AFRICAN LAKES COMPANY LIMITED - Profile & Financials

Accounts Submitted 24 Nov 2025

Confirmation Statement Submitted 24 Nov 2025

Net assets £-568.88K £117.77K 2023 year on year

Total assets £1.74M £95.44K 2023 year on year

Total Liabilities £1.40M £883.02K 2023 year on year

Charges None No charges registered

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Contact & Details

Contact

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Registered Address

4 Hope Street St. Andrews KY16 9HJ Scotland

Office (Edinburgh)

MBM Commercial, 125 Princes St, Edinburgh EH2 4AD

scottishmalawiappeal@mac.com

Website

scottishmalawifoundation.org

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Mutual Companies

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Financials

Period 1 Jan → 31 Dec 2023

Type Total Exemption Full

Next accounts 31 December 2024

Due by 30 September 2025 9 months

Net Assets, Total Assets & Total Liabilities (2014–2023)

Cash in Bank

N/A

Decreased by £897.07k (-100%)

Net Assets

-£568.88k

Decreased by £117.77k (-26%)

Total Liabilities

£1.40M

Decreased by £883.02k (-39%)

Turnover

N/A

Employees

Debt Ratio

81%

Decreased by 44 (-35%)

Financial History

Revenue, profit, EBITDA and key financial figures

	2023 Dec Year End	2022 Dec Year End
P&L
Revenue	£142.3M	£128.7M
Gross Profit	£48.2M	£43.1M
Operating Profit	£22.4M	£19.8M
Net Profit	£18.1M	£15.9M
EBITDA	£31.5M	£28.2M
Assets
Cash	£24.7M	£21.3M
Total Assets	£89.4M	£82.1M
Liabilities
Total Liabilities	£45.2M	£41.8M
Key Metrics
Employees	1,247	1,156

Latest Revenue

£142.3M

Latest EBITDA

£31.5M

Cash Position

£24.7M

Funding

Fundraising & Grants

No fundraising or grants recorded

Investors (0)

No investor information available

Share Capital

Share allotments and capital structure

3 Allotments 1,811,000 Shares £2k Total

Date From	Share Class	Shares Allotted	Amount Raised	Price/Share
25 Jul 2022	ORDINARY	900,000	£900	£0.001
13 Jul 2021	ORDINARY	900,000	£900	£0.001
25 May 2017	ORDINARY	11,000	£11	£0.001

Officers

3 active 3 resigned

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						Status
John Christian Elliot	Director	British	Scotland	73	25 May 2017	Active
Pauline Anne Bradley	Director	British	Scotland	64	21 Mar 2019	Active
Robert Scott Anderson	Director	British	Scotland	68	18 Nov 2013	Active

Shareholders

Shareholders (17)


The Souter Charitable Trust	9.7%	280,000	Ordinary	22 Nov 2024
Stewart Worth Newton	8.0%	230,000	Ordinary	22 Nov 2024
The Homestead Charitable Trust	1.7%	50,000	Ordinary	22 Nov 2024

Persons with Significant Control

Persons with Significant Control (1)

1 Active 1 Ceased

Highland And Universal Investments Limited

United Kingdom

Active

Notified 2 Oct 2017

Nature of Control

Ownership Of Shares 25 To 50 Percent
Voting Rights 25 To 50 Percent

Robert Scott Anderson

Ceased 2 Oct 2017

Ceased

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Group Structure

HIGHLAND AND UNIVERSAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED united kingdom shares 75 to 100 percent

HGT FINANCE A LIMITED united kingdom shares 75 to 100 percent

GLOAG INVESTMENTS LIMITED united kingdom shares 75 to 100 percent, voting rights 75 to 100 percent, appoint/remove directors

GLOAG INVESTMENTS GROUP LIMITED united kingdom

AFRICAN LAKES COMPANY LIMITED Current Company

Charges

No charges registered

Documents

Company Filings

Date	Category	Description	Document
24 Nov 2025	Accounts	Annual accounts made up to 2024-11-30	View(12 pages)
24 Nov 2025	Confirmation Statement	Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-11 with no updates	View(3 pages)
22 Nov 2024	Confirmation Statement	Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-11 with updates	View(5 pages)
30 Aug 2024	Accounts	Annual accounts made up to 2023-11-30	View(3 pages)
13 Nov 2023	Confirmation Statement	Confirmation statement made on 2023-11-11 with updates	View(4 pages)