Big Issue Social Investments Limited
Registered name: BIG ISSUE SOCIAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Big Issue Group Holdings Limited groupBig Issue Social Investments Limited made £513k revenue and a £138k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Big Issue Social Investments Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £513k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £138k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £610k | £513k |
| Operating profit | −£9.3k | £14.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£9.3k | £14.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£6.6k | −£138k |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.6k | −£138k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.1% | −26.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £67.7k |
| Net assets | −£118k | −£256k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £91.1k |
| Debtors | £0 | £23.4k |
| Deferred income | £28.1k | £14.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −26.9%
- 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
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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 −£256k
- Cash at bank
- ▼94%
- Now £67.7k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £14.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Big Issue Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Big Issue Group Limited75–100%
- Big Issue Invest Limited75–100%
- Big Issue Social Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Big Independent Living Outcomes LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Big Issue Access LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Big Issue Invest Corporate Social Venturing LtdFigures not disclosed
- Big Issue Invest Fund Management LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£138k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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