In another bumper year for the two comedians, Johnny ‘Smacks’ McMahon and Johnny B O’Brien, accounts show that post-tax profits at the pair’s Big Ball Small Ball Productions Ltd totalled €281,253 for the 12 months to the end of April last.
The post-tax profits resulted in accumulated profits at the company rising above €1m for the first time to reach €1.13m at the end of last April.
The post-tax profit of €281,253 for last year was a 38pc drop on the €453,682 figure for the previous year.
Profits reduced as directors’ pay, including pension contributions, for the two soared by 48pc from €485,447 to €718,993.
Directors’ pay was made up of €521,493 while pension contributions more than doubled to €197,500.
The company employs four people, and staff costs last year, including directors’ pay, increased from €568,175 to €802,465.
Company coffers were boosted during the year under review with The 2 Johnnies recording a box office of €741,597 in front of 12,450 fans at the sell-out gig at Dublin’s 3Arena in December 2024.
The 2 Johnnies’ live shows have proved hugely popular
Box-office receipts are shared between artist, promoter, venue operator and ticket seller.
During the year under review, The 2 Johnnies also staged their very successful Pints in a Field at St Anne’s Park in Dublin in June 2024.
The pair return to the 3Arena in April for what is already a sell-out show. They will again stage Pints in a Field at St Anne’s Park on June 8.
Next month, they will start a five-city tour of Australia and New Zealand that takes in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane during February, before an Auckland gig on March 1.
The year under review took in their shock departure from 2FM as afternoon hosts in May 2024.
It also coincided with an explosion in popularity for the 2 Johnnies’ podcast where its ‘GAA Catfish’ episodes recorded over two million streams across the globe over four days last January.
Cash funds at the company – owned and controlled by John O’Brien and Jonathon McMahon – decreased last year from €618,026 to €465,868, while money owed by debtors rose from €251,838 to €635,135.
During their time at 2FM, the Co Tipperary men increased their audience to 150,000, making it the most listened to show on 2FM at the time.
The two also added revenues last year with the sales of books, merchandise and music.