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Thebigword Limited

Company 04027586 Active - Proposal to Strike off

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Board DNA

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2
directors on the board
9.8y median 9.8y
average tenure
17.1y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
0 vs 2 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 17Business services 10Finance 3Other services 2Tech and media 2

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Company details

Number04027586
StatusActive - Proposal to Strike off
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated05/07/2000
AddressBRAINWORKS, UNIT 4, ROYDS CLOSE, LEEDS, LS12 6LL
Accounts next due30/09/2027
Accounts last made up31/12/2025

Industry (SIC)

96090 - Other service activities n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (2)

  • Link Up Mitaka Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
  • Mr Laurence Jeremy Gould ceased British
    voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors significant influence or control

Officers (20)

  • Rice, Mark Oliver Director · appointed 2024
  • Gould, Joshua Director · appointed 2009
  • Lightowler, Andrew Graham Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
  • Daley, Mark Former Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
  • Daley, Mark Andrew Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
  • Griffiths, Hazel Jayne Former Secretary · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
  • Arkan, Ali Nihat Former Secretary · appointed 2019 · resigned 2019
  • Mills, Marcus Lee Former Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
  • Byrne, Bernadette Judith Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Cheesebrough, Diane Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
  • Toynton, Matthew Leigh Former Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Earnshaw, Jeremy Waring Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
  • Myers, Daniel Richard Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2011
  • Oliver, Jon William Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
  • Gould, Michele Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2021
  • Tyson, Melanie Jacqueline Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2008
  • Ball, Christopher Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2008
  • Butler, Nicholas Sowden Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2001
  • Gould, Laurence Jeremy Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2021
  • Nichol, Alistair John Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001

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