MERCER AFRICA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£20K
-96.5% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£6K
-108.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company has ceased trading and there is an intention to prepare the Company to be placed in liquidation in the future. Due to the above, these annual financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | -£9,000 | -£6,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £74,000 | -£6,000 | |
| Net profit | £74,000 | -£6,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £576,000 | £20,000 | |
| Net assets | £576,000 | £20,000 | |
| Equity | £576,000 | £20,000 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -1.6% | -30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.24x | — |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company has ceased trading and there is an intention to prepare the Company to be placed in liquidation in the future. Due to the above, these annual financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
- “There were no significant events after the reporting date that require disclosure in, or amendment to the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIAH, Shaporan | Director | 2022-02-11 | Dec 1978 | British |
| WILLIAMS, David Nicholas | Director | 2014-06-19 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Adrianne Helen Marie | Secretary | 2014-06-19 | 2014-07-15 |
| BRINDLEY, Maura Frances | Secretary | 2014-07-15 | 2015-01-31 |
| ELLIS, Sallie | Secretary | 2015-09-29 | 2020-04-16 |
| LEWIS, Romana | Secretary | 2015-01-31 | 2015-03-01 |
| OCRAH, Angela Aso | Secretary | 2015-04-14 | 2015-09-29 |
| ANDERSON, David John | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2023-05-31 |
| D'OFFAY, Jean-Paul | Director | 2014-10-02 | 2022-02-11 |
| FERLAND, Martine Anne | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2019-02-11 |
| O'REGAN, William Simon | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calm Treasury Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-08-19 | Active |
| Marsh & Mclennan Companies Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-09-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
-96.5%
£576,000 £20,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+33.3%
-£9,000 -£6,000
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Profit before tax
-108.1%
£74,000 -£6,000
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