BETTER SOCIETY CAPITAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-25 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-11
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BETTER SOCIETY CAPITAL LIMITED 2024-04-26 → present
- BIG SOCIETY CAPITAL LIMITED 2011-07-28 → 2024-04-26
- BSB 42 LIMITED 2011-04-11 → 2011-07-28
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- BETTER SOCIETY CAPITAL LIMITED · parent
- Ada Ventures Soc I LP 100%
- Ada Ventures Soc II LP 100%
- BBRC Homes Limited 20%
- Bethnal Green Ventures LLP 35.35%
- BGV Birdcage LP 80%
- Big Issue Invest IV LP 30%
- Big Issue Invest Outcomes Investment Fund LP 85%
- Big Issue Invest Social Enterprise Investment Fund II LP 62.98%
- Bridges Evergreen BSC Housing Co-Investment LP 100%
- Bridges Evergreen Capital Limited Partnership 30.45%
- Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund LP 44.52%
- City Funds LP 50%
- CT UK Residential Real Estate FCP-RAIF 22.9%
- Eka Ventures 1 LP 99.25%
- Fair By Design Venture Limited Partnership 40.86%
- Impact Ventures SA, SICAV-SIF 41.59%
- National Homelessness Property Fund Limited Partnership 34.3%
- National Homelessness Property Fund 2 Limited Partnership 22.88%
- Nesta Impact Investments 1 Limited Partnership 45.46%
- North East Social Investment Fund Limited Partnership 57.35%
- Octopus Affordable Housing Feeder Fund I LP 20.24%
- Public Services Lab LLP 28.48%
- Resonance Everyone In Limited Partnership 44.72%
- Resonance Supported Homes Fund Limited Partnership 32.81%
- SASH Sidecar LP 100%
- Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust 27.31%
- Social and Sustainable Housing 2 LP 51.8%
- Social Finance Care and Wellbeing Investments LLP 50%
- Social Growth Fund 2 LLP 46.15%
- The Charity Bank Limited 51.06%
- The Community Investment Fund L.P. 54.93%
- The Good Food Ventures LP 29.92%
- The Third Sector Investment Fund LLP 90.78%
- Women in Safe Homes Limited Partnership 34.61%
- Zinc 2 VB LP 50.44%
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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one