INFRACO AFRICA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-18 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-04
Watchouts
Cash
£31M
+127.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£114M
+18% vs 2023
Employees
56
+5.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£16M
-37.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-09-25
- INFRACO AFRICA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 2025-09-25 → present
- INFRACO AFRICA LIMITED 2013-04-30 → 2025-09-25
- INFRACO LIMITED 2004-08-04 → 2013-04-30
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£17,823,835 | -£17,073,909 | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,515,916 | -£15,866,296 | |
| Net profit | -£11,617,844 | -£16,088,319 | |
| Cash | £13,717,885 | £31,249,338 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £96,367,505 | £113,689,422 | |
| Net assets | £96,367,505 | £113,689,422 | |
| Equity | £96,367,505 | £113,689,422 | |
| Average employees | 53 | 56 | |
| Wages | £5,418,994 | £5,958,748 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -18.5% | -15.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.7% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 5.32x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company meets its day to day working capital predominantly requirements through issuing share capital. In addition to this, income is received through the sale of development projects and development costs recovered. The Directors have considered the Company's cash flow requirements for the 12 months from the date of issue of the financial statements, and they consider that the Company will continue to have sufficient funds for the foreseeable future. The Directors have made supported assumptions regarding revenues receivable from current investments, future funding, and share capital to be issued, which the Directors feel is sufficient for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- INFRACO AFRICA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED · parent
- InfraCo Africa (East Africa) Limited 100%
- IAWA S.A.R.L.A.U 100%
- Kalangala Infrastructure Services Limited 34.21%
- Chanyanya Infrastructure Company Limited 80%
- Chiansi Irrigation Infrastructure Company Limited 99%
- Western Power Company Limited 54.79%
- JCM Matswani Solar Corp Limited 25%
- Djermaya Holdings Limited 100%
- East Africa Marine Transport Company Limited 87.5%
- Golomoti JCM Solar Corporation Limited 25%
- Off Grid Power (SL) Limited 0%
- Liberia Inland Storage and Distribution Services Inc. 70.4%
- Bonergie Irrigation SASU 49%
- Kudura Power (EA) Limited 40%
- Rift Valley Geothermal HoldCo Limited 67.07%
- Mobility for Africa 40%
- Equatorial Power BV 65%
- Vungu Solar (Private) Limtied 4%
- Kong Solaire SAS 49%
- WindGen Power USA Inc. 10.3%
Significant events
- “The Company achieved one financial close a US$1.5m investment in Afresco which provides 'Energy-as-a-Service' within the commerce and industry (C&I) space.”
- “In June 2024 the Company and its partners announced the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement with TANESCO, the state-owned national utility of Tanzania. The PPA signing is a significant milestone for the 4.6MW Lilondi Hydropower project which is expected to be the first of a portfolio of six run-of-river hydro plants to be developed by the partners in Tanzania.”
- “In July 2024 Kong Solaire, jointly owned by the Company and Ivorian developer Africa Via, signed a concession agreement with the Ivorian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum, and Energy, the Ivorian Ministry of Finance and Budget, and Côte d'Ivoire Energies to develop a 50 MWp solar power plant located in a northern region of Côte d'Ivoire under a Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) model.”
- “The Group continued to support its investment in East Africa Marine Transport - a scheduled roll-on/roll-off freight transport service across Lake Victoria - which celebrated its inauguration in early 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-15 | — | — |
| MAKONI, Augustine Pasipamire | Director | 2024-10-04 | Dec 1976 | Zimbabwean |
| SØRHUS, Cecilie | Director | 2024-10-04 | May 1977 | Norwegian |
| VAES, Gilles | Director | 2022-06-16 | Sep 1971 | Belgian |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARRIOTT, Robin Ralph | Secretary | 2004-08-04 | 2004-12-15 |
| BARLOW, Peter George | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| BIRD, Peter | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2012-10-11 |
| CHILTON, Michael Barry | Director | 2018-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
| CHITALU, Valentine | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| COHEN, James Lionel | Director | 2018-03-31 | 2022-04-30 |
| COUNT, Brian Morrison, Dr | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| EVISON, Roderick Anthony | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2018-03-31 |
| KATON, Alexander Crutchley | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2018-06-30 |
| LIM HSI-YUN, Claudine | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2024-12-31 |
| MAKONI, Tinashe | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2024-05-10 |
| MSISKA, Maria Brigitta | Director | 2015-03-17 | 2018-03-31 |
| MWINDAARE, Godfrey Morgin | Director | 2018-03-31 | 2022-04-30 |
| NOOY, Allard Mark | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2022-06-28 |
| PAINTER, Katherine Rosalind | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| PALMER, Keith Francis, Dr | Director | 2004-08-04 | 2014-03-31 |
| PARRY, Richard | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2012-09-17 |
| SONGINI, Tania Louise | Director | 2018-03-31 | 2022-04-30 |
| VALAHU, Philip | Director | 2018-03-31 | 2022-04-30 |
| WEST, Stephen Keith | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| WITCOMB, Roger Mark | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2011-12-01 |
| YAPP, Timothy Stuart | Director | 2004-08-04 | 2004-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Private Infrastructure Development Group Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-16 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
| Iq Eq Trustees (Mauritius) Ltd | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors | 2021-12-01 | Ceased 2023-06-27 |
| Sg Kleinwort Hambros Trust Company (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-03-26 | Ceased 2025-05-16 |
| Minimax Ltd | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors | 2019-03-26 | Ceased 2023-06-27 |
| The Private Infrastructure Development Group Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-04-26 | Active |
| The Private Infrastructure Development Group Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-03-31 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
| Sg Hambros Trust Company Ltd As Trustee Of The Pidg Trust | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-03-31 | Ceased 2019-03-26 |
| Marriott Davies Yapp Llp | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-25 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-25 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+127.8%
£13,717,885 £31,249,338
-
Net assets
+18%
£96,367,505 £113,689,422
-
Employees
+5.7%
53 56
-
Operating profit
+4.2%
-£17,823,835 -£17,073,909
-
Profit before tax
-37.8%
-£11,515,916 -£15,866,296
-
Wages
+10%
£5,418,994 £5,958,748
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