THE FREE PRESBYTERIAN MISSION SOCIETY AFRICA
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Cash
£1.3m
+26.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.9m
+19.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | — | — | £845,214 | £1,334,846 | £974,802 | -27% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £290,178 | £75,535 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £290,178 | £766,252 | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | £290,178 | £766,252 | £310,029 | -59.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | £605,456 | £1,036,807 | £1,309,201 | +26.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £793,452 | £1,559,704 | £1,869,733 | +19.9% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £793,452 | £1,559,704 | £1,869,733 | +19.9% | |
| Equity | — | — | £793,452 | £1,559,704 | £1,869,733 | +19.9% | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 34.3% | 5.7% | — | |
| Net margin | — | — | 34.3% | 57.4% | 31.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 36.6% | 4.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
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
- Johnston Kennedy DFK
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
28 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Alastair David | Secretary | 2013-04-24 | — | — |
| AIKEN, William Thomas David | Director | 2017-06-01 | May 1951 | British |
| ANDERSON, Simon Joseph William, Rev | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
| BROWN, David James, Rev | Director | 2018-10-02 | Mar 1983 | British |
| CAMPBELL, Nigel Stewart, Dr | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| DUMIGAN, John George | Director | 2017-06-01 | Oct 1948 | Irish |
| FOSTER, Paul Richard, Rev | Director | 2020-09-15 | Jul 1986 | British |
| GIBSON, Gregory Thomas, Rev | Director | 2026-09-10 | May 1991 | British |
| GILMORE, Thomas James | Director | 2017-06-01 | Nov 1948 | British |
| HAFFEY, Paul | Director | 2014-09-02 | Sep 1962 | British |
| HAMILTON, Alastair David | Director | 2013-04-24 | Mar 1965 | British |
| KYLE, Stephen Robert | Director | 2026-09-10 | Sep 1993 | British |
| MARTIN, Thomas Ferguson, Rev | Director | 2022-09-02 | Nov 1961 | British |
| MCAULEY, Samuel Jonathan | Director | 2018-10-02 | Jan 1970 | British |
| MCKEE, Ryan James, Rev | Director | 2022-09-02 | Feb 1982 | British |
| MCKEE, Samuel David | Director | 2024-10-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| MCMILLAN, David, Rev | Director | 2017-06-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| MOFFATT, Joshua Jordan, Rev | Director | 2022-09-02 | Apr 1995 | British |
| MONTEITH, Timothy Richard | Director | 2026-09-10 | Jul 1990 | British |
| MORROW, Raymond Stanley, Rev | Director | 2026-09-10 | Dec 1974 | British |
| MURRAY, John Raymond | Director | 2022-09-02 | Dec 1956 | British |
| ORMEROD, Timothy Simon David, Rev | Director | 2026-09-10 | Dec 1985 | British |
| PORTER, Nathanael John | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1992 | British |
| ROBINSON, David Alan | Director | 2024-10-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| STOREY, Jonathan David, Rev | Director | 2026-09-10 | Feb 1998 | British |
| WENLOCK, Kyle John | Director | 2026-09-10 | Nov 1971 | British |
| WILKINSON, Glenn Robert John, Rev | Director | 2024-10-01 | Feb 1975 | Irish |
| WILSON, Garth Raymond David, Rev | Director | 2014-10-07 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREANE, Jonathan, Rev | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2026-03-03 |
| GRAHAM, Eric | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2025-09-09 |
| GRAY, John, Rev | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2024-02-06 |
| HARRIS, Samuel James Ian, Rev. | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2024-09-03 |
| MCCONNELL, George | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2017-05-01 |
| MERCER, Colin Andrew, Rev | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2025-09-09 |
| MOODY, Henry Noel | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2018-10-02 |
| PARK, David Thomas, Rev. | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2023-09-05 |
| PATTERSON, Andrew, Rev | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2026-09-10 |
| PORTER, James, Rev | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2019-09-01 |
| PRESTON, Mervyn | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2023-09-05 |
| STEWART, Barry | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2026-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 7
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.