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Staff gathered outside the original Mobilgas filling station at Hakmana, 1940s archive photograph
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SSS commercial building in Colombo 2, with the group's initials on the roofline
Vintara Eco resort: the natural rock pool, swimming pool and lodge buildings at Gonnoruwa
Polhena Villa, the private hilltop villa at Hakmana, seen across its pool
Community gathering at a Sanjaya Foundation event
Sri Lanka · A family group since 1991

Built over generations. Managed for the long term.

Sedara Senarath Group of Companies is a Sri Lankan family group with businesses in fuel and transport, licensed retail, commercial property, hospitality and cultivation - and a foundation that prioritizes giving back to communities in need.

Fuel retail · Transport · Distribution

SSS Fuel & Transport

Fuel-station retail, distribution and commercial fuel transport from Hakmana - the Group's oldest business, trading since the 1940s.

Licensed retail

SSS Wine Stores

Licensed retail outlets in Matara and Hambanthota, operated to a modern standard, with Vintara Wine Stores trading under the SSS Wine Stores brand.

Commercial property · Leasing

Vintara Properties

Commercial buildings in prime Colombo locations, held for the long term and leased as office accommodation.

Resort · Hospitality

Vintara Eco - Hambanthota

A nature-focused resort at Gonnoruwa, set in wildlife-rich country around a striking natural rock formation.

Private villa · Cultivation

Polhena Villa & Estate

A private hilltop villa in Hakmana, on the highest point in the district, within its own working coconut estate.

Philanthropy · Community

Sanjaya Foundation

Annual medical camps, charitable giving and disaster relief - the Group's community work, carried on in the founder's name.

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1940s
Roots of our oldest business
1991
The Group founded
6
Industries served
Since 1991

Six industries served

People | Places | Progress
A stronger Sri Lanka, together.

The Group was founded in 1991 by Dr Sanjaya Sedara Senarath, whose first ventures were international - tea trading in Russia, then shipping - before the business turned homeward into hospitality, licensed retail, fuel, property and cultivation.

Today the group caters to six sectors from Colombo to the southern districts, under the second generation of family management.

Fuel & Transport Licensed Retail Commercial Property Hotels Villas Cultivation
Our companies

Six businesses, one family

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SSS Fuel & Transport red fuel bowser
SSS Fuel & Transport logo
Fuel retail · Transport · Distribution
SSS Fuel & Transport

Fuel-station retail, distribution and commercial fuel transport from Hakmana - the Group's oldest business, trading since the 1940s.

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SSS Wine Stores shopfront
SSS Wine Stores logo
Licensed retail
SSS Wine Stores

Licensed retail outlets in Matara and Hambanthota, operated to a modern standard, with Vintara Wine Stores trading under the SSS Wine Stores brand.

View company →
SSS commercial building in Colombo 2, with the group's initials on the roofline
Vintara Properties logo
Commercial property · Leasing
Vintara Properties

Commercial buildings in prime Colombo locations, held for the long term and leased as office accommodation.

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Vintara Eco resort: the natural rock pool, swimming pool and lodge buildings at Gonnoruwa
Vintara Eco - Hambanthota logo
Resort · Hospitality
Vintara Eco - Hambanthota

A nature-focused resort at Gonnoruwa, set in wildlife-rich country around a striking natural rock formation.

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Polhena Villa, the private hilltop villa at Hakmana, seen across its pool
Polhena Villa & Estate logo
Private villa · Cultivation
Polhena Villa & Estate

A private hilltop villa in Hakmana, on the highest point in the district, within its own working coconut estate.

View company →
Community gathering at a Sanjaya Foundation event
Sanjaya Foundation logo
Philanthropy · Community
Sanjaya Foundation

Annual medical camps, charitable giving and disaster relief - the Group's community work, carried on in the founder's name.

View company →
The Group's businesses - fuel and transport, commercial property, licensed retail, hospitality and cultivation
Our story

A scholarship to Moscow, and a group.

It began with a young doctor who left Sri Lanka on a scholarship to Moscow and came back a businessman. Dr Sanjaya Sedara Senarath founded the Group in 1991 and built it across six sectors before his death in 2025. It is now carried forward by his family.

Read the founder's story
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The Sanjaya Foundation

Each year the Sanjaya Foundation runs medical camps, supports charitable organisations and contributes to disaster relief across Sri Lanka. It carries the founder's name and continues the work he began.

About the Foundation →
Annual medical camp

Get in touch

Enquiries about any of our businesses, or about working with us, reach us at the Group head office in Colombo 02.

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