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BIG ISSUE INVEST LIMITED
Cash
£6M
+53.5% vs 2021
Net assets
£2M
+0.2% vs 2021
Employees
22
0% vs 2021
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2022-03-31
Profile
- Company number
- 04764982
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2003-05-14
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64929
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Net assets
2-year trend · vs UK Fintech median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest 2022-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £3,859,489 | £5,924,356 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,331,492 | £21,570,004 | |
| Net assets | £1,699,494 | £1,703,197 | |
| Equity | £1,699,494 | £1,703,197 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 22 | |
| 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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the current and projected financial position of the company making reasonable assumptions about the future performance including stress testing forecasts. The key areas reviewed were forecast income and cash flows for the period of at least twelve months from approving these accounts and based on these the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements are presented on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Big Issue Invest Corporate Social Venturing Limited · 100% held · Financing of social enterprises
- Big Issue Invest Fund Management Limited · 100% held · Fund management
- Big Issue Social Investments Limited · 100% held · Investment financing
- Big Issue Access Limited · 100% held · Financing of social enterprises
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
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Fay Gina | Director | 2025-11-13 | Aug 1973 | British |
| GOSLING, Lawrence Arthur | Director | 2023-12-15 | Dec 1964 | British |
| KNOTT, Jennifer Katherine | Director | 2026-01-12 | Apr 1968 | British |
| MCDOUGALL GILLIGAN, Robert John | Director | 2024-01-25 | Oct 1965 | British |
| REDFORD, Sara Leigh | Director | 2020-04-23 | Feb 1976 | British |
| VERJEE, Shaheen | Director | 2022-12-08 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERSHAW, Nigel Ian | Secretary | 2003-09-29 | 2018-01-14 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-05-14 | 2003-09-29 |
| ALLEN, Josephine Louise | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2010-12-13 |
| ALLEN, Martin | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2026-01-31 |
| BIRD, John Anthony | Director | 2003-09-29 | 2009-10-14 |
| BIRD, Parveen | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2022-04-13 |
| BOOTHBY, Louise Gillian | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2024-05-31 |
| CLARKE, Amy | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2022-11-23 |
| FAIRWEATHER, James Macgregor Ayton | Director | 2016-01-28 | 2018-01-01 |
| FORSTER, Sarah Jacqueline | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2016-06-30 |
| JAMAL, Pyarali Pirbhai Kanji | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2018-01-30 |
| KERSHAW, Nigel Ian | Director | 2003-09-29 | 2018-01-01 |
| LITCHFIELD, Richard | Director | 2007-07-09 | 2009-12-01 |
| MONRO-DAVIS, Anthony Robin Dominic | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2014-09-11 |
| O'MALLEY, Charles | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2007-07-09 |
| PORTER, Mark | Director | 2024-01-25 | 2026-01-12 |
| SACHDEVA, Sandeep | Director | 2016-01-28 | 2025-04-21 |
| SATTAR, Danyal Nurus | Director | 2024-03-28 | 2025-03-31 |
| SIMMS, Mark Shaun | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2024-01-25 |
| TAYLOR, Warren Paul | Director | 2011-03-03 | 2024-01-25 |
| WAHHAB, Iqbal, Mr. | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2013-11-19 |
| WEST, Timothy John Harold | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2023-03-22 |
| WOOD, Arthur Victor Rudland | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-05-14 | 2003-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Issue Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2026-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-11-11 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-04-04 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-11-25 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2024-11-25 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2024-11-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2024-11-23 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | statement of companys objects |
| 2024-09-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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