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Company description
THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 1 September 2005; registered for 21 years; registered office reported in LEEDS, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 74300 · Translation and interpretation activities.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 December 2024, it reported profit after tax £0, average employees 0. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 5 PSC records, 18 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
- THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
- Company number
- 05551907
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 1 outstanding · 5 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 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
1 September 2025Next statement due
15 September 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Profit before tax
- £0
- Profit after tax
- £0
- Current assets
- £265,000
- Current liabilities
- £1,544,000
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £427,000
- Cash at bank
- £39,000
- Equity
- £427,000
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
THEBIGWORD GROUP PLC
LEI 549300N8HCZCB7B0WY02 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 28 June 2014
- LEI last updated
- 31 July 2023
- Next renewal
- 26 June 2015
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- Inhoco 3246 Limited; Thebigword Group Limited; Thebigword Holdings Limited
- Legal address
- LINK UP HOUSE, WORTLEY RING ROAD LOWER WORTLEY, LEEDS, GB-LDS, LS12 6AB, GB
- Headquarters address
- LINK UP HOUSE, WORTLEY RING ROAD LOWER WORTLEY, LEEDS, GB-LDS, LS12 6AB, GB
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.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 April 2020 – 1 April 2021
- Approved
- 1 April 2021
- Sectors
- Other
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £36 million to £60 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 1 April 2021
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Thebigword Group Limited
Registration ZB692967
- Registered from
- 22 May 2024
- Current end date
- 21 May 2027
- Trading names
- thebigword
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.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Contract for the Provision of Translation Services to NHS South Central and West CSU 25-28
NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT · ocds-b5fd17-ab26dba5-0d5c-4f72-940f-1ca5f7f495d5
- Supplier named in award
- The Big Word Group Limited
- Award value
- £50,000
- Contract period
- 19 March 2025 – 18 March 2026
- Published
- 8 April 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79540000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ab26dba5-0d5c-4f72-940f-1ca5f7f495d5-2025-04-08T14:14:21+01:00
Contract for Translation and Interpretation services
London Borough of Hillingdon · ocds-b5fd17-9bec4a1c-da82-4d8a-acb3-720bc91454f9
- Supplier named in award
- thebigword group ltd
- Award value
- £399,606
- Contract period
- 21 August 2023 – 20 August 2025
- Published
- 27 August 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9bec4a1c-da82-4d8a-acb3-720bc91454f9-2024-08-27T11:05:37+01:00
CCCT/778 Provision of DE&S Non-Spoken Communication Services
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-57a5c3e3-ec1a-451d-a927-a62ae255de2c
- Supplier named in award
- thebigword Group Limited
- Award value
- £200,000
- Contract period
- 30 June 2023 – 30 June 2025
- Published
- 30 June 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79540000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-57a5c3e3-ec1a-451d-a927-a62ae255de2c-2023-06-30T12:57:14+01:00
Translation of Migrant Workers Content on HSE's Website
Health & Safety Executive · ocds-b5fd17-4986ea27-ad59-4379-894e-1c6d07f9f37e
- Supplier named in award
- THEBIGWORD
- Award value
- £5,601.85
- Contract period
- 17 October 2022 – 31 December 2022
- Published
- 16 November 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4986ea27-ad59-4379-894e-1c6d07f9f37e-2022-11-16T12:11:22Z
Sussex Health Translation & Interpreting Services ITMC (1-5)
South of England Procurement Centre · ocds-b5fd17-03fcc7e0-c0a5-4d5f-bc69-ee63db7565da
- Supplier named in award
- The Big Word Group Limited
- Award value
- £5,520,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2022 – 31 October 2025
- Published
- 8 February 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-03fcc7e0-c0a5-4d5f-bc69-ee63db7565da-2023-02-08T11:21:13Z
Contract for the provision of Language Analysis Services
Home Office · ocds-b5fd17-edd65edc-3f34-43db-9f24-7c21997c54c0
- Supplier named in award
- thebigword Group Limited
- Award value
- £1,151,342
- Contract period
- 11 November 2024 – 10 November 2027
- Published
- 2 December 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 71620000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-edd65edc-3f34-43db-9f24-7c21997c54c0-2024-12-02T09:49:47Z
Interpretation & Translation Services - Rochdale Council
STAR Procurement · ocds-b5fd17-a5aba758-e915-4354-a398-faeb6b99a027
- Supplier named in award
- The Big Word Group Ltd
- Award value
- £566,666
- Contract period
- 7 June 2022 – 30 September 2024
- Published
- 7 March 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a5aba758-e915-4354-a398-faeb6b99a027-2023-03-07T13:25:20Z
Language Services
British Transport Police · ocds-b5fd17-8dd01899-5571-40bc-bdf1-fad678a12ff0
- Supplier named in award
- thebigword Group Limited
- Award value
- £72,859,239
- Contract period
- 1 August 2022 – 31 July 2025
- Published
- 8 April 2024
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 75110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8dd01899-5571-40bc-bdf1-fad678a12ff0-2024-04-08T13:09:42+01:00
Language Services
H M Revenue & Customs · ocds-b5fd17-5f063c18-cd54-42c4-9766-be5fce37f470
- Supplier named in award
- THEBIGWORD
- Award value
- £4,500,000
- Contract period
- 31 May 2022 – 30 June 2025
- Published
- 30 June 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5f063c18-cd54-42c4-9766-be5fce37f470-2022-06-30T18:15:45+01:00
Translation of Ukraine Resettlement Documents
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES · ocds-b5fd17-29a0ee60-bb1f-41fc-98a4-1d01fca7d6c1
- Supplier named in award
- TheBigWord Group
- Award value
- £15,000
- Contract period
- 16 March 2022 – 15 September 2022
- Published
- 8 April 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-29a0ee60-bb1f-41fc-98a4-1d01fca7d6c1-2022-04-08T15:41:39+01:00
Interpretation and Translation services
London Borough of Barnet · ocds-b5fd17-e9864deb-f856-48ca-b4b9-844adf8f6e28
- Supplier named in award
- thebigword Group Ltd
- Award value
- £863,000
- Contract period
- 18 October 2021 – 30 September 2024
- Published
- 3 November 2021
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e9864deb-f856-48ca-b4b9-844adf8f6e28-2021-11-03T17:45:05Z
Language Services (Lot 1 - 5)
Crown Commercial Service · ocds-b5fd17-d6bfae7c-9db2-460e-9f29-f9ec52a3ca98
- Supplier named in award
- thebigword Group Ltd
- Award value
- £148,000,000
- Contract period
- 11 May 2021 – 29 March 2025
- Published
- 21 November 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 32232000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d6bfae7c-9db2-460e-9f29-f9ec52a3ca98-2023-11-21T14:35:00Z
This notice is written on behalf of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary for the provision of Written Translation Service for ACRO
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-fa6a4c13-c4df-466f-bb1e-f641fd854b38
- Supplier named in award
- THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
- Award value
- £562,500
- Contract period
- 22 October 2020 – 21 December 2025
- Published
- 3 July 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fa6a4c13-c4df-466f-bb1e-f641fd854b38-2024-07-03T11:33:18+01:00
PS17037e3 Palantypists, BSL and Interpreting services
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-a87e1881-d313-4fde-ac9b-4629002481cd
- Supplier named in award
- THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 30 June 2020 – 31 December 2020
- Published
- 15 June 2020
- Procedure
- Other - Contract Variation
- Main CPV
- 71351400
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a87e1881-d313-4fde-ac9b-4629002481cd-2020-06-15T12:16:38+01:00
Provision of Linguistics Support to the Royal Military Police - Transparency Notice
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-441b4b3d-adeb-4cf4-9d29-c6f5e1bc6055
- Supplier named in award
- The BIGWORD Group Limited
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2019 – 31 March 2020
- Published
- 9 September 2019
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 75000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-441b4b3d-adeb-4cf4-9d29-c6f5e1bc6055-2019-09-09T15:01:13+01:00
Provision for Interpreting and Translation Services
NOE-CPC · ocds-b5fd17-a162a17f-698b-4452-9c51-e6cddf922f2b
- Supplier named in award
- THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 12 July 2019 – 11 July 2021
- Published
- 16 September 2019
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a162a17f-698b-4452-9c51-e6cddf922f2b-2019-09-16T15:01:42+01:00
Provision of Linguistics Support to the Royal Military Police
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-82b529bb-2e91-4609-b39a-c89013492075
- Supplier named in award
- The BIGWORD Group Limited
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 31 July 2018 – 30 July 2019
- Published
- 21 August 2018
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 75000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-82b529bb-2e91-4609-b39a-c89013492075-2018-08-21T14:59:59+01:00
Award of 1617-0854 The Provision of Interpreting and Translation Services
ISLINGTON COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-4c666642-9a31-43bc-ac01-0e869d23f1d6
- Supplier named in award
- THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 31 March 2018 – 28 February 2021
- Published
- 28 February 2018
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4c666642-9a31-43bc-ac01-0e869d23f1d6-2018-02-28T10:38:30Z
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.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Thebigword Group Bidco Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Notified
- 4 August 2021
Mr John Robert ManningSee 4 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares (as a trust)
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights (as a trust)
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 22 June 2021
Mr Laurence Jeremy GouldSee 18 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Controls 50% to 75% of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 4 August 2021
Mr Maurice Peter MillerSee 10 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares (as a trust)
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights (as a trust)
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 22 June 2021
Mrs Michele GouldSee 3 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Controls 50% to 75% of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United States
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 22 June 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
13 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.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 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
0 procurement processes 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.
16 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: THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: THEBIGWORD HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.