How many employees does Big Issue Group Holdings Limited have?

Big Issue Group Holdings Limited reported an average of 0 employees in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Is Big Issue Group Holdings Limited profitable?

Yes — Big Issue Group Holdings Limited reported a profit of £23.3k in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Company No. 06771432 · Incorporated 11 Dec 2008

Big Issue Group Holdings Limited

Registered name: BIG ISSUE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

Big Issue Group Holdings Limited made £23.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).

Big Issue Group Holdings Limited reported £23.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection J · Information and communicationSIC 58142Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Status: Active
Location: London, London
Age: 17 yrs · since 2008
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

IndependentSmall team

Revenue

—

Not disclosed in filing

Profit

£23.3k

Growth —

Profit margin

—

Employees

Change —

Profit / employee

—

Profitable streak

1yr

Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Mar 2024	31 Mar 2025
Disclosure	Profit only	Profit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	—	—
Profit after tax	−£413k	£23.3k
Profit (best available)	−£413k	£23.3k
Employees (average)	0	0
Ratios
Profit margin	—	—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£143k	£17.5k
Net assets	−£18.8k	£4.6k
Current assets	£400k	£224k
Debtors	£0	£0
Deferred income	£299k	£50.3k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026	FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: —; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: —; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: —; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: —; 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.

Indirect — not revenue

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 £4.6k
Cash at bank: ▼88%; Now £17.5k
Headcount: —; Now 0
Deferred income: ▼83%; Now £50.3k
Fixed assets: —; Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Subsidiaries (4)

Big Issue Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Prevention Convention LtdFigures not disclosed
The Big Issue Cymru LimitedFigures not disclosed
The Big Social Passport LtdFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £23.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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