Farm Africa Limited

Active01926828 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
27 June 1985 (41 years)
Previously known as
Food and Agricultural Research Management Limited (until 11 August 2015)
Food and Agricultural Research Mission (until 24 January 1990)
Industry
Other business support service activities n.e.c. (82990)
Directors
François Jay
Accounts type
Group
Region
Greater London
Address
1 St John's Lane
London
EC1M 4BL

Filing status

Accounts due
30 September 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
20 July 2027
Last conf. stmt
6 July 2026

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
0

Officers 10 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 18 July 2025
Also at Zanzkar Ltd
British
Born August 1969 (57)
Director · Appointed 1 July 2024
Also at Royal School of Needlework(the), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund PLC, Farm Africa Trading Limited · more companies
British
Born June 1968 (58)
Mallace-Lu, Lucinda
Secretary · Appointed 1 March 2024
Jay, François
Director · Appointed 1 September 2023
French
Born December 1962 (63)
Director · Appointed 9 September 2022
Also at Posbrook Holdings Limited, Barfoots Cropping Limited, Barfoots of Botley Limited · more companies
British
Born October 1967 (59)
Director · Appointed 9 September 2022
Also at White & Case (International) LLP, White & Case LLP
British
Born September 1968 (58)
Director · Appointed 9 September 2022
Also at Transform Drug Policy Foundation · more companies
British
Born November 1957
Director · Appointed 8 February 2021
Also at Brac Global, Brac Europe · more companies
British
Born April 1955 (71)
Ngige, Jane
Director · Appointed 4 July 2018
Kenyan
Born June 1956 (70)
Allen, Nick Graham
Director · Appointed 31 May 2018
British
Born December 1952 (73)
Officer history (73 former)
9 June 2026
Resigned Onyango, Anna Olivia Akinyi as Director
18 July 2025
Resigned Imru, Laketch Mikael as Director
18 July 2025
Resigned Reizenstein, Anthony Jonathan as Director
18 July 2025
Appointed Inamdar, Amar as Director
9 June 2025
Resigned Sekitoleko, Victoria Balyejusa as Director
6 September 2024
Resigned Brown, Serena Marie as Director
6 September 2024
Resigned Bonde Nielsen, Jan as Director
1 July 2024
Appointed Pickard, Keith William as Director
22 March 2024
Resigned Smith, Timothy John as Director
1 March 2024
Appointed Mallace-Lu, Lucinda as Secretary
15 February 2024
Resigned Muntakim, Syed Abdul as Secretary
1 September 2023
Resigned Reed, Charles Christian Thomas as Director
1 September 2023
Resigned Brereton, Colin Ian as Director
1 September 2023
Appointed Sekitoleko, Victoria Balyejusa as Director
1 September 2023
Appointed Jay, François as Director
1 September 2023
Appointed Onyango, Anna Olivia Akinyi as Director
3 February 2023
Appointed Muntakim, Syed Abdul as Secretary
3 February 2023
Resigned Mallace-Lu, Lucinda as Secretary
9 September 2022
Resigned Batters, Minette as Director
9 September 2022
Resigned Young, John Todd as Director
9 September 2022
Appointed Unwin, Vicky as Director
9 September 2022
Appointed Miller Smith, Caroline Maisie as Director
9 September 2022
Appointed Marks, Julian David as Director
22 October 2021
Resigned Batchelar, Judith Margaret as Director
7 July 2021
Resigned Totterdell, Giles Alexander as Secretary
7 July 2021
Appointed Mallace-Lu, Lucinda as Secretary
8 February 2021
Appointed Caldwell, Kenneth Mathieson as Director
17 September 2020
Resigned Saxton, Michael Paul as Secretary
17 September 2020
Appointed Totterdell, Giles Alexander as Secretary
9 July 2019
9 July 2019
Resigned Macdonald, Richard as Director
5 July 2018
Resigned Shaw, John as Director
5 July 2018
Resigned Ngini, Carey Muriithi as Director
4 July 2018
Appointed Ngige, Jane as Director
31 May 2018
Appointed Allen, Nick Graham as Director
18 September 2017
Appointed Batters, Minette as Director
15 December 2016
Appointed Smith, Timothy John as Director
23 June 2016
Appointed Imru, Laketch Mikael as Director
1 June 2016
Appointed Saxton, Michael Paul as Secretary
31 May 2016
Resigned Clayton, Jenny Natasha as Secretary
18 November 2014
Resigned Chirwa, Ephraim Wadonda, Professor as Director
25 June 2014
Resigned Mousavizadeh, Nader Alexander as Director
25 June 2014
Resigned Lackmann, Richard Anton as Director
25 June 2014
Appointed Brereton, Colin Ian as Director
25 June 2014
Appointed Reizenstein, Anthony Jonathan as Director
25 June 2014
Appointed Brown, Serena Marie as Director
13 April 2014
13 March 2014
Resigned Otim-Nape, George William, Professor as Director
26 June 2013
Appointed Otim-Nape, George William, Professor as Director
26 June 2013
Resigned Evans, Martin Charles as Director
26 June 2013
Appointed Reed, Charles Christian Thomas as Director
26 June 2013
Appointed Young, John Todd as Director
26 June 2013
Appointed Batchelar, Judith Margaret as Director
5 November 2012
Resigned Rae, Victoria Shelley as Director
27 June 2012
Resigned Hazell, Peter Brian Reginald, Dr. as Director
25 June 2012
Appointed Chirwa, Ephraim Wadonda, Professor as Director
15 March 2012
Appointed Kydd, Jonathan Graham, Professor as Director
10 January 2011
Appointed Clayton, Jenny Natasha as Secretary
17 December 2010
Resigned Thompson, Karen as Secretary
15 December 2010
Resigned Williams, Timothy Olalekan, Dr as Director
4 May 2010
Resigned Food And Agricultural Research Management Limited as Corporate Director
16 December 2009
Appointed Macdonald, Richard as Director
20 May 2009
Appointed Food And Agricultural Research Management Limited as Corporate Director
11 March 2009
Appointed Shaw, John as Director
11 March 2009
Appointed Williams, Timothy Olalekan, Dr as Director
25 June 2008
Resigned Zuckerman, Paul Sebastian, Dr as Director
25 June 2008
Resigned Coward, Norman as Director
25 May 2008
Appointed Mousavizadeh, Nader Alexander as Director
12 March 2008
Appointed Ngini, Carey Muriithi as Director
16 October 2007
Resigned Opukah, Shabanji as Director
19 September 2007
Appointed Lackmann, Richard Anton as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Pugh, Janet Mary as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Collinson, Michael Porter, Doctor as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Hopkins, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Director
21 March 2007
Appointed Evans, Martin Charles as Director
22 January 2007
Resigned Hopkins, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Secretary
22 January 2007
Appointed Thompson, Karen as Secretary
14 December 2006
Appointed Pankhurst, Helen Sylvia Tarik, Dr as Director
14 December 2006
Appointed Rae, Victoria Shelley as Director
21 June 2006
Resigned Dewe Mathews, Bernard Piers as Director
17 June 2006
Resigned De Ramsey, John Ailwyn, The Lord as Director
8 May 2006
Resigned Keith, Andrew as Secretary
8 May 2006
Appointed Hopkins, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Secretary
15 June 2005
Appointed Hazell, Peter Brian Reginald, Dr. as Director
2 November 2004
Appointed Keith, Andrew as Secretary
2 November 2004
Resigned Hopkins, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Secretary
9 August 2004
Resigned Wood, Martin Francis, Sir as Director
17 September 2003
Resigned Crocker, Stewart as Director
25 June 2003
Resigned Langdon, Philippa Francis Mary as Director
25 June 2003
Appointed Pugh, Janet Mary as Director
27 June 2002
Resigned Malim, Robin Hilary Beaumont as Director
27 June 2002
Appointed Hopkins, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Secretary
27 June 2002
Appointed Zuckerman, Paul Sebastian, Dr as Director
27 June 2002
Resigned Wilmot, Peter Wilfred as Secretary
27 June 2002
Resigned Wilmot, Peter Wilfred as Director
29 January 2002
Appointed Crocker, Stewart as Director
29 January 2002
Appointed Opukah, Shabanji as Director
29 January 2002
Appointed De Ramsey, John Ailwyn, The Lord as Director
17 December 2001
Appointed Coward, Norman as Director
26 June 2001
Resigned Montgomery, Alan Everard as Director
26 June 2001
Resigned Ranson, Roy Henry as Director
26 June 2001
Resigned Tyler, Rodney Stuart as Director
26 June 2001
Resigned Jenden, Penny Eleanor, Ms. as Director
26 June 2001
Resigned De La Billiere, Peter, Sir as Director
26 June 2001
Resigned Bowden, Mark Rainer as Director
20 October 2000
Appointed Dewe Mathews, Bernard Piers as Director
12 September 2000
Appointed Hopkins, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Director
12 September 2000
Appointed Tyler, Rodney Stuart as Director
27 June 2000
Resigned Browning, Robert John as Director
27 June 2000
Resigned Clay, Edward John, Dr as Director
31 December 1999
Resigned Boodle, Camilla Jane as Director
29 June 1999
Resigned Meynell, Anthony Charles as Director
30 June 1998
Appointed Boodle, Camilla Jane as Director
30 June 1998
Resigned Simkin, Peter Lewis as Director
30 June 1998
Appointed Montgomery, Alan Everard as Director
30 June 1998
Appointed Ranson, Roy Henry as Director
30 June 1998
Appointed Langdon, Philippa Francis Mary as Director
30 June 1998
Appointed Collinson, Michael Porter, Doctor as Director
30 June 1998
Resigned Plumb, Charles Henry, Lord as Director
17 February 1998
27 August 1996
Appointed Bowden, Mark Rainer as Director
16 July 1996
Resigned Boughton, Henry George as Director
16 July 1996
Resigned Nicholson, Michael as Director
10 October 1995
Appointed Simkin, Peter Lewis as Director
10 October 1995
Appointed Malim, Robin Hilary Beaumont as Director
10 October 1995
Resigned Cross, Nigel as Director
10 October 1995
Resigned Mason, Lindsay Alec as Director
30 August 1994
Appointed Clay, Edward John, Dr as Director
8 November 1993
Appointed Meynell, Anthony Charles as Director
28 April 1993
Appointed Browning, Robert John as Director
1 October 1992
Resigned Heininger, John Patrick as Director
28 September 1992
Appointed De La Billiere, Peter, Sir as Director
1 January 1992
Resigned Caine, Michael, Sir as Director
1 January 1992
Resigned Ranson, Roy Henry as Director
1 January 1992
Resigned Chamberlain, Denis John as Director
1 January 1992
Resigned Cooke, John Graham as Director
1 January 1992
1 January 1992
Resigned Viney, Nicholas Morton as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 2

Companies where Farm Africa Limited is registered as a person with significant control

Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active

What Farm Africa say about themselves

“A leading charity working with smallholder farmers and small businesses to unlock the transformative potential of sustainable & effective agriculture”

— from farmafrica.org

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
29 July 2026Confirmation statement with no updates6 July 2026
23 July 2026Replacement filing for the appointment of a director
9 June 2026Termination of appointment of a director
16 September 2025Group of companies' accounts31 December 2024
24 July 2025Appointment of a director
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