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WESTCON GROUP AFRICA OPERATIONS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 01264633
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1976-06-23
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-02-28
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62090
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have taken account of current trading conditions and forecasts for future performance and believe that the company has sufficient financial resources to continue in business and therefore remain satisfied that the going concern assumption remains appropriate. The Directors have obtained formal confirmation from the Parent company, Westcon Group European Operations Limited of its irrevocable commitment to continue to provide financial support to the Company. This commitment will continue for a period not less than twelve months from the date of signing the statutory financial statements of the Company for the year ended 28 February 2025.”
Subsidiaries
- Westcon Africa FZCO · 100% held · Dubai · Holding
- NOX UK Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Distributor of IT products
- Westcon Africa (Zambia) Ltd. · 75% held · Zambia · Distributor of IT products
- Westcon Africa (Angola) Ltd. · 100% held · Angola · Distributor of IT products
- Westcon Africa (Kenya) Ltd. · 100% held · Kenya · Distributor of IT products
- Westcon Africa Distribution (Nigeria) Ltd. · 100% held · Nigeria · Distributor of IT products
- Westcon Africa (Tanzania) Ltd. · 100% held · Tanzania · Distributor of IT products
- Westcon Africa (Mauritius) Ltd. · 100% held · Mauritius · Distributor of IT products
- Westcon Africa Tunisia · 49% held · Tunisia · Distributor of IT products
Significant events
- “The macroeconomic, geopolitical tension and market conditions in Africa continue to be challenging given the recent currency crisis, notably in Angola where the company's subsidiary is selling significantly less to restrict any future losses from non-payment.”
- “The decline in Hardware sales is attributed to the restrictions with the Westcon Export Licence (Shipping Export Authorization Licence (SEAL)/Open Individual Export License (OIEL) UK & Netherlands) which has limited coverage for several countries in Africa.”
- “On 28 June 2023 the company sold one of its subsidiary NOX UK Limited to an indirect parent entity, Westcon International Limited for $1, the investment cost for this company had already been fully impaired.”
- “On 22 July 2024 the company invested US$ 856 in subsidiary Westcon Africa Tunisia having 49% shareholding in the company.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Daniel Owen Malcolm | Secretary | 2015-04-16 | — | — |
| GRANT, David | Director | 2017-09-28 | Nov 1964 | British |
| MCGREGOR, Callum Grant | Director | 2018-07-31 | Sep 1978 | South African |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAGATIA, Hitendra | Secretary | 2013-03-01 | 2015-04-16 |
| MOSER, Paul Raymond | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2014-03-01 |
| MOSER, Susan Wendy | Secretary | — | 2005-09-30 |
| BUTT, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2015-01-20 | 2017-09-15 |
| HODGETTS, Richard Eric | Director | 2015-01-20 | 2017-01-12 |
| MOSER, Paul Raymond | Director | — | 2013-03-01 |
| MOSER, Susan Wendy | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2009-05-15 |
| MOSER, Susan Wendy | Director | — | 2005-09-30 |
| ODUOL, William Odhiambo | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2015-12-16 |
| POPAT, Hanif | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2010-07-20 |
| POPAT, Hassan | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2011-12-31 |
| TOOHEY, Jonathan Keith | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2018-07-31 |
| WOLFENDEN, John Michael | Director | 2010-07-20 | 2015-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westcon Group European Operations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-27 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-12-17 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2021-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2021-10-22 | AD03 | address | move registers to sail company with new address |
| 2021-10-22 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with new address |
| 2021-09-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-01-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2019-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2019-01-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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