Profit & Loss: Inside the world of private Irish businesses

Alimentary Health, Java Republic and the Irish Credit Bureau

Bishopscourt Investments, the company behind the K Club, saw its turnover rise from €12.8 million to €14.1 million in 2016.

Accumulated profits atAlimentary Health, a company associated with UCC's Microbiome Institute, rose from €4.7 million to €7.1 million in 2016.

The company, which develops medicines to help irritable bowel syndrome, was founded in 1999.

It made €3.4 million in royalty income in 2016 (it licensed one of its priobiotics to Procter & Gamble in 2005), which was up from €2.9 million the year before. It was sitting on assets worth €20.4 million, mostly ...