AFRICA EXPRESS LINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£370K
USD 494,459
-78.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
USD 30,253,670
+12.2% vs 2023
Employees
22
-4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
USD 13,324,207
+52.5% vs 2023
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 | £129,518,076 | £133,500,318 | |
| Operating profit | £6,590,496 | £10,007,230 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,530,734 | £9,960,534 | |
| Net profit | £6,509,270 | £9,927,216 | |
| Cash | £1,733,571 | £369,634 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,164,486 | £22,616,184 | |
| Net assets | £20,164,486 | £22,616,184 | |
| Equity | £20,164,486 | £22,616,184 | |
| Average employees | 23 | 22 | |
| Wages | £1,733,925 | £1,621,566 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £554,871 | £541,840 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.1%
£129,518,076 £133,500,318
-
Cash
-78.7%
£1,733,571 £369,634
-
Net assets
+12.2%
£20,164,486 £22,616,184
-
Employees
-4.3%
23 22
-
Operating profit
+51.8%
£6,590,496 £10,007,230
-
Profit before tax
+52.5%
£6,530,734 £9,960,534
-
Wages
-6.5%
£1,733,925 £1,621,566
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.7% | 44.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.6% | 50.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | 110.28x | 214.31x |
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
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “For that purpose, the company took delivery of first 2 out of 4 newbuilt reefer ships from Japan shipyard, which are to improve its transport carbon footprint.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FABRE, Frederic Jean Philippe | Director | 2001-11-28 | Sep 1960 | French |
| MARTIN DE FREMONT, Jérôme Marie Nicolas Jean | Director | 2019-06-07 | Dec 1968 | French |
| MOREAU, David Marcelin Gabriel | Director | 2013-01-02 | Feb 1969 | French |
| SHED, Mathew | Director | 2018-12-13 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIPPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| ARNAUD, Pierre Michel | Director | 2001-11-28 | 2001-12-16 |
| FABRE, Charles | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2006-02-01 |
| KINGSTON, Michael John | Director | 2008-03-04 | 2009-09-30 |
| LARKIN, Christopher Van Cleef, Mr. | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2014-06-18 |
| LARKIN, Christopher Van Cleef | Director | 2001-11-28 | 2005-03-31 |
| LARRAGAN ACUNA, Armando Alfonso | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2019-06-07 |
| LAW, Nigel Robert | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2013-01-02 |
| MANT, Robert Michael | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2013-08-02 |
| MCKENZIE, Thomas Dale | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2018-08-15 |
| VAN OPSTAL, Jan Baptist | Director | 2005-06-06 | 2021-12-15 |
| VAN OPSTAL, Jan | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2002-09-05 |
| C.H.H. FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-10-01 | 2001-10-17 |
| SOCIETE D'ETUDE ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA CULTURE BANANIERE | Corporate Director | 2001-10-17 | 2002-06-19 |
| SOCIETE DES PLANTATIONS DU HAUT PENJA | Corporate Director | 2001-10-17 | 2002-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Elie Gabriel Fabre | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.