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Royal Exchange
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Company details
- Legal name
- Royal Exchange PLC
- Listing
- ROYALEX on the Nigerian Exchange, active · ISIN NGROYALEX007 (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 · audited financial statements, signed / final · source
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Operating income
NGN 1.66 billion
1,660,808 NGN thousands · p36
+5.4% vs 2024
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Profit / (loss) for the year
NGN 851 million
851,427 NGN thousands · p36
−15.4% vs 2024
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Total assets
NGN 12.0 billion
12,003,721 NGN thousands · p35
+30.4% vs 2024
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Total equity
NGN 7.11 billion
7,107,373 NGN thousands · p35
+13.6% vs 2024
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Cash from operations
−NGN 679 million
(678,702) NGN thousands · p39
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
- FY2025 — audited financial statements, signed / final; reported for the year · source
- FY2024 — audited financial statements, signed / final; comparative in the FY2025 filing · source
Income statement
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Interest Income | 557,197 | 441,151 |
| Interest Expense | (259,791) | (206,254) |
| Net Interest Income | 297,406 | 234,897 |
| Fee and Commission | 6,767 | 11,162 |
| Investment and other income1 | 289,154 | 492,457 |
| Share of profit on investment in associate | 1,038,348 | 828,025 |
| Net fair value gain or loss on financial assets | 28,643 | 7,529 |
| Other operating income | 490 | 1,072 |
| Operating income | 1,660,808 | 1,575,142 |
| (Charge)/write-back of impairment allowance | (154,594) | 38,687 |
| Net operating income after credit loss expense on financial assets2 | 1,506,214 | 1,613,829 |
| Personnel expenses | (221,079) | (179,077) |
| Operating expenses3 | (417,681) | (405,714) |
| Profit before tax | 867,454 | 1,029,038 |
| Minimum tax4 | (4,246) | (4,676) |
| Income taxes5 | (11,781) | (18,459) |
| Profit for the year | 851,427 | 1,005,903 |
| Non-controlling interest6 | –7 | –7 |
| Changes in fair value of FVOCI investments8 | –9 | –9 |
| Total other comprehensive income, net of tax | –10 | –10 |
| Total comprehensive income for the period | 851,427 | 1,005,903 |
- Printed “-”; reading unresolved, so no amount is shown. Printed dash; the attribution total is unlabelled, so no printed subtotal confirms a nil reading.
- 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 (7)
- “Investment and other income” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 27; within operating income.
- “Net operating income after credit loss expense on financial assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Printed subtotal: operating income after the impairment charge/write-back.
- “Operating expenses”: mapping to a shared definition is uncertain. Operating expenses other than personnel expenses (note 31), which are printed separately.
- “Minimum tax” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 19(a): minimum tax, printed apart from income taxes.
- “Income taxes”: mapping to a shared definition is uncertain. Income taxes excluding minimum tax, which is printed on its own line.
- “Non-controlling interest” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Profit attributable to non-controlling interest; printed dash.
- “Changes in fair value of FVOCI investments” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: OCI, may be reclassified; printed dash.
Balance sheet
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,067,347 | 1,157,687 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 611,341 | 823,470 |
| Advances under finance lease1 | 16,121 | 31,912 |
| Trustee Assets2 | 135,000 | 203,828 |
| At Fair Value Through Profit or Loss | 74,215 | 56,724 |
| Amortized Cost | 731,432 | 143,544 |
| Investment in subsidiaries3 | –4 | –4 |
| Investment in associates | 7,549,412 | 6,616,939 |
| Other receivables and prepayments5 | 595,543 | 111,515 |
| Deposit for shares6 | 39,000 | 39,000 |
| Property and equipment | 184,310 | 20,455 |
| Total assets | 12,003,721 | 9,205,074 |
| Trustee Liabilities7 | 2,125,967 | 541,967 |
| Borrowings | 1,691,477 | 1,121,787 |
| Other liabilities | 1,043,167 | 1,254,379 |
| Current income tax liabilities | 35,737 | 30,827 |
| Finance Lease Obligation8 | –9 | 168 |
| Total liabilities | 4,896,348 | 2,949,128 |
| Share capital | 4,133,349 | 4,133,349 |
| Share premium | 2,690,936 | 2,690,936 |
| Regulatory risk reserves | 416,481 | 416,481 |
| Retained earnings | (87,869) | (939,296) |
| Other component of equity | (45,524) | (45,524) |
| Capital and reserves attributable to owners | 7,107,373 | 6,255,946 |
| Non-controlling interests | –10 | –10 |
| Total equity | 7,107,373 | 6,255,946 |
| Total equity & liabilities | 12,003,721 | 9,205,074 |
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.total_assets.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.total_liabilities.
- Printed “-”, read as nil: subtotal_arithmetic: bs.total_equity.
Notes and alternative reported figures (7)
- “Advances under finance lease” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 7: finance-lease receivables of the leasing subsidiary.
- “Trustee Assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 8: assets held under the trusteeship business.
- “Investment in subsidiaries” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 10(a); nil in the Group columns.
- “Other receivables and prepayments” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 11.
- “Deposit for shares” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 12(c).
- “Trustee Liabilities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 15: liabilities of the trusteeship business.
- “Finance Lease Obligation” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Note 20; current/non-current split not printed.
Cash flow
| Line (as printed) | FY2025Audited financial statementsreported for the year | FY2024Audited financial statementscomparative in FY2025 filing |
|---|---|---|
| Cash generated from operations (unlabelled subtotal) | (667,585) | (141,912) |
| Income tax paid | (11,117) | (232,700) |
| Net cash used by operating activities | (678,702) | (374,612) |
| Purchases of property and equipment | (163,127) | (12,392) |
| Additional investment in associates1 | 105,875 | 60,000 |
| Additional investment in subsidiary2 | –3 | –3 |
| Purchase of investment securities4 | (576,735) | –3 |
| Trustee Assets5 | 68,827 | (35,184) |
| Net interest received | –3 | 246,229 |
| Net cash (used by)/generated from investing activities | (565,160) | 258,653 |
| Proceeds from borrowings6 | 569,690 | (713,253) |
| Repayment of finance lease | (168) | –7 |
| Right issues8 | –7 | 1,560,665 |
| Trustee liabilities9 | 1,584,000 | 35,185 |
| Unclaimed dividend paid10 | –7 | (79,662) |
| Net cash generated from financing activities | 2,153,522 | 802,935 |
| Cash and cash equivalent at beginning of year | 1,157,687 | 470,711 |
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalent | 909,660 | 686,976 |
| Cash and cash equivalent at end of the year | 2,067,347 | 1,157,687 |
- 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 (8)
- “Additional investment in associates” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing activities (note 12a); printed positive in the Group columns.
- “Additional investment in subsidiary” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing activities (note 10(a)); nil in the Group columns.
- “Purchase of investment securities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing activities (note 34(iii)).
- “Trustee Assets” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Investing activities: movement in trustee assets (note 15).
- “Proceeds from borrowings”: mapping to a shared definition is uncertain. Printed as a net movement: positive in 2025, (713,253) in 2024.
- “Right issues” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing activities: rights issue proceeds.
- “Trustee liabilities” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing activities: movement in trustee liabilities.
- “Unclaimed dividend paid” is an issuer-specific line, not mapped to a shared definition: Financing activities.
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
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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Royal Exchange PLC Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 Together with Directors' and Independent Auditor's Reports
Year ended 31 December 2025 · Audited financial statements · signed / final
Audit: Kreston Pedabo Audit Services, unmodified opinion · signed
Auditor's sign-off: Ajibade Taofeek Fashina (Mr.), FCA, FRC/2013/PRO/ICAN/004/00000000904, for Kreston Pedabo Audit Services
Final status: Independent auditor's report to the members of Royal Exchange PLC (opinion PDF p32) signed (handwritten) by Ajibade Taofeek Fashina (Mr.), FCA (FRC/2013/PRO/ICAN/004/00000000904) for Kreston Pedabo Audit Services, Lagos, dated '31 March, 2026' with the day handwritten, and the ICAN seal (PDF p34, page image). Statements approved by the board on '30th' March 2026 (day inserted in the dotted space) and signed (handwritten) by the chairman, the CFO and the managing director (PDF p35, page image).
- Document date
- 31 Mar 2026
- Auditor's report
- 31 Mar 2026
- Board approval
- 30 Mar 2026
- Retrieved by us
- 8 Oct 2026 (not a publication date)
- Used for
- statement columns FY2025, FY2024
- Basis
- consolidated statements · NGN thousands (printed “In thousands of Naira”)
- Earnings per share: the income statement prints 21 kobo (2024: 13) for the Group (p36); note 32 prints 21 (2024: 24) with profit 1,005,902 thousand over 4,133,349 thousand shares (p75, 'Basic and diluted earnings per share(kobo)'). The statement's figures are transcribed.
- Group cash-flow statement (p39): the operating section opens with 'Profit for the year' 851,427 (2024: 1,029,038, which is the income statement's 2024 profit before tax) and 'Profit before taxes' 867,454 (2024: 1,052,173, against 1,029,038 on p36). The impairment add-back (6,667) differs from the income statement charge (154,594). These reconciliation lines are not transcribed; the operating subtotals are kept as printed.
- 'Additional investment in associates' is printed as an inflow in the Group columns (105,875; 2024: 60,000) and as (60,000) in the Company's 2024 column (p39). Kept as printed.
- The statement of financial position is unclassified (no current/non-current subtotals) (p35). The capital-and-reserves-attributable-to-owners row is read by its position after 'Other component of equity'.
- Earnings per share is printed in kobo, basic and diluted on one line (21; 2024: 13, p36); stored in naira (÷100) with the printed figure and unit kept.
Technical details
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- 93 pages, with a text layer
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- Royal Exchange PLC and its subsidiaries (together "the Group")
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- retrieved 2026-10-08T17:59:35Z
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