BIGBLU BROADBAND LIMITED
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Cash
£26k
-99.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£3.7m
-55.6% vs 2023
Employees
3,095
-38.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3.1m
-42% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £668,000 | £696,000 | +4.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,980,000 | -£2,452,000 | -23.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,209,000 | -£3,137,000 | -42% | |
| Net profit | -£2,209,000 | -£3,138,000 | -42.1% | |
| Cash | £3,632,000 | £26,000 | -99.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,322,000 | £3,693,000 | -55.6% | |
| Net assets | £8,322,000 | £3,693,000 | -55.6% | |
| Equity | £8,322,000 | £3,693,000 | -55.6% | |
| Average employees | 5,011 | 3,095 | -38.2% | |
| Wages | £4,947,000 | £2,988,000 | -39.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £477,000 | £507,000 | +6.3% |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -23.8% | -66.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.9% | 79.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.16x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | -8.65x | -3.58x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-15
- BIGBLU BROADBAND LIMITED 2025-12-15 → present
- BIGBLU BROADBAND PLC 2018-05-23 → 2025-12-15
- SATELLITE SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE GROUP PLC 2015-05-08 → 2018-05-23
- CLEEVE CAPITAL PLC 2014-11-20 → 2015-05-08
- CLEEVE CAPITAL LIMITED 2014-09-17 → 2014-11-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board believes that the Group is well placed to manage its business risks and longer-term strategic objectives successfully, with the latest management information showing a string net cash position. Accordingly, we continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these results.”
Group structure
- BIGBLU BROADBAND LIMITED · parent
- SkyMesh Pty Ltd 100%
- BorderNet Internet Pty Ltd 100%
- Brdy Broadband Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 23 December 2024, the Group successfully completed its disposal of Skymesh for a total consideration of up to AUD$50.2m (c£25.0m) of which AUD$43.3m was received on completion (AUD$30m paid in cash and AUD$13.3m through the issue of new shares in SKM Telecommunications ('SKM', the acquirer of Skymesh)).”
- “At the year-end we retained a 2.8% holding in Quickline post the injection of £150m of additional funding by Northleaf Capital Partners since the date of acquisition in June 2021.”
- “As part of the acquisition of the Norwegian Operations by local management, Andrew Walwyn also participated in the Buy Out. As a result, Andrew resigned from his position as Executive CEO of the plc.”
- “In May 2024, following a full market exercise undertaken by independent advisors, the Group completed the Management By Out (MBO) of the business by local management, supported by Andrew Walwyn.”
- “The Australian disposal business SkyMesh Pty Ltd was completed in December 2024 and conditionally agreed at the Balance Sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARBER, Ben | Secretary | 2015-05-12 | — | — |
| MILLS, Christopher Harwood Bernard | Director | 2018-05-23 | Nov 1952 | British |
| WATERS, Frank Vincent | Director | 2015-05-12 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDMOND, Peter | Secretary | 2014-09-17 | 2015-05-12 |
| SGH MARTINEAU COMPANY SECRETARIAL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2015-05-12 | 2015-05-12 |
| CLIFTON, Simon Guy | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2020-09-30 |
| HOWARD, Paul Arthur | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2026-01-24 |
| MCGIVERN, Simon Philip | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2015-08-17 |
| MORANA, Stephen Gavin | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2020-05-21 |
| MOSES, Philip David | Director | 2020-05-21 | 2026-01-24 |
| PRIDMORE, Thomas Clifford | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-08-17 |
| REDMOND, Peter | Director | 2014-09-17 | 2014-12-16 |
| SARGENT, Rodger David | Director | 2014-09-17 | 2017-02-10 |
| TOBIN, Michael | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| WALWYN, Andrew Roy | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2024-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Harwood Bernard Mills | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-09-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-15 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-12-15 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-15 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-12-15 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-12-15 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.