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BUA Foods
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Company details
- Legal name
- BUA Foods Plc
- Listing
- BUAFOODS on the Nigerian Exchange, active · ISIN NGBUAFOODS04 (observed 2026-10-08)
- Sector
- Not classified (our classification from the stated principal activity)
- Financial year ends
- 31 December
Overview
Year ended 31 December 2025 · annual report, signed / final · source
Read with these figures
- Auditor's emphasis of matter. No emphasis-of-matter or going-concern paragraph; the auditor states 'We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.' (PDF p19).
Full wording and sources
Auditor's emphasis of matter
No emphasis-of-matter or going-concern paragraph; the auditor states 'We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.' (PDF p19).
Source: BUA FOODS PLC Annual report and financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025 (dated 2026-03-30)
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Revenue
NGN 1.77 trillion
1,774,634,967 NGN thousands · p23
+16.1% vs 2024
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Operating profit / (loss)
NGN 657 billion
656,609,488 NGN thousands · p23
+39.1% vs 2024
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Profit / (loss) for the year
NGN 518 billion
518,387,980 NGN thousands · p23
+94.9% vs 2024
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Total assets
NGN 1.39 trillion
1,387,793,769 NGN thousands · p24
+26.7% vs 2024
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Total equity
NGN 713 billion
713,444,623 NGN thousands · p24
+66.3% vs 2024
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Cash from operations
NGN 406 billion
406,104,553 NGN thousands · p27
−25.4% vs 2024
Large amounts are rounded for reading (NGN million / billion / trillion); exact figures as printed are under each amount and in the tables. No currency conversion.
Financial statements
Exact figures as printed. Each column comes from one filing; labels are as printed in the newest filing. Amounts in NGN thousands unless the row says otherwise; brackets are negative.
† from a supplementary filing for the same year · ‡ signed audited statements preferred over a disputed figure · “–” is a printed dash, explained below the table
Column sources
- FY2025 — annual report, signed / final; reported for the year · source
- FY2024 — annual report, signed / final; comparative in the FY2025 filing · source
Income statement
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 1,774,634,967 | 1,527,919,069 |
| Cost of sales | (1,037,376,674) | (987,104,026) |
| Gross profit | 737,258,293 | 540,815,043 |
| Administrative expenses | (37,826,468) | (28,555,840) |
| Selling and distribution expenses | (44,247,735) | (40,262,215) |
| Net impairment write-back/(loss) on financial assets | 940,570 | (1,006,140) |
| Other income | 484,828 | 1,111,942 |
| Operating profit | 656,609,488 | 472,102,790 |
| Finance income | 11,861,000 | 15,421,000 |
| Finance cost | (146,940,641) | (203,200,794) |
| Finance costs - net1 | (135,079,641) | (187,779,794) |
| Profit before income tax | 521,529,847 | 284,322,996 |
| Income and deferred tax expense | (3,141,867) | (18,325,186) |
| Profit after tax | 518,387,980 | 265,997,810 |
| Other comprehensive income | –2 | –2 |
| Total comprehensive income for the year | 518,387,980 | 265,997,810 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: is.total_comprehensive_income.
Notes and alternative reported figures (1)
- “Finance costs - net” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Printed subtotal of finance income and finance cost.
Balance sheet
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Property, plant and equipment | 394,305,505 | 379,947,095 |
| Right-of-use assets | 97,940 | 107,445 |
| Investment in subsidiaries1 | –2 | –2 |
| Total non-current assets | 394,403,445 | 380,054,540 |
| Inventories | 81,384,529 | 118,401,086 |
| Trade receivables and other assets | 101,889,303 | 18,351,319 |
| Cash and balances with banks | 56,364,120 | 31,310,225 |
| Due from related parties3 | 753,752,372 | 547,387,072 |
| Total current assets | 993,390,324 | 715,449,702 |
| Total assets | 1,387,793,769 | 1,095,504,242 |
| Share capital | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
| Reorganisation reserves4 | (943,228) | (943,228) |
| Retained earnings | 705,387,851 | 420,999,871 |
| Total equity | 713,444,623 | 429,056,643 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 1,975,071 | 32,133,426 |
| Borrowings | 40,144 | 796,498 |
| Lease liabilities | 95,663 | 99,921 |
| Government grants5 | 1,876 | 24,445 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 2,112,754 | 33,054,290 |
| Contract liabilities | 82,413,116 | 123,066,803 |
| Current income tax payable | 54,908,793 | 24,318,395 |
| Lease liabilities | 16,726 | 20,845 |
| Bank overdraft | 25,702,364 | 1,482 |
| Borrowings | 365,944,579 | 391,060,435 |
| Due to related parties6 | –7 | –7 |
| Trade and other payables | 143,228,245 | 94,877,770 |
| Government grants5 | 22,569 | 47,579 |
| Total current liabilities | 672,236,392 | 633,393,309 |
| Total liabilities | 674,349,146 | 666,447,599 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 1,387,793,769 | 1,095,504,242 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.non_current_assets.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.current_liabilities.
Notes and alternative reported figures (5)
- “Investment in subsidiaries” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 25; Group columns print dashes (company-only line).
- “Due from related parties” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 24b; current asset.
- “Reorganisation reserves” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Reserve arising on the reorganisation (statement of changes in equity).
- “Government grants” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 20.
- “Due to related parties” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 24b; current liability; Group columns print dashes.
Cash flow
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Cash generated from operations | 409,007,036 | 544,405,307 |
| Minimum tax paid1 | (192,659) | (10,640) |
| Current income tax paid | (2,709,824) | –2 |
| Net cash generated from operating activities | 406,104,553 | 544,394,667 |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (24,178,002) | (31,554,700) |
| Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment | –3 | 1,307 |
| Interest received | 7,963,313 | 15,421,000 |
| Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities | (16,214,689) | (16,132,393) |
| Proceeds from borrowings | 68,770,772 | 93,279,400 |
| Repayment of borrowings | (199,231,027) | (564,796,459) |
| Interest paid on borrowings | (25,454,856) | (25,762,711) |
| Lease payments4 | (21,740) | –5 |
| Dividend paid | (234,000,000) | (99,000,000) |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (389,936,851) | (596,279,770) |
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (46,987) | (68,017,496) |
| Exchange difference on cash and cash equivalents | (600,000) | (225,375) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | 31,308,743 | 99,551,614 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | 30,661,756 | 31,308,743 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_operations.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_investing.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_financing.
Notes and alternative reported figures (2)
- “Minimum tax paid” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 19a; operating activities.
- “Lease payments” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 14b; financing activities; one line (2024 printed '-').
Segments
Segment data not yet collected for this company in the pilot.
Dividends
Proposed or recommended, declared and paid are different events and are kept apart. A statement that no dividend was proposed does not mean none was paid.
| Year ended | Event | Wording as printed | Amount | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividend paid |
(234,000,000) | NGN thousands | Annual report, p27 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividend paid |
(99,000,000) | NGN thousands | Annual report, p27 |
Sources
Each filing used on this page, newest period first. Dates are the document's own; the date we retrieved a file is shown separately and is never a publication date.
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BUA FOODS PLC Annual report and financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025
Year ended 31 December 2025 · Annual report · signed / final
Audit: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Chartered Accountants, Lagos), unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: Oladele Oladipo, engagement partner, for PricewaterhouseCoopers
Final status: Independent auditor's report signed (handwritten signature) for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chartered Accountants, Lagos, by the engagement partner Oladele Oladipo (FRC/2013/PRO/ICAN/004/00000002951), dated 30 March 2026 with the ICAN seal (PDF p22, page image; opinion on PDF p19). Statements approved by the board on 26 March 2026 and signed by the chairman (Abdul Samad Rabiu), the managing director/CEO (Ayodele Musibau Abioye) and the acting CFO (Ehimah Michael Etumudon) (PDF p24, page image).
- Document date
- 30 Mar 2026
- Auditor's report
- 30 Mar 2026
- Board approval
- 26 Mar 2026
- Retrieved by us
- 8 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2025, FY2024
- Basis
- consolidated statements · NGN thousands (printed “₦'000”)
- The publication date in the NGX file name (March 2026) is not printed in the document.
Technical details
- File
- 71 pages, with a text layer
- SHA-256
b7d8f2c700459eaa2a6c7cd056bd6ae304ccc0ca6d6affa5843d9318cb99badb- Entity as printed
- BUA Foods Plc ("the company") and its subsidiaries (together "the group") (RC:621320)
- Exchange copy
- retrieved 2026-10-08T17:56:04Z
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