Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Company · London

Bighand Limited

Business and domestic software development

How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

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

Network

The large node is Bighand Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Previous officers 16

  1. James Donal Davis 2019-2026 Director View profile
  2. Ian Churchill 2016-2019 Director View profile
  3. Michael William Bates Kent 2013-2014 Director View profile
  4. Guy Leighton Millward 2012-2013 Director View profile
  5. Robert Lancashire 2012-2014 Director View profile
  6. Jonathan Ardron 2010-2016 Director View profile
  7. Graham Mark Gilbert 2009-2020 Director View profile
  8. Steven Edward Butterworth 2006-2012 Director View profile
  9. David Michael Fryer 2006-2010 Director View profile
  10. Stephen Paul Edwards 2006-2009 Director View profile
  11. Simon John Lewis 2006-2010 Director View profile
  12. Gordon Mcalpine 1997-2006 Director View profile
  13. Stephen Peter Thompson 1995-2006 Director View profile
  14. Mark Ian Norcliffe 2006-2012 Secretary View profile
  15. Jonathan Mark Isherwood Carter 2006-2010 Secretary View profile
  16. Peter Michael Thompson 1995-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

Public contracts won

5 contracts · £150,706,361 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Clinical Transcription Service Buyer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £137,151 2026-06-19 CPV 79550000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of clinical transcription services Additional information: All values exclude VAT. Framework: NHSCS Ref 5257-4667 Digital Dictation, Speech/Voice Recognition, Outsourced Transcription and associated services - Lot 3

  • Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition & Outsourced Transcription Services 2 Buyer: N H S Shared Business Services £150,000,000 2025-12-15 CPV 72212314 Source: Contracts Finder

    NHS Shared Business Services act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or …

  • Digital Dictation Buyer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £444,909 2025-11-13 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Dictation system that will allow authors to seamlessly transfer dictated files from mobile and/or USB devices to the secretaries to be transcribed into word documents. Via NHS Commercial Solutions Digital Dictation, Speech/Voice Recognit…

  • BigHand Speech Recognition Buyer: Dorset County Hospital £124,300 2025-11-06 CPV 72416000 Source: Contracts Finder

    BigHand Speech Recognition subscription

  • G Cloud 15 Buyer: Government Commercial Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    G-Cloud 15 (GC15) is the replacement for G-Cloud 14 (GC14), G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 (GC14.4) and Cloud Compute 2 (CC2). It is the largest framework of its kind in the public sector. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute was £0.5m.…

    Framework

About

What it does
Business and domestic software development
Incorporated
21/11/1995
Registered office
London
Previous names
Bighand Software UK Limited (until 05/12/2018)
Bighand Limited (until 04/12/2018)

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Bighand Limited is controlled by Bighand UK Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-05-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Bighand UK Bidco Limited is controlled by Bighand UK Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-08-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Bighand UK Midco Limited is controlled by Bighand UK Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-08-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Bighand UK Holdco Limited is controlled by Bighand UK Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-08-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Bighand UK Topco Limited is controlled by Arthur Edward Levine
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2020-08-24, ceased 2025-05-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Arthur Edward Levine.

21 other companies 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.

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.

2 directors on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
11.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 5

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03128724
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data