The Big Life Company Limited
Registered name: THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED
The Big Life Company Limited made £29.1m revenue and a £178k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Big Life Company Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £29.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £178k and 560 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.9m | £27.4m | £29.1m |
| Cost of sales | £19.4m | £23.3m | −£24.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.2m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | −£7.4m | £318k | −£44.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£7.4m | £373k | −£86k |
| Profit after tax | −£7.4m | £461k | −£178k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.4m | £461k | −£178k |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 106 | 560 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −31% | 1.7% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 15.2% | 16.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £221k | £259k | £51.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£68.5k | £4.3k | −£318 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼138.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▲428.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £747k | £1.3m | — |
| Net assets | £916k | £657k | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.6m | — |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2m | — |
| Debtors | £534k | £255k | — |
| Deferred income | £154k | £280k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£318
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲428%
- Now 560
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Self Help Services LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £15.5m · Profit −£31.4k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£178k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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