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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-28 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-14

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£464K

-24.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

+38% vs 2023

Employees

83

-15.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£1M

+381.8% vs 2023

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £8,483,000£9,295,000
Operating profit -£374,000£1,054,000
Profit before tax -£374,000£1,054,000
Net profit -£222,000£978,000
Cash £614,000£464,000
Total assets less current liabilities £2,573,000£3,551,000
Net assets £2,573,000£3,551,000
Equity £2,573,000£3,551,000
Average employees 9883
Wages £3,146,000£3,007,000
Directors' remuneration £328,000£163,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -4.4%11.3%
Net margin -2.6%10.5%
Return on capital employed -14.5%29.7%
Current ratio 1.04x1.06x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. LINK UP MITAKA LIMITED 2000-09-15 → present
  2. LINK-UP (LANGUAGES) LIMITED 1987-09-30 → 2000-09-15
  3. LINK-UP SERVICES (LANGUAGES) LIMITED 1984-03-15 → 1987-09-30
  4. DIMEWAY LIMITED 1984-02-08 → 1984-03-15

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Saffery LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. LINK UP MITAKA LIMITED · parent
    1. Multilingual Services Limited 100%
    2. Mitaka Limited 100%
    3. Carmona UK Limited 100%
    4. thebigword Deutschland GmbH 100% · Germany
    5. thebigword Limited 100%
    6. thebigword Transcription Services Limited 100%

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 46 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GOULD, Joshua Director 2019-10-10 Jan 1984 British
RICE, Mark Oliver Director 2024-01-01 Jan 1979 British
Show 46 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ARKAN, Ali Nihat Secretary 2019-04-26 2019-08-12
BALL, Christopher Secretary 2001-09-25 2007-12-20
BUTLER, Nicholas Sowden Secretary 2001-08-01 2001-09-25
CHEESEBROUGH, Diane Secretary 2015-08-31 2018-01-22
CHEESEBROUGH, Diane Secretary 2011-08-25 2015-06-01
DALEY, Mark Secretary 2020-02-13 2023-12-28
GOULD, Joshua Secretary 2009-06-23 2009-07-17
GRIFFITHS, Hazel Jayne Secretary 2019-08-12 2020-02-13
MILLS, Marcus Lee Secretary 2018-01-22 2019-04-26
MYERS, Daniel Richard Secretary 2009-07-17 2011-08-25
NICHOL, Alistair John Secretary 1997-07-14 2001-07-31
OLIVER, Jon William Secretary 2008-12-01 2009-06-23
TOYNTON, Matthew Leigh Secretary 2015-06-01 2015-08-31
TYSON, Melanie Jacqueline Secretary 2007-12-20 2008-12-01
WILLIAMSON, Dianne Adrienne Secretary 1995-09-18
ARKAN, Ali Nihat Director 2019-02-18 2019-10-10
BALL, Christopher Director 2001-09-25 2008-09-05
BUTLER, Nicholas Sowden Director 2000-08-01 2002-07-01
BYRNE, Bernadette Judith Director 2014-03-21 2017-08-21
CHEESEBROUGH, Diane Director 2011-08-25 2018-01-22
CLAYTON, Mark Director 2016-02-10 2018-05-09
DALEY, Mark Andrew Director 2018-01-22 2023-12-28
EARNSHAW, Jeremy Waring Director 2011-12-14 2012-05-24
GLENNON, Andrew Paul Director 2002-09-26 2005-12-06
GOULD, Joshua Director 2009-09-17 2019-01-07
GOULD, Laurence Jeremy Director 2000-06-22 2021-08-04
GOULD, Laurence Jeremy Director 1997-03-13
GOULD, Michele Director 2008-01-14 2021-08-04
GOULD, Michele Director 1999-07-20 2001-02-28
GREGG, Leanne Director 2019-10-30 2021-08-04
GRIFFITHS, Hazel Jayne Director 2019-02-12 2020-02-13
HARRIS, Ian Mark Director 2001-02-28 2004-09-20
LANE, Peter William Director 2001-02-28 2002-09-26
LEVITT, Garry Charles Director 2019-02-18 2019-10-10
LIGHTOWLER, Andrew Graham Director 2020-03-10 2024-03-01
LORIMER, William Alexander Gordon Director 2002-04-30 2002-11-01
MILLER, Dianne Adrienne Director 2006-10-23
MILLS, Marcus Lee Director 2019-02-18 2019-04-26
MILLS, Marcus Lee Director 2016-03-03 2019-02-18
MILNER, Karen Jayne Director 2014-10-02 2016-01-19
MYERS, Daniel Richard Director 2009-07-17 2011-08-25
NICHOL, Alistair John Director 1997-07-14 2001-07-31
SANGIOVANNI, Luis Alberto Director 2020-04-28 2021-08-04
SENDEL, Kenneth Director 2014-10-02 2015-08-31
TOYNTON, Matthew Leigh Director 2012-09-03 2015-11-23
WESTWOOD, John Brian, Dr Director 2001-05-01 2005-12-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Laurence Jeremy Gould Individual Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence 2016-07-16 Ceased 2016-07-16
Thebigword Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 287 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-08-24 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2021-08-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-09-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-07-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-01-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-04 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-05 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2021-10-05 SH10 capital Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2021-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-24 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2021-08-24 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2021-08-17 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-08-16 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-08-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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