AFRICAN PARKS UK
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Cash
£513k
-4.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£392k
-57% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1
Average over period
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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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The Trustees have not prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis. Following a strategic review, the Trustees resolved that the charity's activities, assets and liabilities will be transferred to a newly established charity... and subsequently wind up the charity within 12 months.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £2,335,727 | £3,000,245 | £2,503,100 | -16.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£599,496 | -£891,034 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£599,496 | -£891,034 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£599,496 | -£891,034 | -£520,009 | +41.6% | |
| Cash | £513,333 | £538,610 | £512,506 | -4.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,803,083 | £912,049 | £392,040 | -57% | |
| Net assets | £1,803,083 | £912,049 | £392,040 | -57% | |
| Equity | £1,803,083 | £912,049 | £392,040 | -57% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | £121,033 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -25.7% | -29.7% | — | |
| Net margin | -25.7% | -29.7% | -20.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -33.2% | -97.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.8% | 13.3% | 23.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 7.53x | 4.25x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Trustees have not prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis. Following a strategic review, the Trustees resolved that the charity's activities, assets and liabilities will be transferred to a newly established charity... and subsequently wind up the charity within 12 months.”
Significant events
- “The Government of Chad announced it was cancelling the management mandate for two parks under AP management in October. The management mandates were reinstated two weeks later.”
- “In November, the trustees lodged an application with the Charity Commission of England and Wales to register as a CIO.”
- “Subsequent to the year end and up to the date of approval... it has been decided that, as detailed in the Trustees' Report and referred to in note 1.2, the charity, currently registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, will be dissolved within the next 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOOFT GRAAFLAND, Maureen Anne | Director | 2021-11-18 | Jul 1960 | Irish,American |
| TODD, Matthew Edward | Director | 2020-01-08 | Jul 1978 | Australian,Danish |
| TRIAY, Christian Zygmunt | Director | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1988 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, Charles Ian Macgregor | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-10-06 |
| HALL, Melissa | Director | 2020-01-08 | 2022-12-31 |
| HUGHES, Jonathan | Director | 2020-01-08 | 2021-04-01 |
| KANTOR, Bernard | Director | 2021-11-18 | 2023-10-31 |
| ZEHNER, Jon Hamilton | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jon Hamilton Zehner | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-03-02 | Ceased 2024-01-07 |
| Matthew Edward Todd | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-08 | Ceased 2024-01-07 |
| Melissa Hall | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-08 | Ceased 2022-08-10 |
| Mr Jonathan Hughes | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-08 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.