FARM AFRICA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+8.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+18.5% vs 2023
Employees
246
+8.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FARM AFRICA LIMITED 2015-08-11 → present
- FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1990-01-24 → 2015-08-11
- FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH MISSION 1985-06-27 → 1990-01-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,043,000 | £13,947,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,222,000 | £410,000 | |
| Cash | £2,754,000 | £2,999,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,191,000 | £3,895,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,159,000 | £3,744,000 | |
| Equity | £3,159,000 | £3,744,000 | |
| Average employees | 226 | 246 | |
| Wages | £5,546,000 | £6,295,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -35.6% | 2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.9% | 22.7% | |
| Current ratio | 8.03x | 4.94x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have assessed Farm Africa's ability to continue as a going concern... After considering these factors, the trustees have concluded that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FARM AFRICA LIMITED · parent
- Farm Africa Trading Limited 1%
- Farm Africa Enterprises Limited 1%
- Farm Africa Intellectual Property Limited 1%
Significant events
- “launches of our Giving Circle, with Sabrina Dhowre Elba as patron”
- “engaging new website, which was subsequently nominated for a prestigious Webby award.”
- “At the COP 29 climate change conference in December 2024, we were proud to be awarded a grant by the Global Environment Facility to scale up efforts to ensure finance for climate adaptation reaches those who need it most: smallholder farmers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 72 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALLACE-LU, Lucinda | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Nick Graham | Director | 2018-05-31 | Sep 1952 | British |
| CALDWELL, Kenneth Mathieson | Director | 2021-02-08 | Apr 1955 | British |
| INAMDAR, Amar | Director | 2025-07-18 | Aug 1969 | British |
| JAY, François | Director | 2023-09-01 | Dec 1962 | French |
| MARKS, Julian David | Director | 2022-09-09 | Oct 1967 | British |
| MILLER SMITH, Caroline Maisie | Director | 2022-09-09 | Sep 1968 | British |
| NGIGE, Jane | Director | 2018-07-04 | Jun 1956 | Kenyan |
| ONYANGO, Anna Olivia Akinyi | Director | 2023-09-01 | Oct 1959 | Kenyan |
| PICKARD, Keith William | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| UNWIN, Vicky | Director | 2022-09-09 | Nov 1957 | British |
Show 72 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Jenny Natasha | Secretary | 2011-01-10 | 2016-05-31 |
| HOPKINS, Elizabeth Ann, Dr | Secretary | 2006-05-08 | 2007-01-22 |
| HOPKINS, Elizabeth Ann, Dr | Secretary | 2002-06-27 | 2004-11-02 |
| KEITH, Andrew | Secretary | 2004-11-02 | 2006-05-08 |
| MALLACE-LU, Lucinda | Secretary | 2021-07-07 | 2023-02-03 |
| MUNTAKIM, Syed Abdul | Secretary | 2023-02-03 | 2024-02-15 |
| SAXTON, Michael Paul | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | 2020-09-17 |
| THOMPSON, Karen | Secretary | 2007-01-22 | 2010-12-17 |
| TOTTERDELL, Giles Alexander | Secretary | 2020-09-17 | 2021-07-07 |
| WILMOT, Peter Wilfred | Secretary | — | 2002-06-27 |
| BATCHELAR, Judith Margaret | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2021-10-22 |
| BATTERS, Minette | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2022-09-09 |
| BONDE NIELSEN, Jan | Director | — | 2024-09-06 |
| BOODLE, Camilla Jane | Director | 1998-06-30 | 1999-12-31 |
| BOUGHTON, Henry George | Director | — | 1996-07-16 |
| BOWDEN, Mark Rainer | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2001-06-26 |
| BRERETON, Colin Ian | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2023-09-01 |
| BROWN, Serena Marie | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2024-09-06 |
| BROWNING, Robert John | Director | 1993-04-28 | 2000-06-27 |
| CAINE, Michael, Sir | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Denis John | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| CHIRWA, Ephraim Wadonda, Professor | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2014-11-18 |
| CLAY, Edward John, Dr | Director | 1994-08-30 | 2000-06-27 |
| COLLINSON, Michael Porter, Doctor | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2007-06-20 |
| COOKE, John Graham | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| COWARD, Norman | Director | 2001-12-17 | 2008-06-25 |
| CROCKER, Stewart | Director | 2002-01-29 | 2003-09-17 |
| CROSS, Nigel | Director | — | 1995-10-10 |
| DE LA BILLIERE, Peter, Sir | Director | 1992-09-28 | 2001-06-26 |
| DE RAMSEY, John Ailwyn, The Lord | Director | 2002-01-29 | 2006-06-17 |
| DEWE MATHEWS, Bernard Piers | Director | 2000-10-20 | 2006-06-21 |
| EVANS, Martin Charles | Director | 2007-03-21 | 2013-06-26 |
| GILL, Arthur Benjamin Norman, Sir | Director | — | 1998-02-17 |
| HARRIS OF HIGH CROSS, Ralph, Lord | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| HAZELL, Peter Brian Reginald, Dr. | Director | 2005-06-15 | 2012-06-27 |
| HEININGER, John Patrick | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| HOPKINS, Elizabeth Ann, Dr | Director | 2000-09-12 | 2007-06-20 |
| IMRU, Laketch Mikael | Director | 2016-06-23 | 2025-07-18 |
| JENDEN, Penny Eleanor, Ms. | Director | — | 2001-06-26 |
| KYDD, Jonathan Graham, Professor | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2019-07-09 |
| LACKMANN, Richard Anton | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2014-06-25 |
| LANGDON, Philippa Francis Mary | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2003-06-25 |
| MACDONALD, Richard | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2019-07-09 |
| MALIM, Robin Hilary Beaumont | Director | 1995-10-10 | 2002-06-27 |
| MASON, Lindsay Alec | Director | — | 1995-10-10 |
| MEYNELL, Anthony Charles | Director | 1993-11-08 | 1999-06-29 |
| MONTGOMERY, Alan Everard | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2001-06-26 |
| MOUSAVIZADEH, Nader Alexander | Director | 2008-05-25 | 2014-06-25 |
| NGINI, Carey Muriithi | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2018-07-05 |
| NICHOLSON, Michael | Director | — | 1996-07-16 |
| OPUKAH, Shabanji | Director | 2002-01-29 | 2007-10-16 |
| OTIM-NAPE, George William, Professor | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2014-03-13 |
| PANKHURST, Helen Sylvia Tarik, Dr | Director | 2006-12-14 | 2014-04-13 |
| PLUMB, Charles Henry, Lord | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| PUGH, Janet Mary | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2007-06-20 |
| RAE, Victoria Shelley | Director | 2006-12-14 | 2012-11-05 |
| RANSON, Roy Henry | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2001-06-26 |
| RANSON, Roy Henry | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| REED, Charles Christian Thomas | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2023-09-01 |
| REIZENSTEIN, Anthony Jonathan | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2025-07-18 |
| SEKITOLEKO, Victoria Balyejusa | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-06-09 |
| SHAW, John | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2018-07-05 |
| SIMKIN, Peter Lewis | Director | 1995-10-10 | 1998-06-30 |
| SMITH, Timothy John | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2024-03-22 |
| TYLER, Rodney Stuart | Director | 2000-09-12 | 2001-06-26 |
| VINEY, Nicholas Morton | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Timothy Olalekan, Dr | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2010-12-15 |
| WILMOT, Peter Wilfred | Director | — | 2002-06-27 |
| WOOD, Martin Francis, Sir | Director | — | 2004-08-09 |
| YOUNG, John Todd | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2022-09-09 |
| ZUCKERMAN, Paul Sebastian | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2008-06-25 |
| FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-05-20 | 2010-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+54.2%
£9,043,000 £13,947,000
-
Cash
+8.9%
£2,754,000 £2,999,000
-
Net assets
+18.5%
£3,159,000 £3,744,000
-
Employees
+8.8%
226 246
-
Wages
+13.5%
£5,546,000 £6,295,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers