THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED

Active
Company number 04227431Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 2001

Key figures

£5,293,215+705.3%
Net assets 2024/25
+705.3%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
02 m4 m6 m2023/242024/25

† THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 86900

Where the company stands among the 74,960 active companies whose first SIC code is 86900 (Other human health activities).

Turnover£29,059,288
Higher than 94% · median £65,478 among 1,833 that publish turnover
Net assets£5,293,215
Higher than 99% · median £4,867
Total assets£12,643,655
Higher than 99% · median £20,084
Cash£2,630,774
Higher than 99% · median £12,605
Company age25.4 years
Older than 96% · median 5.1 years
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 74,960. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 04227431. It was incorporated on 1 Jun 2001. Its status is active. The registered office is in Manchester (M15). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other human health activities (86900).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £29,059,288. Net assets were £5,293,215, up 705.3% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £2,630,774. Total assets were £12,643,655 and total liabilities £5,236,142. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 74,960 active companies whose first SIC code is 86900: By turnover it ranks higher than 94% of the 1,833 that publish turnover (median £65,478). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £4,867). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £20,084). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £12,605). It is older than 96% of them (median age 5.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2019. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £18.4m. Its most frequent buyer is Manchester City Council (4 contracts). It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £161.4k, from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 3% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 14 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 5 of 14 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 25 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/242024/25 †
Turnover27,423,04329,059,288
Cash at bank and in hand1,345,6812,630,774
Total assets4,587,05312,643,655
Total liabilities3,929,7915,236,142
Net assets / total equity657,2625,293,215
Average number of employees106—

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Principal activity

Accounts 2025

The Big Life group is in the business of changing lives. Its mission is to fight inequality by working with people and places to create opportunities and inspire change. We deliver health and wellbeing, skills and employment, children and family services and by starting where people are at, we help them get to where they want to be.

As described in the company's latest filed accounts.

Public contracts

8 contracts

THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2019. Their combined published value is £18.4m.

Contracts per year
Main buyers4
Manchester City Council
4 contracts · £9.3m
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
2 contracts · £6.1m
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
1 contract · £2.6m
GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
1 contract · £488.6k
Contracts
  1. Provision of Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy BabiesManchester City Council · £2,084,742 · runs until Mar 2029
  2. Assertive Outreach PathwayGREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £488,643
  3. GMCA1759 Court Well-being Support ServiceGreater Manchester Combined Authority · £230,425 · runs until Sep 2027
  4. GMCA1667.4 Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitation Services (GMIRS) Wellbeing Support & Integration ServiceGreater Manchester Combined Authority · £5,831,989 · runs until Mar 2027
  5. Talking Therapies Service in Cheshire EastNHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · £2,569,266
Show 3 more
  1. TC1074 - The Provision of a Children's Core Purpose and Outreach Service‡Manchester City Council · £396,630
  2. TC1051 - The Provision of a Be Well (Community Links for Health) Service for North Manchester‡Manchester City Council · £1,365,000
  3. TC960 - The Provision of a Community Links for Health Service - Central & South Manchester‡Manchester City Council · £5,410,795

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

1 grant

THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £161.4k.

Grant
  1. Coronavirus Community Support FundDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £161,421

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 7% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter83% womenLower middle82% womenUpper middle75% womenUpper pay quarter78% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 3% lower
women 7% lower
2023/24
women 1% lower
women 8% lower
2022/23
women 4% lower
women 6% lower
2021/22
no gap
women 4% lower
2020/21
no gap
women 7% lower
2018/19
women 8.8% lower
women 10.6% lower
2017/18
women 14.3% lower
women 10.4% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

85 events
  1. Joel Henry Terique TENNANT appointedDirector
  2. Roli BARKER appointedDirector
  3. Paul COOKSON appointedDirector
  4. Aikaterini VALVI appointedDirector
  5. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £29.1m, net assets £5.3m
  6. Rebecca Denise GIBBONS appointedDirector
  7. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £27.4m, net assets £657.3k, 106 employees
  8. Philip William ALTY resignedDirector
Earlier events (77)
  1. Amit SHAH resignedDirector
  2. Liam Daniel James SYMONDS appointedDirector
  3. Caroline Margaret PRICE resignedDirector
  4. Teresa CHASE appointedSecretary
  5. Keith Francis SMITH resignedDirector
  6. Victoria VICKERS resignedSecretary
  7. Andrew RAFFERTY appointedDirector
  8. Richard SCORER resignedDirector
  9. Ms Fay Lila Selvan registered as a person with significant control
  10. Regina MCMORROW resignedSecretary
  11. Victoria VICKERS appointedSecretary
  12. Emma Marie EATON appointedDirector
  13. Simon Paul KWEEDAY appointedDirector
  14. Keith Francis SMITH appointedDirector
  15. Allan BESWICK resignedDirector
  16. Edward James Christopher GALE appointedDirector
  17. Maria ALAVI resignedDirector
  18. Philip William ALTY appointedDirector
  19. Phil HODGETT resignedSecretary
  20. Phillip Edward Charles HODGETT resignedDirector
  21. Regina MCMORROW appointedSecretary
  22. Louise GRANT appointedDirector
  23. Amit SHAH appointedDirector
  24. Emma PERRY resignedDirector
  25. Emma PERRY appointedDirector
  26. Maria ALAVI appointedDirector
  27. Kevin William WILSON resignedDirector
  28. Richard SCORER appointedDirector
  29. Rajesh PATEL resignedDirector
  30. Phil HODGETT appointedSecretary
  31. Phillip Edward Charles HODGETT appointedDirector
  32. Janet YOUNG resignedDirector
  33. Susan TAYLOR resignedDirector
  34. Priti BUTLER resignedSecretary
  35. Janet YOUNG appointedDirector
  36. Susan Margaret STUBBS resignedDirector
  37. Hadas ALTWARG resignedDirector
  38. Peter MARCUS resignedDirector
  39. Edna Janet ROBINSON appointedDirector
  40. Rajesh PATEL appointedDirector
  41. Susan TAYLOR appointedDirector
  42. Caroline Margaret PRICE appointedDirector
  43. Susan Margaret STUBBS appointedDirector
  44. Neil Graham TURTON resignedDirector
  45. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN resignedSecretary
  46. Priti BUTLER appointedSecretary
  47. Allan BESWICK appointedDirector
  48. Peter MARCUS appointedDirector
  49. Jane Kathleen GREEN resignedSecretary
  50. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN appointedSecretary
  51. Paul VAUGHAN resignedSecretary
  52. Paul VAUGHAN resignedDirector
  53. Jane Kathleen GREEN appointedSecretary
  54. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN resignedDirector
  55. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN resignedSecretary
  56. Paul VAUGHAN appointedSecretary
  57. Paul VAUGHAN appointedDirector
  58. Priti BUTLER appointedDirector
  59. Hadas ALTWARG appointedDirector
  60. Kate Elizabeth MARKEY resignedDirector
  61. Christopher Augustine BINNS resignedDirector
  62. Kate Elizabeth MARKEY appointedDirector
  63. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN appointedDirector
  64. Neil Graham TURTON appointedDirector
  65. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN appointedSecretary
  66. Christopher Augustine BINNS appointedDirector
  67. Kevin William WILSON appointedDirector
  68. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN resignedSecretary
  69. Priti BUTLER resignedDirector
  70. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN resignedDirector
  71. Dawn RIVERS resignedDirector
  72. Fay Lila SELVAN appointedDirector
  73. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN appointedSecretary
  74. Priti BUTLER appointedDirector
  75. Donna Shuk Fun NGAN appointedDirector
  76. Dawn RIVERS appointedDirector
  77. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.