AFRICA PRACTICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-29 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-06 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-17.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+11.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
66
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £7,847,481 | £7,835,990 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,502,983 | £1,692,011 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,565,693 | £1,759,261 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £578,510 | — | — | £1,036,016 | £1,488,524 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,149,042 | — | — | £3,921,600 | £3,227,676 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,119,504 | — | — | £3,887,329 | £4,346,668 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,117,044 | — | — | £3,887,329 | £4,346,668 | |
| Equity | £263,508 | £538,534 | £1,117,044 | £1,274,308 | £1,875,813 | £3,786,963 | £4,346,668 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 13 | — | — | 67 | 66 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,311,655 | £3,222,564 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £392,776 | £46,250 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£7,847,481 £7,835,990
-
Cash
-17.7%
£3,921,600 £3,227,676
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£3,887,329 £4,346,668
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-1.5%
67 66
-
Operating profit
+12.6%
£1,502,983 £1,692,011
-
Profit before tax
+12.4%
£1,565,693 £1,759,261
-
Wages
-2.7%
£3,311,655 £3,222,564
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 19.2% | 21.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 13.2% | 19.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 38.7% | 38.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.90x | 3.33x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AFRICA PRACTICE LIMITED 2002-03-28 → present
- TASTES OF AFRICA LIMITED 2000-02-07 → 2002-03-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.”
Group structure
- AFRICA PRACTICE LIMITED · parent
- Africa Practice Southern Africa (PTY) Limited 90%
- Africa Practice East Africa Limited 95%
- Africa Practice R&B Limited 89.5%
- Africa Practice Tanzania Limited 97.45%
- Practice& Trend (PTY) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Thanks to a disciplined financial strategy, we have built a strong foundation of accumulated reserves, which we are actively looking to reinvest to acquire like-minded firms to further strengthen our core capabilities, introduce new skills and perspectives, and scale our impact.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COURAGE, Marcus Vandeleur | Director | 2003-01-22 | Dec 1973 | British |
| GULAMHUSEIN, Murtaza Mohamedtaki | Director | 2010-02-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HAMPSHIRE, David Herbert Campbell | Director | 2014-03-19 | Jan 1944 | British |
| KIPLAGAT, Richard | Director | 2014-07-15 | Jul 1969 | Kenyan |
| SIMPSON, Lea | Director | 2025-12-24 | Oct 1979 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELDON, Anthony Bryan | Secretary | 2003-03-14 | 2014-02-17 |
| SHELDON, Anthony Bryan | Secretary | 2000-06-09 | 2003-01-09 |
| SHELDON, Sheila Beryl | Secretary | 2003-01-09 | 2003-03-14 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-02-07 | 2000-02-07 |
| COLMAN, Anthony John | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2024-01-01 |
| DANSON, Hubert Yaw | Director | 2003-09-22 | 2008-01-17 |
| DANSON, Hubert Yaw | Director | 2000-08-22 | 2003-01-08 |
| GODFREY, Stephen Kenneth | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2004-06-03 |
| HAMPSHIRE, David Herbert Campbell | Director | 2006-06-27 | 2010-03-25 |
| KAUL, Mohan Lal, Dr | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2004-06-03 |
| KAYSER, Michael Arthur | Director | 2014-12-19 | 2017-09-11 |
| MODISE, Tshegofatso Benedette | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2024-05-17 |
| SHELDON, Anthony Bryan | Director | 2005-08-03 | 2014-02-17 |
| SHELDON, Anthony Bryan | Director | 2000-08-22 | 2003-03-14 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-02-07 | 2000-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Marcus Vandeleur Courage | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.