BIGDUG LIMITED
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Cash
£224k
-62.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£4m
+6.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
189
-7.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£323k
-86.8% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,891,107 | £43,100,105 | £42,604,029 | £42,518,020 | £44,781,238 | £46,856,857 | +4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,123,359 | £3,041,516 | £2,159,403 | £2,656,844 | £2,363,743 | £203,505 | -91.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,149,425 | £3,373,327 | £2,371,718 | £2,619,814 | £2,438,309 | £322,713 | -86.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,743,920 | £2,761,880 | £1,915,457 | £2,013,789 | £1,813,127 | £236,750 | -86.9% | |
| Cash | £200,583 | £222,991 | £326,721 | £294,147 | £596,157 | £224,311 | -62.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,626,080 | £3,697,340 | £2,817,077 | £4,035,396 | £3,848,523 | £4,324,506 | +12.4% | |
| Net assets | £3,564,170 | £3,626,050 | £2,741,507 | £3,955,296 | £3,768,423 | £4,005,173 | +6.3% | |
| Equity | £3,564,170 | £3,626,050 | £2,741,507 | £3,955,296 | £3,768,423 | £4,005,173 | +6.3% | |
| Average employees | 88 | 109 | 131 | 165 | 205 | 189 | -7.8% | |
| Wages | £3,721,374 | £4,596,801 | £5,076,181 | £6,539,629 | £8,106,201 | £8,607,048 | +6.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £289,936 | £261,279 | £349,083 | £354,732 | £365,677 | £341,240 | -6.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £13,856 | £14,513 | £14,974 | +3.2% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £253,948 | £250,083 | £238,602 | -4.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 7.1% | 5.1% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 58.6% | 82.3% | 76.7% | 65.8% | 61.4% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.7% | 59.0% | 69.3% | 58.1% | 56.0% | 68.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.70x | 1.76x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | 9.17x | 10.73x | 20.22x | 70.96x | 78.48x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing...”
Significant events
- “In the last quarter of 2025, the warehouse facility for a sister company was moved to the Bigdug site to offer a consolidated and improved service.”
- “The company is monitoring the impact of the Middle East conflict on the cost of goods and freight and adjusting sales prices accordingly to ensure a minimal impact on gross margin.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REILLY, Christopher James | Director | 2019-03-04 | Dec 1978 | British |
| SHARP, Suzanne | Director | 2024-07-31 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANCOCK, Victoria Emily | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | 2015-07-02 |
| HOWLS, Rachel | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | 2015-07-02 |
| POWELL, Jon Dominic | Secretary | 2004-01-19 | 2011-04-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-01-19 | 2004-01-19 |
| ANDREWS, Samantha Jane | Director | 2022-07-06 | 2024-07-31 |
| BATEMAN, Emma Louise | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2018-10-12 |
| BOLSCHO, Lars | Director | 2021-12-20 | 2023-10-15 |
| FLAITZ, Tobias Steffen | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2021-12-20 |
| HEGWEIN, Heiko, Dr | Director | 2018-09-13 | 2020-07-23 |
| JOSTEN, Franziskus Clemens Hermann | Director | 2018-09-13 | 2021-03-31 |
| LESSING, Dirk Michael | Director | 2015-07-02 | 2018-09-13 |
| MECHLING, Sonja | Director | 2023-10-15 | 2024-08-31 |
| NOURSE, Douglas George | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2015-07-02 |
| NOWAK, Thomas Batuhan | Director | 2021-12-20 | 2022-07-06 |
| POWELL, Jon Dominic | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2016-07-16 |
| RUMPF, Carsten-Andeas | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2025-08-28 |
| WEISHAAR, Andreas Georg | Director | 2025-08-28 | 2026-07-13 |
| ZIMMERMANN, Felix, Dr | Director | 2015-07-02 | 2018-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takkt Industrial & Packaging Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-14 | Active |
| Newport.Takkt Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-31 | Ceased 2024-05-14 |
| Kaiser + Kraft Europa Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.