SELF HELP AFRICA (UK)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£459K
+94.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£129K
+61.4% vs 2023
Employees
15
-11.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£49K
+111.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- SELF HELP AFRICA (UK) 2008-07-30 → present
- HARVEST HELP 2008-07-30 → 2008-07-30
- HARVEST HELP 2008-07-08 → 2008-07-30
- SELF HELP AFRICA (UK) 2008-07-07 → 2008-07-08
- HARVEST HELP 1988-03-02 → 2008-07-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£439,173 | £48,905 | |
| Net profit | -£439,173 | £48,905 | |
| Cash | £235,368 | £458,795 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £79,603 | £128,508 | |
| Equity | £79,603 | £128,508 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 15 | |
| Wages | £458,901 | £375,809 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.35x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RBK Audit UK Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees fully recognise their responsibility to assess the going concern basis of the charity and have a reasonable expectation that Self Help Africa (UK) will be able to operate within the level of its resources for a period of at least 12 months. This assessment is based on an assessment of the impact of group income and cash forecasts and projections, taking into account assumptions about possible changes in performance and structure.”
Significant events
- “During 2025, the global organisation will be undergoing a major restructuring which will involve reducing the number of programme countries to seven by the end of 2025. In line with this decision, the number of employees, across the global support offices, is also being reduced.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKPAN, Augustine Emmanuel | Secretary | 2024-10-09 | — | — |
| MEAGHER, Geoff | Director | 2023-03-29 | Aug 1949 | Irish |
| OWENS, Dervla | Director | 2016-12-21 | May 1978 | Irish |
| ROBINSON, Mary Benita | Director | 2021-10-13 | Dec 1955 | British |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURROWS, Donald Leslie | Secretary | 1997-03-21 | 2003-10-08 |
| CARDIFF, Malachy | Secretary | 2014-07-26 | 2020-04-10 |
| MCCAUGHEY, Linda Joyce | Secretary | 1996-02-01 | 1997-03-21 |
| MCDEVITT, Peter | Secretary | 2020-04-10 | 2022-12-13 |
| MCNAMARA, Gus | Secretary | 2024-04-16 | 2024-10-09 |
| PUTNAM, Gillian Fay | Secretary | 2003-10-08 | 2008-12-18 |
| THOMAS, Melissa Jayne | Secretary | 2022-12-13 | 2024-04-16 |
| WHITE, David John | Secretary | — | 1996-02-01 |
| ADAMS, Paul Brian | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2016-12-21 |
| BALL, Alan Philip | Director | 1996-06-20 | 1998-11-09 |
| BOCKETT, Catherine Agnes | Director | 2000-06-23 | 2010-10-20 |
| BREEN, Robert | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2020-09-25 |
| BROPHY, Helen | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2015-10-09 |
| BURROWS, Donald Leslie | Director | 1996-06-20 | 2004-05-10 |
| BYRNE, Marion, Ms. | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2019-08-31 |
| CLARKE, Thomas Nigel | Director | 2007-10-18 | 2013-09-11 |
| COALES, William Oliver Alexander | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2014-05-20 |
| COPESTAKE, James Goodall, Dr | Director | — | 1997-09-21 |
| CORCORAN, Tom | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2014-07-26 |
| COTTRELL, Catherine Anne | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2024-07-24 |
| DONCASTER, Ivan George | Director | 1996-10-28 | 2013-04-22 |
| DREW, Lesley Judith | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2011-05-11 |
| DWYER, Rowena | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2020-09-25 |
| EVISON, Stephen Peter | Director | 2003-02-25 | 2009-04-21 |
| FABIAN, Peter Hewson | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2002-10-13 |
| FITZGIBBON, Catherine Anne | Director | 2020-11-04 | 2026-03-09 |
| FOX, Carmel | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2023-02-28 |
| GAULE, Sean | Director | 2014-07-26 | 2016-12-21 |
| GAYTON, Juliet Dorothy | Director | 1994-06-02 | 1995-04-07 |
| HARLAND, Robert | Director | 1994-07-20 | 1995-12-20 |
| HOEVEL, Michael | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2018-05-22 |
| HUGHES, Simon Henry Ward, Sir | Director | 1993-12-09 | 1996-02-01 |
| JACKSON, Philip Robert Lyth | Director | — | 1996-06-20 |
| KINSELLA, James | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2014-07-26 |
| KITT, Thomas | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2018-05-23 |
| LEVVY, Clinton George | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2013-04-09 |
| LOVELACE, Cheryl Elizabeth Audrey | Director | 2005-10-13 | 2008-06-26 |
| LUCAS, Rachel Jane | Director | 1999-02-08 | 2005-11-21 |
| MACAULAY, Patricia Irene | Director | 1996-03-04 | 1997-10-17 |
| MARTIN, David | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2014-02-05 |
| MESTON, John William Marc | Director | — | 1994-12-07 |
| MURRAY, Paula | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2014-07-26 |
| NAPIER, Patricia Gray | Director | — | 1995-12-20 |
| NEALE, John Robert Geoffrey, Rt Revd | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2001-09-26 |
| NYIRENDA, Jane Maureen | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2007-05-25 |
| PONDER, Valerie Margaret | Director | 2005-10-13 | 2013-01-31 |
| PUTNAM, Gillian Fay | Director | 2003-02-25 | 2008-12-18 |
| SEATON, Brian | Director | — | 1996-04-17 |
| SENTANCE, Andrew William | Director | 1996-12-17 | 2006-10-16 |
| SHERLOCK, Edward Barry Orton | Director | — | 1996-10-28 |
| SOMMERFELD, Paul John | Director | 1996-04-17 | 2007-12-06 |
| STUDD, Alexandra Mary | Director | 1999-02-08 | 2001-06-17 |
| THORNTON, Douglas Stanley, Dr | Director | — | 1994-06-02 |
| WALSH, Sheila | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2021-10-13 |
| WOOD, Adrian Paul, Professor | Director | — | 2015-10-15 |
| WOOLFORD, Michael Charles | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2009-10-21 |
| WOOLWICH, Jeremy Graham | Director | 2014-07-26 | 2016-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorta | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+94.9%
£235,368 £458,795
-
Net assets
+61.4%
£79,603 £128,508
-
Employees
-11.8%
17 15
-
Profit before tax
+111.1%
-£439,173 £48,905
-
Wages
-18.1%
£458,901 £375,809
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