hotel in Co Laois.

Last year, Fazyard Ltd recorded pre-tax profit of €1.7 million. The company employs 45 and at the end of last year, the firm had accumulated profits of €9.7 million.

A number of the major operators in the sector have unlimited status and they are not required to file annual accounts at the Companies Office.

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    Oct 11th 2022, 4:45 PM

    The gravy train rools on

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    Oct 11th 2022, 5:24 PM

    Profiting from other people’s homelessness….. bottom of the barrel…..

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    Oct 11th 2022, 5:39 PM

    Unbelievable ..Think of the houses that could have been built with that money.. absolute waste of tax payers money

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    Oct 11th 2022, 6:00 PM

    @Marianne Sherlock: Houses take months to build. Let’s kick the asylum seekers out of this private property and onto the street and build houses instead and hope they’re still alive by the time the houses are finished? Wouldn’t like to see you in charge lol

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    Oct 11th 2022, 4:12 PM

    Tis an ill wind…. I

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    Oct 11th 2022, 4:17 PM

    Don’t hate the player hate the game

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    Oct 11th 2022, 4:32 PM

    @Tom Jacob: no game without players.

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    Oct 11th 2022, 4:43 PM

    @Elio Borza: ‘Come on Everton’ – jordan pickford

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    Oct 11th 2022, 4:57 PM

    “I tell you. Try it some time”

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    Oct 11th 2022, 10:59 PM

    So they increased their staff by roughly 18% while overall staff cost increased by around 6% – at a time when inflation is nearly 10%. No wonder their profits have gone up.

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    Oct 11th 2022, 10:57 PM

    All about the money

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    Oct 11th 2022, 6:50 PM

    There hardly going to provide services for free…

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    Oct 11th 2022, 10:38 PM

    Absolutely disgusting and immoral..

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