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African Origins UK Limited

UK company 10358169, incorporated on 2 September 2016.

Leading supplier of Kalahari Melon Oil, worldwide | African Origins

We are the leading global producers of organic-certified Kalahari melon oil, the most sustainable beauty oil on the planet.

Company number
10358169
Incorporated
2 Sep 2016
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
2 September 2016

Company number 10358169

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Legal name
AFRICAN ORIGINS UK LIMITED
Company type
LTD
Region
London
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Oct 2023 to 30 Sep 2024

FULLACCOUNTS
Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
1

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

2 events
30 Sep
2026

Confirmation Statement With No Updates

Confirmation-statement

CS01 | Transaction MzU0ODIzMDg2MGFkaXF6a2N4

Published 30 Sep 2026 16:54

02 Sep
2016

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

1 award
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020
Age at first award
3 years

Projects

2020 BIS-Funded Programmes Lead participant

Kalahari Melon SeedOil - Turning a drought-resistant weed into a high-value cosmetics ingredient

1 Mar 2020 to 30 Jun 2022

Awarded
£93,142
Total cost £133,060

Once considered a weed, the Kalahari Melon is an indigenous, hardy, well-established plant in South Africa, that is both easy to grow, can be grown in shallow-sandy soil and is extremely drought resistant. It is also rapid increasingly in value due to its adoption by the cosmetics industry, where it has demonstrated highly efficacious properties. - The KM...

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes