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Company description
BIGHAND LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 21 November 1995; registered for 30 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 62012 · Business and domestic software development.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 12 trade marks, 8 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- BIGHAND LIMITED
- Company number
- 03128724
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 19 total · 3 outstanding · 16 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
9 April 2026Next statement due
23 April 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
BIGHAND LIMITED
LEI 213800X9V733XD4FJW94 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 21 November 1995
- Initial LEI registration
- 6 November 2017
- LEI last updated
- 6 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 28 March 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- BIGHAND SOFTWARE UK LIMITED
- Legal address
- MW102 WEWORK, 10 YORK ROAD, LONDON, GB-LND, SE1 7ND, GB
- Headquarters address
- MW102 WEWORK, 10 YORK ROAD, LONDON, GB-LND, SE1 7ND, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Bighand Limited
Registration Z9564872
- Registered from
- 10 August 2006
- Current end date
- 9 August 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition & Outsourced Transcription Services 2
N H S Shared Business Services · ocds-b5fd17-04589382-1fbd-4f66-aa92-346f4eda5cab
- Supplier named in award
- BigHand Limited
- Award value
- £150,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2025 – 30 September 2027
- Published
- 12 January 2026
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 72212314
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-04589382-1fbd-4f66-aa92-346f4eda5cab-2026-01-12T15:12:46Z
Healthcare user licence for Bighand Software
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust · ocds-b5fd17-851c3d91-0dec-439a-8d98-d9520588c04d
- Supplier named in award
- BIGHAND LIMITED
- Award value
- £14,649.58
- Contract period
- 31 March 2023 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 14 April 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 48000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-851c3d91-0dec-439a-8d98-d9520588c04d-2023-04-14T14:05:02+01:00
Contract Award Notice - Framework Agreement for Digital Dictation, Speech/Voice Recognition, Outsourced Transcription and associated services
NHS Commercial Solutions · ocds-b5fd17-e2f9b644-84f4-468f-8726-392dc9a84ecd
- Supplier named in award
- BigHand Ltd
- Award value
- £200,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 January 2023 – 22 January 2025
- Published
- 23 January 2023
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e2f9b644-84f4-468f-8726-392dc9a84ecd-2023-01-23T11:53:19Z
MEH - Digital Dictation and Voice Recognition for Moorfields Eye Hospital
Partners Procurement Service · ocds-b5fd17-2bbc4143-5a0b-46d7-8055-ee30f440c532
- Supplier named in award
- BIGHAND LIMITED
- Award value
- £91,057
- Contract period
- 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2025
- Published
- 4 January 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 48314000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2bbc4143-5a0b-46d7-8055-ee30f440c532-2023-01-04T14:04:05Z
Digital Dictation
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust · ocds-b5fd17-a1d95e73-ddbc-4add-a4fb-1ba1029ddbeb
- Supplier named in award
- BIGHAND LIMITED
- Award value
- £29,334
- Contract period
- 30 April 2022 – 29 April 2023
- Published
- 29 June 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32332100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a1d95e73-ddbc-4add-a4fb-1ba1029ddbeb-2022-06-29T10:08:15+01:00
Supply goods and services for Digital Dictation
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust · ocds-b5fd17-3f27a4ac-a9c5-483a-b4e0-6af15dd8a475
- Supplier named in award
- BIGHAND LIMITED
- Award value
- £29,334
- Contract period
- 23 June 2021 – 24 June 2021
- Published
- 28 March 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32332100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3f27a4ac-a9c5-483a-b4e0-6af15dd8a475-2022-03-28T11:46:31+01:00
Digital Dictation Project
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust · ocds-b5fd17-1e609ea1-3074-43c3-88ea-e4377106e601
- Supplier named in award
- BIGHAND LIMITED
- Award value
- £218,282.04
- Contract period
- 1 May 2020 – 2 May 2020
- Published
- 6 May 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32332100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1e609ea1-3074-43c3-88ea-e4377106e601-2020-05-06T13:21:05+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Figurative mark
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 29 January 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 January 2026
BIGHAND NOW
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2025
BIGHAND GO
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2025
SMARTNOTE
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 27 July 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 July 2025
BigHand Go
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 August 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 August 2023
FreeMe
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 April 2023
freeme
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 April 2023
Figurative mark
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 April 2023
freeme
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 4 January 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 January 2023
BIGHAND TOTALSPEECH
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 7 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 June 2021
TotalSpeech
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 7 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 June 2021
BIG HAND
Owner BigHand Limited · classes 9,16,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 20 January 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 January 2020
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Bighand Uk Bidco Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 12834023
- Notified
- 14 May 2021
Bighand Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Uk Companies House
- Registration number
- 05819091
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 14 May 2021
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: BIGHAND SOFTWARE UK LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: BIGHAND LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.