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Cadbury Nigeria
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Company details
- Legal name
- Cadbury Nigeria Plc
- Listing
- CADBURY on the Nigerian Exchange, active · ISIN NGCADBURY001 (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
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Revenue
NGN 169 billion
168,655,952 NGN thousands · p36
+30.6% vs 2024
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Operating profit / (loss)
NGN 19.6 billion
19,559,271 NGN thousands · p36
+228.1% vs 2024
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Profit / (loss) for the year
NGN 8.97 billion
8,969,792 NGN thousands · p36
Moved from loss to profit (FY2024: (22,224,942) NGN thousands)
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Total assets
NGN 75.4 billion
75,363,153 NGN thousands · p35
+4.0% vs 2024
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Total equity
NGN 13.4 billion
13,420,161 NGN thousands · p35
+206.5% vs 2024
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Cash from operations
NGN 11.5 billion
11,535,750 NGN thousands · p38
−42.6% 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 | 168,655,952 | 129,165,095 |
| Cost of sales | (133,173,067) | (110,937,326) |
| Gross profit | 35,482,885 | 18,227,769 |
| Other income | 339,082 | 21,923 |
| Selling and distribution expenses | (10,015,244) | (6,265,475) |
| Administrative expenses | (6,247,452) | (6,022,994) |
| Result from operating activities | 19,559,271 | 5,961,223 |
| Finance income | 451,214 | 434,599 |
| Finance cost | (2,652,713) | (34,722,150) |
| Net finance cost1 | (2,201,499) | (34,287,551) |
| Profit/(loss) before tax | 17,357,772 | (28,326,328) |
| Income tax (expense)/credit | (8,387,980) | 6,101,386 |
| Profit/(loss) for the year | 8,969,792 | (22,224,942) |
| Other comprehensive income | –2 | –2 |
| Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the year | 8,969,792 | (22,224,942) |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: is.total_comprehensive_income.
Notes and alternative reported figures (1)
- “Net finance cost” 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 | 19,431,728 | 16,706,145 |
| Right-of-use assets | 345,152 | 9,496 |
| Intangible assets | 70,153 | 105,504 |
| Deferred taxation | 9,343,260 | 16,265,022 |
| Total non-current assets | 29,190,293 | 33,086,167 |
| Inventories | 17,355,876 | 13,807,769 |
| Trade and other receivables | 13,074,290 | 8,259,709 |
| Prepayments1 | 623,037 | 950,936 |
| Other assets | 38,968 | –2 |
| Right to returned goods assets3 | 64,270 | –2 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 15,016,419 | 16,339,363 |
| Total current assets | 46,172,860 | 39,357,777 |
| Total assets | 75,363,153 | 72,443,944 |
| Share capital | 1,140,142 | 1,140,142 |
| Share premium | 7,107,750 | 7,107,750 |
| Other reserves4 | 33,177,321 | 33,177,321 |
| Share based payment reserve5 | 321,472 | 250,296 |
| Retained loss | (28,326,524) | (37,296,316) |
| Total equity | 13,420,161 | 4,379,193 |
| Employee benefits6 | 946,454 | 823,100 |
| Lease liabilities | 15,598 | –7 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 962,052 | 823,100 |
| Borrowings | 22,806,642 | 32,811,040 |
| Current tax liabilities | 806,258 | 771,387 |
| Trade and other payables | 36,847,695 | 33,657,477 |
| Refund Liabilities | 178,422 | –8 |
| Lease liabilities | 341,923 | 1,747 |
| Total current liabilities | 60,980,940 | 67,241,651 |
| Total liabilities | 61,942,992 | 68,064,751 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 75,363,153 | 72,443,944 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.current_assets.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.non_current_liabilities.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.current_liabilities.
Notes and alternative reported figures (5)
- “Prepayments” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Current asset line (note 18).
- “Right to returned goods assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Current asset line (note 25).
- “Other reserves” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Equity line (note 20).
- “Share based payment reserve” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Equity line (note 22).
- “Employee benefits” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Non-current liability for employee benefits (note 21).
Cash flow
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Cash generated from operating activities | 18,494,240 | 22,826,023 |
| Employee benefit paid1 | (128,627) | (87,003) |
| VAT paid2 | (5,403,875) | (2,558,820) |
| Income tax paid | (1,425,988) | (70,666) |
| Net cash generated from operating activities | 11,535,750 | 20,109,534 |
| Interest received | 451,214 | 434,599 |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 319,471 | 132,598 |
| Acquisition of property, plant and equipment | (5,297,143) | (5,065,431) |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (4,526,458) | (4,498,234) |
| Dividends paid | (303,232) | (15,157) |
| Additions - Intercompany loan3 | –4 | 34,420,000 |
| Additions - Import finance facilities5 | –4 | 8,345,117 |
| Repayment - Intercompany loan6 | (7,294,750) | (2,505,515) |
| Repayment - interest on Import finance facilities7 | (206,484) | (53,857,607) |
| Repayment - Intercompany loan interest8 | (4,679,870) | –4 |
| Repayment of lease liabilities | (326,826) | (11,650) |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (12,811,162) | (13,624,812) |
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | (5,801,870) | 1,986,480 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January | 16,339,363 | 20,455,005 |
| Exchange gain/(loss) on foreign currency cash and cash equivalents | 4,478,926 | (6,102,122) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December | 15,016,419 | 16,339,363 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_financing.
Notes and alternative reported figures (7)
- “Employee benefit paid” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating cash outflow after cash generated from operating activities.
- “VAT paid” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Operating cash outflow after cash generated from operating activities.
- “Additions - Intercompany loan” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing inflow (note 24).
- “Additions - Import finance facilities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing inflow (note 24).
- “Repayment - Intercompany loan” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing outflow (note 24).
- “Repayment - interest on Import finance facilities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing outflow as labelled (note 24).
- “Repayment - Intercompany loan interest” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing outflow (note 24).
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) | Dividends paid |
(303,232) | NGN thousands | Annual report, p38 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividends paid |
(15,157) | NGN thousands | Annual report, p38 |
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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Cadbury Nigeria Plc Annual report and financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2025
Year ended 31 December 2025 · Annual report · signed / final
Audit: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lagos, Nigeria, unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: Udochi Muogilim (FRC/2013/PRO/ICAN/004/00000003209), for PricewaterhouseCoopers
Final status: The independent auditor's report to the members (opinion PDF p32) is signed by hand by Udochi Muogilim (FRC/2013/PRO/ICAN/004/00000003209) for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lagos, dated 31 March 2026, with the ICAN seal (PDF p34, page image). The statement of financial position carries visible signatures of Mr. Adedotun Sulaiman (Chairman), Folake Ogundipe (Interim Managing Director) and Victoria Akhigbe (Financial Controller), but the approval date is printed with the day left blank: 'approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on ____ March 2026' (PDF p35, page image; also note 1/2, p40).
- Document date
- 31 Mar 2026
- Auditor's report
- 31 Mar 2026
- Board approval
- date left blank in this document
- Retrieved by us
- 8 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2025, FY2024
- Basis
- company statements · NGN thousands (printed “In thousands of naira”)
- 2024 cash flows: operating 20,109,534, investing (4,498,234) and financing (13,624,812) give 1,986,488, but the net increase is printed 1,986,480 (8 thousand less); the printed net increase agrees with opening 20,455,005, the exchange loss (6,102,122) and closing 16,339,363. Kept as printed (checked on the page image, p38); the 2024 net-change check fails.
- Note 31 'Going concern' (p78) records the directors' satisfaction that the company will continue as a going concern; the auditor's report contains no going-concern, emphasis-of-matter or key audit matter paragraph ('We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report', p32).
- The board approval date is printed with the day blank ('____ March 2026') on the statement of financial position (p35) and in the basis of preparation (p40).
- Earnings per share printed in kobo: basic and diluted 393 (2024: (975)) (p36).
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