ORICA AFRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£944K
-23.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-12.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£686K
-191.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ORICA AFRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-07-20 → present
- MMTT LIMITED 1999-10-06 → 2018-07-20
- M.M.T. (UK) LIMITED 1998-12-11 → 1999-10-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,113,417 | £36,183,099 | |
| Operating profit | £758,340 | -£739,066 | |
| Profit before tax | £753,150 | -£686,434 | |
| Net profit | £545,589 | -£530,764 | |
| Cash | £1,232,024 | £943,662 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,226,093 | £3,695,330 | |
| Net assets | £4,226,093 | £3,695,330 | |
| Equity | £4,226,093 | £3,695,330 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.9% | -20.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.56x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | 12.63x | -249.26x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have made enquiries of our immediate Parent Company, Orica UK Limited, who have confirmed they shall make available such financial resources that are necessary to enable the Company to continue its normal operating activities as a going concern, and to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Orica UK Limited have confirmed they have the financial ability to support the Company for up to 12 months after the date of approval of the 30 September 2024 financial statements of the Company.”
Group structure
- ORICA AFRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Orica Burkina 100%
- Orica Mali SARL 100%
- Orica Côte D'Ivoire SARL 100%
Significant events
- “Due to a number of country specific risk factors beyond the control of Orica, the Orica EMEA executive took the difficult decision to wind down its subsidiaries in Burkina Faso and Mali. The key customers were informed, and separation agreements were executed in December 2024. The operational demobilisation is currently underway whereafter the formal liquidation of the entities shall commence. The envisaged date for closure is end December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-04-01 | — | — |
| ALFORD, Joseph | Director | 2025-11-12 | Feb 1988 | British |
| GOODACRE, Laurence | Director | 2025-04-16 | Jun 1980 | Australian |
| HAMMER, Christian Arnstein | Director | 2022-11-28 | Nov 1990 | British |
| IHLE, Timothy Christopher | Director | 2025-04-16 | Apr 1983 | Australian |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADKINS, Graham Laurence Warwick | Secretary | 2007-03-08 | 2007-04-24 |
| BELL, June Margaret | Secretary | 1998-12-11 | 2001-05-16 |
| GILL, David Greatorex | Secretary | 2001-04-01 | 2007-03-08 |
| PIPER, Mark Richard John | Secretary | 2007-04-24 | 2008-12-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-11 | 1998-12-11 |
| ASSINDER, Peter | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2018-09-07 |
| BEIER, Detlev William | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| BELL, June Margaret | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2003-05-15 |
| BROWN, Richard | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2016-06-15 |
| BYWATER, Ian | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2007-04-24 |
| COLLINS, Matthew Ian | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2018-06-15 |
| DOUGAL, Andrew | Director | 2018-09-07 | 2020-12-10 |
| HOEKSTRA, Emile Philip | Director | 2012-01-20 | 2014-03-31 |
| HOLFORD, Heather Louise | Director | 2021-06-17 | 2022-11-21 |
| MOODLEY, Ravichandran | Director | 2018-09-07 | 2020-10-12 |
| MORALES BAEZA, Victor Enrique | Director | 2021-03-29 | 2025-04-16 |
| MOUTON, Barend Johannes | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2017-12-08 |
| NAPOLETANO, Michael Joseph | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2018-09-07 |
| PETZOLD, Jan Olaf, Dr | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2011-11-07 |
| PIPER, Mark Richard John | Director | 2007-04-24 | 2008-10-23 |
| REEVES, Graham | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2000-07-28 |
| REICH, Michael | Director | 2007-04-24 | 2008-09-30 |
| ROMANELLI, Domenic | Director | 2011-11-07 | 2013-10-22 |
| ROY, Abhisek | Director | 2020-12-10 | 2025-04-16 |
| SVOZIL, Peter | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2016-11-17 |
| SWISS, Adam David Radcliffe | Director | 2018-09-07 | 2021-06-17 |
| WARWICK ADKINS, Graham Laurence | Director | 1998-12-11 | 2007-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mintun 4 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-31 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
| Orica Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+9.3%
£33,113,417 £36,183,099
-
Cash
-23.4%
£1,232,024 £943,662
-
Net assets
-12.6%
£4,226,093 £3,695,330
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-197.5%
£758,340 -£739,066
-
Profit before tax
-191.1%
£753,150 -£686,434
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