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Books of Africa

Books of Africa Ltd

Turnover down 15%Cash down 99%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only17 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Canterbury, classed under “Book publishing” and 2 other activities.

Headline figures

FY to Oct 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£363

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20212022*2023*2024*2025
Profit after tax£363
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 6 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-29

  1. Directors
    Appointment of Dr Tonson John Sango as a director on 16 March 2026
  2. Ownership
    Change of details for Mr Tonson Sango as a person with significant control on 4 February 2026
  3. Address
    Registered office address changed from 16 Overhill Road East Dulwich London London SE22 0PH to 1 Pewter Court Pewter Court Canterbury CT1 3QX on 4 February 2026
  4. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Nigel John Watt as a director on 4 February 2026
  5. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Keith Shiri as a director on 4 February 2026
  6. Directors
    Termination of appointment of George Toby Fell Milner as a director on 30 November 2025
  7. Ownership
    Cessation of George Toby Fell Milner as a person with significant control on 30 November 2025
  8. Ownership
    Notification of Tonson Sango as a person with significant control on 17 November 2025
  9. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2025
  10. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2024
  11. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2023
  12. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2022
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Nigel John Watt as a secretary on 20 October 2022
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Nigel John Watt as a director on 20 October 2022
    3. Ownership
      Cessation of Nigel John Watt as a person with significant control on 11 May 2020
    4. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2021
    5. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2020
    6. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Keith Shiri as a director on 8 June 2021
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Emmanuel Mah as a director on 7 June 2021
    8. Shares
      Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 11 May 2020 · GBP 1,850 (and 2 more like it since 26 January 2010)
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Mr George Toby Fell Milner as a director on 14 May 2020
    10. Ownership
      Notification of George Toby Fell Milner as a person with significant control on 11 May 2020
    11. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2019
    12. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2018
    13. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo as a director on 15 April 2019
    14. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2017
    15. Accounts
      Micro company accounts made up to 31 October 2016
    16. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2015
    17. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Camille Alleyne as a director on 3 May 2015 (and 1 more like it since 5 November 2015)
    18. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 October 2014
    19. Directors
      Director's details changed for Emmanuel Mah on 20 January 2015
    20. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 October 2013
    21. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 October 2012
    22. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Camille Alleyne as a director
    23. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 October 2011
    24. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 October 2010
    25. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo as a director

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Books of Africa do?

Private limited company registered in Canterbury, classed under “Book publishing” and 2 other activities.

›How much turnover does Books of Africa make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Books of Africa profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £363 in the year to 31 October 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Books of Africa?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Books of Africa?

Its directors are Tonson John Sango. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Books of Africa based?

Its registered office is 1 Pewter Court, Pewter Court, Canterbury, CT1 3QX, in Canterbury.

›When was Books of Africa founded?

Books of Africa Ltd was incorporated on 29 October 2008.

›Is Books of Africa still trading?

The register lists Books of Africa Ltd as active.

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