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THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED
Cash
£1M
+80.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£657K
-28.2% vs 2023
Employees
106
-1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£373K
+105% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 04227431
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2001-06-01
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 86900
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
2-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED
THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED
THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED
THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED
Accounts
2-year trend · latest 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,863,241 | £27,423,043 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,428,934 | £318,080 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,418,006 | £372,695 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £747,202 | £1,345,681 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,481,021 | £2,856,742 | |
| Net assets | £915,942 | £657,262 | |
| Equity | £915,942 | £657,262 | |
| Average employees | 108 | 106 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the level of reserves, financial forecasts and management accounts prepared since 31 March 2025 in determining that Big Life is a going concern.”
Subsidiaries
- Big Issue North Trust Ltd · Raising funds to support Big Issue vendors
- Big Life Centres Ltd · Providing resources and initiatives to promote well-being in disadvantaged communities
- Self Help Services Ltd · Primary mental health services
Significant events
- “The financial cost of managing the cyber-attack in 2023 was considerable and utilised significant cash reserves and although it did not impact on day-to-day cash requirements, it meant that the planned investments in business development and estates required financing.”
- “A new business plan for the five years 2025-30 was developed this year with maximum input from stakeholders. As part of this work, it was decided to streamline the legal structures and merge the two charities, Self Help Services and Big Life Centers. From 1st April 2025, Big Life Services will be the renamed charity, alongside the Big Issue North Trust.”
- “Expenditure either contracted or authorised by the board of £1.2m relates to commitments for Zion Centre / Kath Locke refurbishment projects over the coming years.”
- “It was decided to streamline the legal structures and merge the two charities, Self Help Services and Big Life Centres. From the 1st of April 2025, Big Life Services will be the renamed charity.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
14 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHASE, Teresa | Secretary | 2023-01-09 | — | — |
| BARKER, Roli | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| BUTLER, Priti | Director | 2005-02-08 | Nov 1964 | British |
| COOKSON, Paul | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
| EATON, Emma Marie | Director | 2021-04-01 | Sep 1979 | British |
| GALE, Edward James Christopher | Director | 2020-05-11 | Feb 1985 | British |
| GIBBONS, Rebecca Denise | Director | 2024-04-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| GRANT, Louise | Director | 2017-08-31 | May 1983 | British |
| KWEEDAY, Simon Paul | Director | 2021-04-01 | Dec 1975 | British |
| RAFFERTY, Andrew | Director | 2022-04-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
| ROBINSON, Edna Janet | Director | 2008-11-06 | Jan 1951 | British |
| SELVAN, Fay Lila | Director | 2001-06-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| SYMONDS, Liam Daniel James | Director | 2023-12-01 | Aug 1995 | British |
| VALVI, Aikaterini | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jun 1988 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Priti | Secretary | 2006-07-24 | 2010-09-14 |
| GREEN, Jane Kathleen | Secretary | 2005-08-05 | 2005-10-17 |
| HODGETT, Phil | Secretary | 2012-01-16 | 2017-12-29 |
| MCMORROW, Regina | Secretary | 2017-12-29 | 2021-08-01 |
| NGAN, Donna Shuk Fun | Secretary | 2005-10-17 | 2006-07-24 |
| NGAN, Donna Shuk Fun | Secretary | 2002-04-01 | 2005-04-06 |
| NGAN, Donna Shuk Fun | Secretary | 2001-06-01 | 2002-03-14 |
| VAUGHAN, Paul | Secretary | 2005-04-06 | 2005-08-05 |
| VICKERS, Victoria | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2022-11-14 |
| ALAVI, Maria | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| ALTWARG, Hadas | Director | 2005-02-08 | 2010-03-31 |
| ALTY, Philip William | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2024-03-22 |
| BESWICK, Allan | Director | 2006-02-27 | 2020-07-27 |
| BINNS, Christopher Augustine | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2004-05-04 |
| BUTLER, Priti | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2002-03-14 |
| HODGETT, Phillip Edward Charles | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2017-12-29 |
| MARCUS, Peter | Director | 2005-11-08 | 2009-03-31 |
| MARKEY, Kate Elizabeth | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2004-05-04 |
| NGAN, Donna Shuk Fun | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2005-04-06 |
| NGAN, Donna Shuk Fun | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2002-03-14 |
| PATEL, Rajesh, Dr | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2012-10-29 |
| PERRY, Emma | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| PRICE, Caroline Margaret | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2023-09-30 |
| RIVERS, Dawn | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2002-03-14 |
| SCORER, Richard | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| SHAH, Amit | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2023-12-01 |
| SMITH, Keith Francis | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-11-29 |
| STUBBS, Susan Margaret | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2010-06-11 |
| TAYLOR, Susan | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2011-03-31 |
| TURTON, Neil Graham | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2006-11-23 |
| VAUGHAN, Paul | Director | 2005-04-06 | 2005-08-05 |
| WILSON, Kevin William | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2014-05-14 |
| YOUNG, Janet | Director | 2010-06-12 | 2011-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Fay Lila Selvan | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-08-06 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-07-08 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-12-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-03-31
1.04
DISTRESS
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.061 × 6.56 = +0.40
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.069 × 6.72 = +0.47
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.167 × 1.05 = +0.18
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory
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