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Company · Leicester Liquidation

BIG Difference Company Limited

Operation of arts facilities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 29

  1. Jessica Southworth 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Sutton 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. Julian Haywood 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Lauren Mills 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Karen Jennings 2015-2016 Director View profile
  6. Stephanie Alison Osborn 2014-2021 Director View profile
  7. Andrew Jonathan Brown 2014-2022 Director View profile
  8. David Boydon 2014-2020 Director View profile
  9. Martyn Howard Allison 2012-2022 Director View profile
  10. John Stobart 2011-2014 Director View profile
  11. Clare Louise Hudson 2008-2014 Director View profile
  12. Hilary Buckby 2007-2016 Director View profile
  13. Jenny Susan Pearce 2006-2015 Director View profile
  14. Hugh Evans 2006-2008 Director View profile
  15. Jane Cowley 2006-2008 Director View profile
  16. Helen Taverner 2005-2014 Director View profile
  17. George Ridgway 2005-2006 Director View profile
  18. Asgarali Anverali Pirbhai 2004-2022 Director View profile
  19. Jeanne Jenner Rae 2004-2007 Director View profile
  20. Antony John Stonestreet 2000-2004 Director View profile
  21. Alison Mary Platts 1999-2004 Director View profile
  22. Kate Wolfsohn 1998-2000 Director View profile
  23. Nicola Jane Ward 1997-1999 Director View profile
  24. Christopher Connolly Maughan 1997-2014 Director View profile
  25. Richard Hugh Haswell 1997-2000 Director View profile
  26. Wendy Green 1997-1998 Director View profile
  27. Geoffrey Mark Rowe 1995-2001 Director View profile
  28. Abigail Trasna Palmer 1995-2004 Director View profile
  29. Phillip East 2004-2012 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
02/11/1995
Registered office
Leicester
Also a registered charity
BIG Difference Company Limited
Previous names
Leicester Comedy Festival Limited (until 30/03/2009)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above BIG Difference Company Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Employees
0.06
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-29. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

7 grants · £252,720 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £155,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £39,980 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £37,700
  • The Baring Foundation · £20,040

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9802025-01-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £105,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £50,0002020-04-01
  • The Baring Foundation £20,0402019-10-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002019-10-16
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

8 directors on the board

6.8y median 5y
average tenure
14.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 2Education 2Business services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03121538
Status
Liquidation
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
29/03/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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