THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED

Company number 05551907 ·

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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.

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Shareholders' funds

£427

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 74300 Translation and interpretation activities

Officers 6 current · 33 resigned

Mark Oliver RICE Director
Appointed 2023-12-19
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER Appointed 2020-04-28
LEANNE GREGG Director
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER Appointed 2019-10-30
MR Joshua GOULD Director
Appointed 2009-09-17
DIRECTOR Appointed 2008-09-09

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Group structure 9 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 20

£235,606,123 total awarded value where published.

Showing the 5 most recent of 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

NameDate changed
THEBIGWORD GROUP PLC2016-02-04
THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED2011-12-23
THEBIGWORD HOLDINGS LIMITED2011-12-23
INHOCO 3246 LIMITED2006-01-03

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
BELMONT HOUSE, 20 WOOD LANE HEADINGLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS6 2AE2010-04-07
100 BARBIROLLI SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 3AB2006-01-05

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 →

33 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Leeds

This company ranks 20 among translation and interpretation activities in Leeds.

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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.