THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
Company number 05551907 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED, as a standalone entity, presents as technically insolvent with liabilities exceeding assets by approximately £1.279m and negligible cash reserves. However, this diagnosis must be contextualized: the company is a non-trading holding entity sustained entirely by group operations. The critical concern is the group's £24.5m term loan maturing August 2026, which requires either refinancing or repayment. While management and auditors express confidence in going concern and forecast 2025 profitability, the financial health of this entity remains fundamentally dependent on successful debt restructuring and the group's ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations.
Shareholders' funds
£427
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a holding company investing in subsidiaries whose principal activities are the provision of translation services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-09-01
- Employees
- 0 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Suite U2, Ground Floor Arlington Business Centre, White Rose Park, Leeds, England, LS11 0PA
- Postcode
- LS11 0PA
- Capital
- 112,970 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-01
- Next due by
- 2026-09-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74300 Translation and interpretation activities
Officers 6 current · 33 resigned
Group structure 9 subsidiaries
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THEBIGWORD EUROPE LIMITED Dissolved
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THEBIGWORD TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES LTD. Dissolved
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WORD PIE LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 20
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-04-01).
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Contact details
- Website
- thebigword.co.uk
Language translation & Interpreting solutions delivered through specialist language technology. Trusted by the top 100 global brands & organisations.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THEBIGWORD GROUP PLC | 2016-02-04 |
| THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED | 2011-12-23 |
| THEBIGWORD HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2011-12-23 |
| INHOCO 3246 LIMITED | 2006-01-03 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BELMONT HOUSE, 20 WOOD LANE HEADINGLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS6 2AE | 2010-04-07 |
| 100 BARBIROLLI SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 3AB | 2006-01-05 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 38 similar companies in LS, trading since 2005
No.20 of the largest translation and interpretation activities companies in Leeds →
Competitors Leeds
This company ranks 20 among translation and interpretation activities in Leeds.
The class of 2005
34%
of the 154,486 companies incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.