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Company details
- Legal name
- dfcu Limited
- Incorporated in
- Uganda
- Listing
- DFCU on the Uganda Securities Exchange, active · ISIN UG0000000147 (observed 2026-10-06)
- Sector
- Banking (our classification from the stated principal activity)
- Activity
- Holding company of dfcu Bank, a commercial bank licensed in Uganda; also real estate.
- Financial year ends
- 31 December
Overview
Year ended 31 December 2025 · audited financial statements, signed / final · source
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Net interest income
UGX 305 billion
304,614 UGX millions · p12
+14.0% vs 2024
Interest income less interest expense, as printed.
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Net total income
UGX 422 billion
421,911 UGX millions · p12
+17.0% vs 2024
The bank's own total of its income lines before credit impairment and operating expenses, under its printed label. What it includes differs between banks; it is not revenue.
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Profit / (loss) for the year
UGX 75.0 billion
74,994 UGX millions · p12
+4.0% vs 2024
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Total assets
UGX 3.72 trillion
3,715,983 UGX millions · p14
+8.4% vs 2024
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Customer deposits
UGX 2.71 trillion
2,714,571 UGX millions · p14
+15.2% vs 2024
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Total equity
UGX 768 billion
767,836 UGX millions · p14
+9.0% vs 2024
Large amounts are rounded for reading (UGX 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 UGX millions 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 — audited financial statements, signed / final; reported for the year · source
- FY2024 — audited financial statements, signed / final; comparative in the FY2025 filing · source
- FY2023 — annual report, signed / final; comparative in the FY2024 filing · source
Income statement
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY2025 filing | FY2023Annual reportcomparative in FY2024 filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest income calculated using the effective interest method | 409,243 | 359,868 | 346,824 |
| Other interest and similar income | 2,753 | 1,698 | 2,840 |
| Interest expense calculated using the effective interest method | (107,382) | (94,269) | (91,978) |
| Net interest income | 304,614 | 267,297 | 257,686 |
| Fees and commission income | 65,250 | 66,529 | 65,403 |
| Net trading and other income1 | 46,642 | 24,901 | 19,823 |
| Net income from other financial instruments at FVTPL2 | 5,405 | 1,909 | 14,264 |
| Net total income | 421,911 | 360,636 | 357,176 |
| Operating expenses | (332,005) | (292,664) | (248,003) |
| Fair value losses on other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss3 | (79) | (716) | (3,381) |
| Expected credit (loss)/recovery on financial assets4 | (9,951) | 12,007 | (82,714) |
| Profit before tax | 79,876 | 79,263 | 23,078 |
| Income tax expense5 | (4,882) | (7,176) | 5,642 |
| Profit after tax for the year | 74,994 | 72,087 | 28,720 |
| Total other comprehensive income | 3,616 | (5,059) | (11,091) |
| Total comprehensive income for the year | 78,610 | 67,028 | 17,629 |
Notes and alternative reported figures (5)
- “Net trading and other income” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Trading income together with other income (note 11); broader than net trading income.
- “Net income from other financial instruments at FVTPL” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 12.
- “Fair value losses on other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 27; printed below operating expenses.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Expected credit (loss)/recovery on financial assets”; “Expected credit recovery/(loss) on financial assets”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Income tax (expense)/credit”; “Income tax expense”.
Balance sheet
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY2025 filing | FY2023Annual reportcomparative in FY2024 filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and balances with Bank of Uganda | 468,076 | 434,817 | 530,176 |
| Deposits and balances due from other banks | 246,690 | 211,315 | 255,165 |
| Trading assets | 157,177 | 73,724 | 18,288 |
| Investment securities at FVOCI | 619,028 | 582,723 | 597,222 |
| Investment securities at amortised cost | 656,467 | 728,018 | 371,415 |
| Other receivables from Bank of Uganda12 | 832 | 832 | 29,089 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 865 | 2,064 | 228 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 1,265,799 | 1,132,199 | 1,125,816 |
| Investment in equity shares3 | 1,209 | 6,543 | 6,065 |
| Other assets | 36,794 | 33,619 | 29,791 |
| Deferred income tax asset | 113,343 | 87,859 | 65,226 |
| Property, equipment and right-of-use assets4 | 85,750 | 80,362 | 83,208 |
| Investment property | 18,584 | 18,849 | 19,295 |
| Intangible assets | 45,369 | 36,148 | 27,142 |
| Total assets | 3,715,983 | 3,429,072 | 3,158,126 |
| Customer deposits | 2,714,571 | 2,356,281 | 2,318,572 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 792 | 457 | 273 |
| Deposits due to other banks | 14,004 | 120,256 | 35,033 |
| Other liabilities | 82,604 | 88,101 | 72,155 |
| Borrowed funds | 124,943 | 149,482 | 84,137 |
| Special funds5 | 1,193 | 1,193 | 1,193 |
| Current income tax payable | 5,512 | 4,685 | 542 |
| Deferred income tax liability | 1,035 | –6 | Not reported in this filing7 |
| Provisions | 3,493 | 4,364 | 2,188 |
| Total liabilities | 2,948,147 | 2,724,819 | 2,514,093 |
| Share capital | 14,963 | 14,963 | 14,963 |
| Share premium | 185,683 | 185,683 | 185,683 |
| FVOCI reserve | (243) | (3,859) | 1,200 |
| Retained earnings | 551,116 | 488,743 | 427,310 |
| Regulatory reserve | –8 | 3,696 | 8,069 |
| Proposed dividend9 | 16,317 | 15,027 | 6,808 |
| Total equity | 767,836 | 704,253 | 644,033 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 3,715,983 | 3,429,072 | 3,158,126 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.total_liabilities.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.total_equity.
Notes and alternative reported figures (7)
- “Other receivables from Bank of Uganda” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 29(b) balance. The 2024 report labels the same note 'Assets held for disposal' (2024 amount 832 in both reports).
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Assets held for disposal”; “Other receivables from Bank of Uganda”.
- “Investment in equity shares” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 24.
- “Property, equipment and right-of-use assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Combined line (note 29(a)); not property, plant and equipment alone.
- “Special funds” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 36: funds held for on-lending under special schemes.
- Not reported in this filing: The 2024 statement of financial position (p71) prints no deferred income tax liability line for either year.
- “Proposed dividend” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Proposed dividend shown as a component of equity until declared (note 17(a)).
Cash flow
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY2025 filing | FY2023Annual reportcomparative in FY2024 filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash generated from operations (unlabelled subtotal) | (142,174) | (330,062)1 | (54,474) |
| Interest received2 | 414,805 | 361,123 | 347,145 |
| Interest paid34 | (102,356) | (85,101) | (95,357) |
| Income tax paid | (30,054) | (23,498) | (22,428) |
| Net cash inflows/(outflows) from operating activities5 | 140,221 | (77,538)6 | 174,886 |
| Purchase of property and equipment | (24,648) | (16,332) | (25,041) |
| Purchase of intangible assets | (17,516) | (15,611) | (8,874) |
| Dividends received78 | –9 | 353 | 729 |
| Proceeds from sale of investments in equity shares1011 | 6,251 | 826 | 1,375 |
| Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | 133 | 261 | 464 |
| Net cash outflows used in investing activities | (35,780) | (30,503) | (31,347) |
| New borrowings received | 7,024 | 78,651 | 12,844 |
| Principle paid on borrowings | (35,994) | (6,352) | (43,761) |
| Principle paid on lease liability | (2,169) | (2,493) | (4,384) |
| Dividends paid to shareholders | (15,027) | (6,808) | (6,129) |
| Net cash (outflows)/inflows used in financing activities12 | (46,166) | 62,998 | (41,430) |
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents13 | 58,275 | (45,043)14 | 102,109 |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents held | (86) | 624 | (147) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at start of year*15 | 530,102 | 574,521 | 472,559 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 588,291 | 530,10216 | 574,521 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_investing.
Notes and alternative reported figures (15)
- Annual report dated 2025-03-31 prints (446,092) (millions, p73) for this line and year.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Interest received”; “Interest received*”.
- “Interest paid” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Interest paid by the bank, mainly on deposits; not interest on borrowings alone.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Interest paid”; “Interest paid*”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net cash (outflows)/inflows from operating activities”; “Net cash inflows/(outflows) from operating activities”.
- Annual report dated 2025-03-31 prints (193,568) (millions, p73) for this line and year.
- “Dividends received” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing activities.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Dividends received”; “Dividends received*”.
- “Proceeds from sale of investments in equity shares” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 24.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Proceeds from sale of equity shares*”; “Proceeds from sale of investments in equity shares”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net cash (outflows)/inflows used in financing activities”; “Net cash inflows/(outflows) used in financing activities”.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Net (Decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents”; “Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents”.
- Annual report dated 2025-03-31 prints (161,073) (millions, p73) for this line and year.
- Printed under different labels across filings: “Cash and cash equivalents at start of year”; “Cash and cash equivalents at start of year*”.
- Annual report dated 2025-03-31 prints 414,072 (millions, p73) for this line and year.
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 | Dividend recommended, subject to shareholder approval | the directors plan to recommend the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2025 of Ushs 16,317 million |
no amount | Audited financial statements, p93 | |
| 31 Dec 2025 | Dividend proposed per share, as printed in a statement | Final dividend recommended for the year, per share |
21.81 | UGX per share | Audited financial statements, p93 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividends paid to shareholders |
(15,027) | UGX millions | Audited financial statements, p18 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Dividend recommended, subject to shareholder approval | the directors plan to recommend the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of Ushs 15,027 million |
no amount | Annual report, p126 | |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Dividend proposed per share, as printed in a statement | Final dividend recommended for the year, per share |
20.09 | UGX per share | Audited financial statements, p93 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Dividend proposed per share, as printed in a statement | Final dividend recommended for the year, per share |
20.09 | UGX per share | Annual report, p126 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividends paid to shareholders |
(6,808) | UGX millions | Audited financial statements, p18 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | Dividends paid (cash flow statement) | Dividends paid to shareholders |
(6,129) | UGX millions | Annual report, p73 |
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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Consolidated and separate financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025
Year ended 31 December 2025 · Audited financial statements · signed / final
Audit: KPMG, unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: KPMG; engagement partner CPA Stephen Ineget (P0401)
- Original PDF — Company website (dfculimited.com) Link checked 2026-10-07: same file as our archived copy.
Final status: Signed by the auditor (p11) and approved by the board on 27 March 2026 (p14). A second copy on the issuer's server (…/2026/06/dfcu-Ltd-FY25-final-signed-report.pdf, SHA-256 43dfc1e9…) differs only on pp3–5 (corporate address, general information) and p116 (a contingency note); this linked 'updated' copy is used.
- Document date
- 28 Mar 2026
- Auditor's report
- 28 Mar 2026
- Board approval
- 27 Mar 2026
- Retrieved by us
- 6 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2025, FY2024
- Basis
- consolidated statements · UGX millions (printed “Ushs M”)
- The 2024 cash-flow column is headed '2024 Restated': cash and cash equivalents now include 50% of the minimum balance advised by Bank of Uganda (notes 46 and 52).
Technical details
- File
- 122 pages, with a text layer
- SHA-256
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- dfcu Limited and its subsidiaries (dfcu Bank Limited, dfcu Foundation)
- Note
- A second signed copy on the issuer's server (…/2026/06/dfcu-Ltd-FY25-final-signed-report.pdf, SHA-256 43dfc1e9…) differs only on pp3–5 (corporate address, general information) and p116 (a contingency note). The copy linked from the financial-publications page is used.
- Issuer copy
- retrieved 2026-10-06T22:32:24Z
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dfcu Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024
Year ended 31 December 2024 · Annual report · signed / final
Audit: KPMG, unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: KPMG; engagement partner CPA Stephen Ineget (P0401)
- Original PDF — Company website (dfcugroup.com) Link checked 2026-10-07: same file as our archived copy.
Final status: Website version of the published annual report. The auditor's report names the engagement partner and is dated 31 March 2025; the board approval date (31 March 2025) and directors' names are printed, but signatures are not reproduced.
- Document date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Auditor's report
- 31 Mar 2025
- Board approval
- 31 Mar 2025
- Retrieved by us
- 6 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2023
- Basis
- consolidated statements · UGX millions (printed “Ushs M”)
- The auditor's report (KPMG, p66) includes an 'Other matter relating to comparative information': the 2023 consolidated and separate financial statements were audited by another auditor, who expressed an unmodified opinion on them on 27 March 2024.
- Note 17 prints the comparative dividend as '(2021: Ushs 9.10 per share)' for the 2023 year; only the 2024 per-share figure is recorded.
- The 2023 cash-flow column is headed 'Restated': interest received and paid, dividends received and proceeds of share sales were reclassified between activities (note 52).
Technical details
- File
- 152 pages, with a text layer
- SHA-256
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- dfcu Limited and its subsidiaries
- Note
- Each PDF page holds two printed pages; the consolidated statement precedes the company statement on the same PDF page.
- Issuer copy
- retrieved 2026-10-06T22:32:58Z
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