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BETTER SOCIETY CAPITAL LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 07599565
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2011-04-11
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 66300
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Subsidiaries
- Ada Ventures Soc I LP · 100% held · London
- Ada Ventures Soc II LP · 100% held · London
- BBRC Homes Limited · 20% held · Bristol
- Bethnal Green Ventures LLP · 35.35% held · London
- BGV Birdcage LP · 80% held · London
- Big Issue Invest IV LP · 30% held · London
- Big Issue Invest Outcomes Investment Fund LP · 85% held · London
- Big Issue Invest Social Enterprise Investment Fund II LP · 62.98% held · London
- Bridges Evergreen BSC Housing Co-Investment LP · 100% held · London
- Bridges Evergreen Capital Limited Partnership · 30.45% held · London
- Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund LP · 44.52% held · London
- City Funds LP · 50% held · Bristol
- CT UK Residential Real Estate FCP-RAIF · 22.9% held · Fareham
- Eka Ventures 1 LP · 99.25% held · London
- Fair By Design Venture Limited Partnership · 40.86% held · London
- Impact Ventures SA, SICAV-SIF · 41.59% held · Luxembourg
- National Homelessness Property Fund Limited Partnership · 34.3% held · Launceston
- National Homelessness Property Fund 2 Limited Partnership · 22.88% held · Launceston
- Nesta Impact Investments 1 Limited Partnership · 45.46% held · London
- North East Social Investment Fund Limited Partnership · 57.35% held · Newcastle upon Tyne
- Octopus Affordable Housing Feeder Fund I LP · 20.24% held · London
- Public Services Lab LLP · 28.48% held · Liverpool
- Resonance Everyone In Limited Partnership · 44.72% held · Launceston
- Resonance Supported Homes Fund Limited Partnership · 32.81% held · Launceston
- SASH Sidecar LP · 100% held · Reading
- Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust · 27.31% held · London
- Social and Sustainable Housing 2 LP · 51.8% held · Reading
- Social Finance Care and Wellbeing Investments LLP · 50% held · London
- Social Growth Fund 2 LLP · 46.15% held · Edinburgh
- The Charity Bank Limited · 51.06% held · Tonbridge
- The Community Investment Fund L.P. · 54.93% held · Reading
- The Good Food Ventures LP · 29.92% held · London
- The Third Sector Investment Fund LLP · 90.78% held · Reading
- Women in Safe Homes Limited Partnership · 34.61% held · Launceston
- Zinc 2 VB LP · 50.44% held · London
Significant events
- “On 11 February 2025 BSC signed a lease for new office premises (Script, 44 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RN) and relocated to the office on 24 February 2025.”
- “In 2024 the company rebranded, changing its name from Big Society Capital Limited, to Better Society Capital Limited on 26 April 2024, to more accurately reflect the aims and objectives of the organisation.”
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People
12 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL-MAY, Katie Louise | Secretary | 2020-05-11 | — | — |
| ASHWORTH, Michelle Louise | Director | 2025-10-02 | Jul 1974 | British |
| BROMLEY, John Alexander | Director | 2025-10-02 | Feb 1977 | British |
| CHAN, Choong Fai | Director | 2022-12-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| CHEW, James Laurence | Director | 2023-04-18 | Jul 1962 | British |
| EVANS, Alison Margaret, Dr | Director | 2023-07-13 | Jul 1962 | British |
| GINDAY, Rosie Kaur | Director | 2023-07-13 | Mar 1984 | British |
| HINDLE FISHER, Robin Charles | Director | 2022-06-22 | Sep 1959 | British |
| HUNTER, David Edgar | Director | 2019-06-12 | Feb 1955 | British |
| MILLER SMITH, Fiona Margaret | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jul 1970 | British |
| MUERS, Stephen Mark | Director | 2021-08-10 | Jun 1977 | British |
| WRIGHT, Christopher Robert | Director | 2018-06-07 | Jan 1962 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLANTYNE, Alastair Ian | Secretary | 2011-12-12 | 2020-05-11 |
| ALEXANDER, Lesley-Anne | Director | 2018-06-07 | 2026-01-31 |
| AUSTWICK, Dawn Jacquelyn | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2013-09-10 |
| BOYLE, Kieron John | Director | 2016-06-14 | 2025-06-14 |
| BROYD, Paola Bergamaschi | Director | 2018-06-07 | 2020-05-07 |
| CARRINGTON, David John | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2017-05-18 |
| COHEN, Ronald Mourad, Sir | Director | 2011-04-26 | 2019-06-06 |
| DODD, Martin Thomas | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2011-04-26 |
| ELLIS, Fiona Mary | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2023-05-01 |
| FOSTER, Stuart Peter John | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2023-06-29 |
| GIDDINS, Alan Clifford Bence | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2025-09-25 |
| KINGSTON, John Gordon | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2015-07-21 |
| MCCOMB, Christina Margaret | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2025-10-31 |
| MCGRATH, Harvey Andrew, Sir | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2022-06-24 |
| MORRISON, Stephen James | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2014-01-21 |
| MULGAN, Geoffrey John | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2015-05-19 |
| O'DONOHOE, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2011-04-26 | 2015-12-31 |
| POWELL, David Stanley | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2018-06-07 |
| PRIOR, Clifford James | Director | 2016-03-07 | 2020-05-31 |
| RICE, Susan Ilene, Lady | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2018-06-07 |
| SMART, Sarah | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2018-12-31 |
| SMITHSON, Keith Victor | Director | 2014-01-21 | 2017-06-28 |
| WADE, Anne Katherine | Director | 2014-07-07 | 2022-06-22 |
| WALKER PALMOUR, Danielle Jeanine | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2019-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Oversight Trust-Assets For The Common Good | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-02-25 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
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