THE WOOD FOUNDATION AFRICA
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-24 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£176K
-73.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
-0.3% vs 2024
Employees
19
-9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE WOOD FOUNDATION AFRICA 2014-07-03 → present
- WFT AFRICA 2009-06-11 → 2014-07-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £8,431,509 | -£53,076 | |
| Cash | £670,784 | £176,480 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,823,556 | £16,770,480 | |
| Net assets | £16,823,556 | £16,770,480 | |
| Equity | £16,823,556 | £16,770,480 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 19 | |
| Wages | £2,348,907 | £2,239,695 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 202.60x | 18.79x |
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
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE WOOD FOUNDATION AFRICA · parent
- Services Company Outgrowers Nyaruguru South Limited 100%
- East African Tea Investments 100%
- Shagasha Tea Company Limited 60%
- Njombe Outgrowers Services Company Limited 51%
- Services Company Outgrowers Nyaruguru North Limited 100%
- Rugabano Services Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year TWFA commenced a new smallholder tea planting programme to supply Nshili Kivu Tea Factory, another smallholder-supplied tea factory in Rwanda, that TWFA acquired a co-majority stake in last year.”
- “It also increased its stake in a smallholder supplied vanilla factory in Uganda to 50%.”
- “Since the year end The Wood Foundation Africa sold its entire stake in Enimiro Products Uganda Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHAN, Alistair | Secretary | 2014-12-03 | — | — |
| GOOD, Graham | Director | 2009-06-11 | Sep 1949 | British |
| WALKER, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark | Director | 2024-01-25 | Aug 1978 | British |
| WOOD, Helen, Lady | Director | 2009-06-11 | Feb 1948 | British |
| WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir | Director | 2009-06-11 | Jul 1942 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOOD, Graham | Secretary | 2009-06-11 | 2014-12-03 |
| WOOD, Garreth Rene Clark | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2021-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Garreth Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-06-24 | Active |
| Mr Garreth Rene Clark Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2021-12-15 |
| Lady Helen Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Sir Ian Clark Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Graham Good | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-73.7%
£670,784 £176,480
-
Net assets
-0.3%
£16,823,556 £16,770,480
-
Employees
-9.5%
21 19
-
Wages
-4.6%
£2,348,907 £2,239,695
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