BIG ISSUE INVEST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-10 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-27
Watchouts
None on the register
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
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BIG ISSUE INVEST LIMITED 2008-09-01 → present
- BIGINVEST COMPANY LIMITED 2003-09-29 → 2008-09-01
- SHELFCO (NO.2857) LIMITED 2003-05-14 → 2003-09-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2022-03-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 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 the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- BIG ISSUE INVEST LIMITED · parent
- Big Issue Invest Corporate Social Venturing Limited 100%
- Big Issue Invest Fund Management Limited 100%
- Big Issue Social Investments Limited 100%
- Big Issue Access Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-23 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2021 → FY2022 · period ending 2022-03-31 vs 2021-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+53.5%
£3,859,489 £5,924,356
-
Net assets
+0.2%
£1,699,494 £1,703,197
-
Employees
0%
22 22
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