THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 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 the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -31.1% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -299.4% | 11.1% | |
| Interest cover | -246.40x | 5.62x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Big Issue North Trust Ltd
- Big Life Centres Ltd
- Self Help Services Ltd
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
-
Turnover
+14.9%
£23,863,241 £27,423,043
-
Cash
+80.1%
£747,202 £1,345,681
-
Net assets
-28.2%
£915,942 £657,262
-
Employees
-1.9%
108 106
-
Operating profit
+104.3%
-£7,428,934 £318,080
-
Profit before tax
+105%
-£7,418,006 £372,695
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers