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Ellah Lakes
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Company details
- Legal name
- Ellah Lakes Plc
- Listing
- ELLAHLAKES on the Nigerian Exchange, active · ISIN NGELLAHLAKE8 (observed 2026-10-08)
- Sector
- Not classified (our classification from the stated principal activity)
- Financial year ends
- 31 July
Overview
Year ended 31 July 2025 · audited financial statements, signed / final · source
Read with these figures
- Auditor's emphasis of matter. No emphasis-of-matter or going-concern paragraph is printed.
Full wording and sources
Auditor's emphasis of matter
No emphasis-of-matter or going-concern paragraph is printed. Key audit matters (pp15-16): crude palm oil milling plant commissioned July 2025 (advance revenue in deferred revenue); plantation seedlings; pig farming; review of ELP Sunshine Limited interest (Ondo State); Adani Staple Crop Processing Zone activities on hold; conversion of debts to equity.
Source: Ellah Lakes Plc Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2025 (dated 2025-10-13)
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Revenue
NGN 67.1 million
67,104 NGN thousands · p19
+8503.1% vs 2024
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Operating profit / (loss)
Not reported in this filing
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Profit / (loss) for the year
−NGN 1.60 billion
(1,596,347) NGN thousands · p19
Change not shown.
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Total assets
NGN 31.1 billion
31,051,476 NGN thousands · p18
+26.5% vs 2024
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Total equity
NGN 22.7 billion
22,660,448 NGN thousands · p18
+3.7% vs 2024
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Cash from operations
−NGN 1.48 billion
(1,479,543) NGN thousands · p21
Change not shown.
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
- FY to 31 Jul 2025 — audited financial statements, signed / final; reported for the year · source
- FY to 31 Jul 2024 — audited financial statements, signed / final; comparative in the FY to 31 Jul 2025 filing · source
Income statement
| Line (as printed) | FY to 31 Jul 2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY to 31 Jul 2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY to 31 Jul 2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 67,104 | 780 |
| Cost of sales | (1,115) | –1 |
| Gross profit/(loss) | 65,989 | 780 |
| Administrative expenses | (666,773) | (297,242) |
| Personnel expenses | (786,121) | (591,451) |
| Depreciation | (4,624) | (3,845) |
| Expenses (unlabelled subtotal)2 | (1,457,518) | (892,537) |
| Finance costs | (51,471) | (147,622) |
| Gain/(loss) on foreign exchange | (191,990) | 129,508 |
| Other income3 | 38,643 | 15,933 |
| Finance costs, foreign exchange and other income (unlabelled subtotal)4 | (204,818) | (2,181) |
| Operating profit/(loss)5 | (1,596,347) | (893,939) |
| Taxation | –6 | –6 |
| Profit/(loss) for the year | (1,596,347) | (893,939) |
| Gain/(loss) on biological assets7 | (44,151) | 164,597 |
| Total comprehensive income (unlabelled) | (1,640,498) | (729,342) |
| Non-controlling interest8 | (323) | (222) |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: is.gross_profit.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: is.profit_for_year.
Notes and alternative reported figures (6)
- “Expenses (unlabelled subtotal)” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Unlabelled subtotal of administrative and personnel expenses and depreciation.
- “Other income” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 27.
- “Finance costs, foreign exchange and other income (unlabelled subtotal)” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Unlabelled subtotal of finance costs, foreign-exchange gain/(loss) and other income.
- “Operating profit/(loss)”: mapping to a shared definition is uncertain. Printed 'Operating profit/(loss)', but it is the line before taxation (taxation, printed nil, follows) and the cash-flow statement starts from the same figure as 'Profit/(loss) before taxation' (p21).
- “Gain/(loss) on biological assets”: mapping to a shared definition is uncertain. The only line under 'Other comprehensive income: Fair value' is 'Gain/(loss) on biological assets'; no OCI total is printed.
- “Non-controlling interest” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 29.2.
Balance sheet
| Line (as printed) | FY to 31 Jul 2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY to 31 Jul 2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY to 31 Jul 2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Property, plant and equipment | 24,506,498 | 22,862,083 |
| Biological assets1 | 14,615 | 585,121 |
| Goodwill2 | 57,689 | 57,689 |
| Investment in subsidiaries3 | –4 | –4 |
| Other assets | 13,664 | 13,664 |
| Resricted cash5 | 483,213 | 673,139 |
| Non-current assets (unlabelled subtotal) | 25,075,678 | 24,191,696 |
| Inventory | –6 | 96,264 |
| Receivables | 75,502 | 20,621 |
| Intercompany7 | –6 | –6 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 5,900,296 | 243,261 |
| Current assets (unlabelled subtotal) | 5,975,798 | 360,145 |
| Total assets | 31,051,476 | 24,551,842 |
| Trade and other payables | 877,686 | 1,321,807 |
| Borrowings | –8 | 713,320 |
| Current tax payable | 570 | 570 |
| Current liabilities (unlabelled subtotal) | 878,256 | 2,035,696 |
| Borrowings | 447,424 | 658,000 |
| Payables to related parties9 | 7,065,262 | 9,559 |
| Deferred tax | 88 | 88 |
| Non-current liabilities (unlabelled subtotal) | 7,512,773 | 667,646 |
| Total liabilities | 8,391,029 | 2,703,342 |
| Share Capital | 1,929,087 | 1,376,893 |
| Share premium | 8,203,178 | 5,663,088 |
| Deposit for shares10 | 2,498,641 | 3,127,041 |
| Retained earnings | (5,609,035) | (3,957,100) |
| Reserves11 | 710,788 | 710,788 |
| Revaluation surplus | 14,927,789 | 14,927,789 |
| Total equity | 22,660,448 | 21,848,499 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 31,051,477 | 24,551,842 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.non_current_assets.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.current_assets.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.current_liabilities.
Notes and alternative reported figures (8)
- “Biological assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 5: biological assets (plants, livestock, others), non-current.
- “Goodwill” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 6.
- “Investment in subsidiaries” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 7: printed as a dash in the Group columns.
- “Resricted cash” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 9: restricted cash, non-current (printed 'Resricted cash').
- “Intercompany” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 12: intercompany balances, printed as a dash in the Group columns.
- “Payables to related parties”: mapping to a shared definition is uncertain. Printed 'Payables to related parties' (non-current); the cash-flow statement shows the movement as 'Loan received/(paid) from/to related parties' (p21).
- “Deposit for shares” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 20: deposit for shares, within equity.
- “Reserves” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Reserves, as printed (no note reference).
Cash flow
| Line (as printed) | FY to 31 Jul 2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY to 31 Jul 2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY to 31 Jul 2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Net cash from/(used in) operating activities | (1,479,543) | (286,138) |
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (1,649,038) | (212,033) |
| Other assets1 | –2 | 147,500 |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (1,649,038) | (64,532) |
| Inflow from shares capital3 | 552,193 | 376,893.35 |
| Share premium4 | 2,540,090 | 1,809,088.08 |
| Deposit for shares5 | (628,400) | (359,816) |
| Short-term borrowing6 | (713,320) | (245,769) |
| Long term borrowing7 | (210,576) | (188,000) |
| Loan received/(paid) from/to related parties8 | 7,055,703 | (362,325) |
| Restricted cash9 | 189,927 | (442,346) |
| Net cash from/(used in) financing activities | 8,785,618 | 587,724 |
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 5,657,036 | 237,054 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year | 243,260 | 6,207 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year | 5,900,296 | 243,260 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: cf.cash_from_investing.
Notes and alternative reported figures (8)
- “Other assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing cash flow from other assets.
- “Inflow from shares capital” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing: proceeds of share capital.
- “Share premium” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing: share premium received.
- “Deposit for shares” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing: movement in deposit for shares.
- “Short-term borrowing” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing: net short-term borrowing flow.
- “Long term borrowing” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing: net long-term borrowing flow.
- “Loan received/(paid) from/to related parties” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing: related-party loans, net.
- “Restricted cash” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing: movement in restricted cash.
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.
No dividend statement or amount collected.
Sources
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Ellah Lakes Plc Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2025
Year ended 31 July 2025 · Audited financial statements · signed / final
Audit: Olabode Akande & Co. (Chartered Accountants), unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: Mr. Olabode Akande, FRC/2013/ICAN/00000001755, for Olabode Akande & Co.
Final status: Report of the independent auditors to the members of Ellah Lakes Plc (scanned, PDF pp15-17): unqualified, handwritten signature over 'Mr. Olabode Akande, FRC/2013/ICAN/00000001755, for Olabode Akande & Co. (Chartered Accountants)', ICAN seal 0374599, 'Lagos, Nigeria, 13th October, 2025' (p17, page image). Statement of financial position approved by the Board on '10th October, 2025' (date typed over the dotted line) and signed by the Chief Executive Officer, a Director and the Finance Manager (handwritten signatures, p18, page image). NOTE the hidden text-layer figures on p18 (equity attribution), which are not transcribed.
- Document date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Auditor's report
- 13 Oct 2025
- Board approval
- 10 Oct 2025
- Retrieved by us
- 8 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY to 31 Jul 2025, FY to 31 Jul 2024
- Basis
- consolidated statements · NGN thousands (printed “₦'000”)
- Earnings per share is labelled '(kobo)' but printed as (0.41) (2024: (0.32)) (p19); the loss attributable to owners (1,596,024 thousand) over 3,858,173,678 shares in issue (note 18, p44) is about 0.41 naira (41 kobo). Not transcribed because the printed unit conflicts with the figure.
- HIDDEN TEXT-LAYER FIGURES (p18): the PDF text layer holds 'Controlling interests 21,868,919 21,048,599' and 'Non-controlling interests 30.2 791,528 799,900' under 'Interests in equity attributable to:', which do not appear on the printed page. The printed page shows Controlling interests 17,086,402 (2024: 16,956,864) and Non-controlling interests 5,574,045 (2024: 4,891,635); both sets add to the total equity of 22,660,448 (to within 1). The equity attribution is not transcribed. All other amounts on p18, p19 and p21 in the text layer agree with an OCR reading of the page render.
- Rounding differences of 1 thousand are kept as printed: total liabilities and equity 31,051,477 against total assets 31,051,476 (p18); cash at the beginning of the year 243,260 against cash and cash equivalents of 243,261 at 31 July 2024 (p21, p18). The comparative financing lines print decimals ('376,893.35', '1,809,088.08', p21).
- The line before taxation is labelled 'Operating profit/(loss)' (p19); a fair-value gain/(loss) on biological assets is presented as other comprehensive income; cost of sales is printed positive.
Technical details
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- 50 pages, with a text layer
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533063c5ed180e612656260bd621e708ad5e61a8a2fd2d768346ea7dabe3380c- Entity as printed
- ELLAH LAKES PLC (The Group / The Company)
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- retrieved 2026-10-08T18:03:11Z
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