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DAAR Communications
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Company details
- Legal name
- DAAR Communications Plc
- Listing
- DAARCOMM on the Nigerian Exchange, active · ISIN NGDAARCOMM01 (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 5.43 billion
5,433,309 NGN thousands · p19
+3.5% vs 2024
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Operating profit / (loss)
−NGN 699 million
(699,165) NGN thousands · p19
Change not shown.
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Profit / (loss) for the year
−NGN 875 million
(874,657) NGN thousands · p19
Change not shown.
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Total assets
NGN 27.1 billion
27,131,934 NGN thousands · p20
−1.3% vs 2024
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Total equity
NGN 16.8 billion
16,805,418 NGN thousands · p20
+3.8% vs 2024
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Cash from operations
NGN 656 million
656,404 NGN thousands · p22
+13.0% 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.
Not shown: the prior-year figure is zero or negative.
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 | 5,433,309 | 5,250,947 |
| Cost of sales | (3,376,911) | (3,772,115) |
| Gross profit | 2,056,398 | 1,478,832 |
| Other income | 455,852 | 555,431 |
| Selling expenses1 | (179,594) | (146,455) |
| Allowance for impairment | (556,225) | (1,350,479) |
| Provisions2 | (37,500) | (72,000) |
| Administrative expenses | (2,441,097) | (2,766,506) |
| Operating loss before finance cost | (699,165) | (2,301,177) |
| Finance cost | (52,833) | (12,743) |
| Loss before tax | (751,998) | (2,313,920) |
| Taxation | (122,659) | (27,795) |
| Loss after tax | (874,657) | (2,341,715) |
| Gains (losses) on property revaluation3 | –4 | 706,673 |
| Other comprehensive income for the year net of taxes | –5 | 706,673 |
| Total comprehensive income for the year | (874,657) | (1,635,042) |
| Depreciation | 1,389,015 | 1,202,855 |
| Amortization of Intangible Assets | 37,943 | 819 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: is.other_comprehensive_income.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: is.total_comprehensive_income.
Notes and alternative reported figures (3)
- “Selling expenses” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 10.
- “Provisions” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 10c: provision charge.
- “Gains (losses) on property revaluation” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: OCI item not reclassified to profit or loss.
Balance sheet
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Property, Plant and Equipment | 23,720,445 | 24,228,373 |
| Intangible Assets | –1 | 37,943 |
| Investment2 | 97,000 | 97,000 |
| Deferred Tax Assets | –1 | –1 |
| Non-current assets (unlabelled total) | 23,817,445 | 24,363,316 |
| Trade Receivables3 | 2,654,949 | 2,607,282 |
| Other Receivables & Prepayments4 | 351,049 | 318,970 |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 308,491 | 202,996 |
| Total Current Assets | 3,314,489 | 3,129,248 |
| Total Assets | 27,131,934 | 27,492,564 |
| Share Capital | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Share Premium | 13,411,541 | 13,411,541 |
| Revaluation Surplus | 17,939,479 | 17,939,479 |
| Retained Earnings | (18,545,601) | (19,167,473) |
| Total Equity | 16,805,418 | 16,183,547 |
| Accrued Gratuity5 | 574,494 | 726,160 |
| Bank Loan | 527,675 | –6 |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 1,102,169 | 726,160 |
| Sub-ordinated Loan7 | –8 | 144,666 |
| Trade Payables9 | 794,558 | 1,151,541 |
| Bank loan current element | 256,301 | –8 |
| Other Payables10 | 7,926,593 | 8,538,225 |
| Taxation | 246,894 | 748,425 |
| Total Current Liabilities | 9,224,347 | 10,582,857 |
| Total Equity and Liabilities11 | 10,326,515 | 11,309,017 |
| Total equity and liabilities (amounts on the line below) | 27,131,934 | 27,492,564 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.non_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 (8)
- “Investment” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 17: investment (non-current).
- “Trade Receivables” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 18: trade receivables net of allowance.
- “Other Receivables & Prepayments” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 19.
- “Accrued Gratuity” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 26b: accrued staff gratuity (non-current).
- “Sub-ordinated Loan” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 24 (current).
- “Trade Payables” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 25.
- “Other Payables” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 26.
- “Total Equity and Liabilities”: mapping to a shared definition is uncertain. The total-liabilities amounts (10,326,515; 2024: 11,309,017) are printed one line low, level with the label 'Total Equity and Liabilities', while the 'Total Liabilities' label line carries no amount (page image); they equal non-current plus current liabilities.
Cash flow
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Annual reportreported for the year | FY2024Annual reportcomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Loss for the year before tax1 | (751,998) | (2,313,920) |
| Write down of deferred tax assets2 | –3 | 969,241 |
| Finance Cost4 | 52,833 | 12,743 |
| Gratuity5 | (151,666) | (139,215) |
| Prior Year adjustment6 | 1,496,529 | –3 |
| Prior Year Tax7 | (614,190) | –3 |
| Operating cash flow before working-capital changes (unlabelled)8 | 1,458,466 | (267,477) |
| Change in Trade Receivables9 | (47,668) | 2,397,788 |
| Change in Prepayments and Other Receivables10 | (32,079) | (99,545) |
| Change in Trade and Other Payables11 | (712,313) | (1,449,632) |
| Cash Generated from Operating Activities | 666,405 | 581,134 |
| Tax Paid | (10,000) | –12 |
| Net Cash inflow from Operating Activities | 656,404 | 581,134 |
| Acquisition of Intangible Assets | –13 | (15,960) |
| Acquisition of Property, Plant and Equipment | (881,088) | (662,627) |
| A I T N E W S 2 414 | –13 | 400,893 |
| Net cash outflow from Investing Activities | (881,088) | (277,694) |
| Bank Loan received15 | 527,675 | Not reported in this filing16 |
| Addition/Repayment of Subordinated17 | (144,666) | (217,363) |
| Interest Paid | (52,833) | (12,743) |
| Net increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents | 105,495 | 73,334 |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents at January 1 | 202,996 | 129,662 |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents at December 31 | 308,491 | 202,996 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.native.co_rk1r6sexrx7a.cash_before_working_capital.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_operations.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_investing.
Notes and alternative reported figures (14)
- “Loss for the year before tax” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Cash-flow starting point; same figures as the p19 loss before tax.
- “Write down of deferred tax assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Adjustment (2024 only).
- “Finance Cost” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Adjustment: finance cost added back.
- “Gratuity” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Adjustment.
- “Prior Year adjustment” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Adjustment (2025): the tax adjustment credited to opening retained earnings.
- “Prior Year Tax” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Adjustment (2025).
- “Operating cash flow before working-capital changes (unlabelled)” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Unlabelled subtotal of the loss before tax and adjustments.
- “Change in Trade Receivables” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Working capital.
- “Change in Prepayments and Other Receivables” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Working capital.
- “Change in Trade and Other Payables” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Working capital.
- “A I T N E W S 2 4” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing (2024 only).
- “Bank Loan received” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing (2025 only).
- Not reported in this filing: Not printed for 2024: the line 'Bank Loan received' carries a 2025 amount (527,675) only; the 2024 column is left blank (p22, checked on the page image).
- “Addition/Repayment of Subordinated” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing.
Segments
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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.
No dividend statement or amount collected.
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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DAAR Communications Plc — Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December, 2025
Year ended 31 December 2025 · Annual report · signed / final
Audit: Baker Tilly Nigeria (Chartered Accountants), Oluwole O. Ogundeji, unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: Oluwole O. Ogundeji for Baker Tilly Nigeria
Final status: Independent auditor's report to the members (Baker Tilly Nigeria, Oluwole O. Ogundeji, FRC/2013/PRO/ICAN/00000002825), unqualified, handwritten signature with ICAN seal, dated 'Abuja, Nigeria, 30 March, 2026' (PDF pp11-15, page image). Board approval 30 March 2026 with three handwritten signatures (PDF p20, page image).
- Document date
- 30 Mar 2026
- Auditor's report
- 30 Mar 2026
- Board approval
- 30 Mar 2026
- Retrieved by us
- 8 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2025, FY2024
- Basis
- company statements · NGN thousands (printed “₦'000”)
- Statement of cash flows (p22): no 'net cash from financing activities' line is printed; operating (656,404), investing (-881,088) and the three financing lines (527,675; -144,666; -52,833) sum to 105,492 against the printed net increase of 105,495 (2024 agrees). Kept as printed.
- Statement of profit or loss (p19): the printed 2025 lines from gross profit (2,056,398 + 455,852 - 179,594 - 556,225 - 37,500 - 2,441,097) give -702,166 against the printed 'Operating loss before finance cost' of (699,165), a difference of 3,001; the loss before tax and loss after tax follow the printed operating loss. 2024 agrees. Figures checked on the page image; kept as printed.
- HIDDEN TEXT LAYER FIGURE: on the statement of financial position (PDF p20) the text layer holds '362,029' between the total-liabilities amounts and the total equity and liabilities, which does not appear on the printed page (page image). Not transcribed. The total-liabilities amounts (10,326,515; 2024: 11,309,017) are printed one line low, level with 'Total Equity and Liabilities'.
- Statement of changes in equity (p21): opening 2025 retained earnings are increased by a 'Reduction due to tax adjustment' of 1,496,529 (also an adjustment in the cash-flow statement); the 2024 comparatives in the statement of financial position are not restated.
Technical details
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- 74 pages, with a text layer
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- DAAR COMMUNICATIONS PLC, Company No. RC 117587
- Exchange copy
- retrieved 2026-10-08T18:00:22Z
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