ACTIS AFRICA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£180K
-72% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-9.5% vs 2023
Employees
12
-7.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£367K
-50% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ACTIS AFRICA LIMITED 2003-11-06 → present
- ERINGOLD LIMITED 2003-09-24 → 2003-11-06
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 | £4,103,159 | £3,941,886 | |
| Operating profit | £703,281 | £358,353 | |
| Profit before tax | £735,386 | £367,471 | |
| Net profit | £1,339,397 | £582,216 | |
| Cash | £640,569 | £179,546 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,683,020 | £1,523,947 | |
| Net assets | £1,683,020 | £1,523,947 | |
| Equity | £1,683,020 | £1,523,947 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 12 | |
| Wages | £2,218,052 | £1,601,472 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 32.6% | 14.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.8% | 23.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.5% | 59.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.50x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least 12 months from the date of the report and financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Directors' report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- ACTIS AFRICA LIMITED · parent
- Actis Africa (Nigeria) Limited 100%
- Actis West Africa Income Manager Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the change in ultimate parent entity to General Atlantic Partners L.P. during 2024, the Management intends to align the auditor appointment with the General Atlantic's Group auditor (Deloitte). As a result, Ernst & Young LLP have expressed their intention not to continue as auditor and the process to appoint Deloitte LLP will be completed following the finalisation of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAY PRAKASH, Rishika | Director | 2025-09-01 | Oct 1980 | Portuguese |
| SHERIDAN, Ryan James Scott | Director | 2024-10-02 | Feb 1989 | British |
| ACTIS NOMINEE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-06-30 | — | — |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMB, Patricia Paik Wan | Secretary | 2003-10-10 | 2011-10-12 |
| LAMB, Patricia Paik Wan | Secretary | 2003-10-09 | 2003-10-09 |
| ACTIS ADMINISTRATION LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-10-12 | 2016-11-22 |
| CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-09-24 | 2003-10-09 |
| BELL, Ronald Edward, Mr. | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2019-03-15 |
| FARIBA, Marina Anne | Director | 2022-07-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| GRANT, James Murray | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2014-12-16 |
| GRANT, James Murray | Director | 2003-10-10 | 2004-06-30 |
| GRANT, James Murray | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2003-10-09 |
| HELSON, Patrick Gerard | Director | 2003-10-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| HELSON, Patrick Gerard | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2003-10-09 |
| LAMB, Patricia Paik Wan | Director | 2016-08-16 | 2022-05-16 |
| OWERS, Paul William | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2016-08-16 |
| RODGERS, Frederick Clive | Director | 2019-06-07 | 2025-09-01 |
| ACTIS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-01-06 | 2016-12-13 |
| CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-09-24 | 2003-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actis International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-3.9%
£4,103,159 £3,941,886
-
Cash
-72%
£640,569 £179,546
-
Net assets
-9.5%
£1,683,020 £1,523,947
-
Employees
-7.7%
13 12
-
Operating profit
-49%
£703,281 £358,353
-
Profit before tax
-50%
£735,386 £367,471
-
Wages
-27.8%
£2,218,052 £1,601,472
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