The Big Issue in Scotland Limited
Registered name: THE BIG ISSUE IN SCOTLAND LIMITED
The Big Issue in Scotland Limited made £0 revenue and £0 profit in the year to 26 Mar 2025.
The Big Issue in Scotland Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 26 Mar 2025, with £0 profit. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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.
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. From the filing: “Big Issue Media Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Mar 2023 | 26 Mar 2024 | 26 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £424k | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £99.8k | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £325k | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£37.3k | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £0 |
| Profit after tax | −£33.2k | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | −£33.2k | £0 | £0 |
| Staff costs | £265k | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 2 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −7.8% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 76.5% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £53k | £0 | — |
| Profit per employee | −£4.2k | £0 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼75% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £290k | £14.6k | — |
| Net assets | −£186 | −£186 | — |
| Current assets | £294k | £18.8k | — |
| Debtors | £4.1k | £4.1k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 26 Mar 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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