AFRICAN PARKS UK
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-21 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£539K
+4.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£912K
-49.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£891K
-48.6% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £2,335,727 | £3,000,245 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£599,496 | -£891,034 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£599,496 | -£891,034 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£599,496 | -£891,034 | |
| Cash | £14,125 | £586,745 | £486,496 | £513,333 | £538,610 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £1,803,083 | £912,049 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £1,803,083 | £912,049 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £1,803,083 | £912,049 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 0 | 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+28.5%
£2,335,727 £3,000,245
-
Cash
+4.9%
£513,333 £538,610
-
Net assets
-49.4%
£1,803,083 £912,049
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-48.6%
-£599,496 -£891,034
-
Profit before tax
-48.6%
-£599,496 -£891,034
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -25.7% | -29.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -25.7% | -29.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -33.2% | -97.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 0.8% | 13.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 123.94x | 7.53x |
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
- Affirmed
“The trustees of AP-UK see no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on AP-UK's ability to continue as a going concern, as AP-UK has no recurring liabilities and APN has sufficient cash on hand to support AP-UK, if required.”
Significant events
- “APN officially launched an innovative funding mechanism, the Verifiable Nature Unit ("VNU"), at Davos in January 2024.”
- “APN also officially launched its Rhino Rewild initiative, which aims to rewild 2,000 captive-bred white rhino acquired in South Africa across the African continent.”
- “African Parks was the target of human rights violation allegations in the UK press, to which the APN Board had already commissioned an independent investigation.”
- “Omnia Strategy LLP, a specialist human rights law firm, conducted an independent investigation into the allegations of human rights abuses in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.”
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 | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-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 31 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.