Tillingdale

Michael O'Leary's personal Mercedes, operated by O'Leary Cabs and complete with "for hire" roof bar

Tillingdale, originally Tillingdale Limited, is an Irish company based in Mullingar, Ireland. It was founded in 2000[1] to provide furniture management and horse breeding services under the name Gigginstown House Stud.[2][3] Since 2003, Tillingdale has also operated under the name O'Leary Cabs,[3][4] a provider of taxicab services.[5]

The company is owned entirely by Michael O'Leary,[3][6] CEO of the Irish airline Ryanair. During 2004, the company made a profit of approximately €500,000.[3] In 2013 the company was converted from a limited company to a privately owned unlimited company, meaning that public accounts no longer needed to be filed.[7]

  1. ^ "Tillingdale Limited (#333471)". Company Details. Companies Registration Office (Ireland). Retrieved 7 March 2010. Registered: 04/10/2000
  2. ^ "Gigginstown House Stud (#194986)". Business Name Details. Companies Registration Office (Ireland). Retrieved 7 March 2010. Registered: 08/01/2001
  3. ^ a b c d Felle, Tom (24 May 2005). "No-frills airline boss spares no expense to extend estate". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2010. [O'Leary] is the sole shareholder, ... €500,000 in 2004 ... owns the business name O'Leary Cabs, bought Mr O'Leary's taxi plate in 2003. ... company's main activity is as a stud farm. It trades as Gigginstown House Stud Farm and owns a number of horses, including War of Attrition
  4. ^ "O'Leary Cabs (#232538)". Business Name Details. Companies Registration Office (Ireland). Retrieved 7 March 2010. Registered: 10/03/2003
  5. ^ Connolly, Niamh (30 January 2005). "O'Leary Cabs must open for business". The Sunday Business Post. Ireland: Thomas Crosbie Media. Archived from the original on 17 November 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  6. ^ Noonan, Laura (15 May 2005). "O'Leary firms make €500k profit". The Sunday Business Post. Ireland: Thomas Crosbie Media. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  7. ^ Mulligan, John (10 January 2013). "Michael O'Leary makes his personal taxi firm's accounts private". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2015. The airline chief has made the company unlimited, in a move that frees it from the obligation of having to file publicly available accounts every year with the Companies Office.