BEACON CENTRE FOR THE BLIND
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£519K
-3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
-8.9% vs 2024
Employees
89
-6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£492K
-69.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BEACON CENTRE FOR THE BLIND 1991-04-01 → present
- WOLVERHAMPTON DUDLEY AND DISTRICTS INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND(THE) 1961-12-08 → 1991-04-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,023,000 | £2,244,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£291,000 | -£492,000 | |
| Net profit | -£181,000 | -£565,000 | |
| Cash | £538,000 | £519,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,757,000 | £6,188,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,327,000 | £5,762,000 | |
| Equity | £6,327,000 | £5,762,000 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 89 | |
| Wages | £1,676,000 | £1,663,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -8.9% | -25.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.6% | 14.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 1.64x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BEACON CENTRE FOR THE BLIND · parent
- Beacon Enterprise Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “This year has marked an extraordinary milestone for Beacon as we launched our 150th anniversary.”
- “Beacon4Life Community Interest Company was dissolved during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 79 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Deborah Louise | Secretary | 2025-03-03 | — | — |
| ENNIS, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2023-11-15 | Oct 1970 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Sharon Scott | Director | 2021-03-10 | Jun 1967 | British |
| ROCKETT, Peter Bernard | Director | 2026-05-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| ROPER, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2019-08-28 | Aug 1965 | British |
| SCOTT, Karen Ann | Director | 2021-08-11 | May 1961 | British |
| SPRUCE, Michelle Amanda Jayne | Director | 2025-12-19 | Feb 1965 | British |
| SUWE, Jeanette | Director | 2021-08-11 | Dec 1961 | German,British |
| TURNER, Philip John | Director | 2020-02-26 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WYNN-WILLIAMS, Bethan Sian | Director | 2021-08-11 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 79 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTBURY, Robert Winston | Secretary | 2003-02-04 | 2009-05-31 |
| FIELDING, Holroyd | Secretary | — | 2000-09-12 |
| JONES, Arwyn | Secretary | 2017-02-27 | 2018-08-15 |
| MILLS, Philip David | Secretary | 2018-08-15 | 2024-04-30 |
| NOBLE, Judith | Secretary | 2000-09-12 | 2003-02-04 |
| RICHARDS, Alison Jayne | Secretary | 2016-03-16 | 2017-02-27 |
| THOMAS, Philip | Secretary | 2009-06-01 | 2016-03-16 |
| AKYEAMPONG, Mechele Grace | Director | 2020-02-26 | 2021-04-03 |
| ASTON, Margaret Patricia, Cllr Mrs | Director | 2000-07-17 | 2003-06-06 |
| AVENELL, Ronald Wilfred | Director | — | 1996-06-19 |
| BANKS, Colin | Director | 2010-06-29 | 2018-10-31 |
| BEARDSMORE, Michael John | Director | 2002-06-13 | 2019-08-28 |
| BHAKHRI, Ravi | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2017-07-14 |
| BIGGS, Simon | Director | 2008-11-18 | 2015-03-05 |
| BILLINGHAM, Andrew David | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2019-12-31 |
| BOWERS, Ian Frederick | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2025-02-11 |
| BULLOCK, George Kenneth | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2015-03-03 |
| BURNS, Janet Margaret | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| CARTER, David John, Dr | Director | — | 1992-06-30 |
| CHAPLIN, Stanley Frederick | Director | — | 2002-03-31 |
| CLARKE, John William | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2021-04-13 |
| CLARKE, John William | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2016-05-24 |
| DEAN, Barbara | Director | 1997-11-04 | 2005-01-31 |
| DUMBELL, Royston Burns | Director | — | 2000-11-07 |
| ENNIS, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2022-11-09 |
| EVANS, Derek Wilfred | Director | 1992-10-20 | 1998-11-03 |
| FERNIHOUGH, James | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2011-12-06 |
| FIELDING, Holroyd | Director | — | 1995-11-14 |
| FOLEY, Rebecca Anne | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2020-03-31 |
| GANDHEWAR, Jaishree Ravikiran, Dr | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2019-08-29 |
| GILBERT, Geoffrey Ernest | Director | 1994-01-18 | 1998-07-06 |
| HALE, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2004-07-05 |
| HARLEY, Harry | Director | — | 1993-11-01 |
| HAWTHORNE, Imogen Rachael | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2019-05-28 |
| HAYWOOD, Patrick William | Director | 2016-05-24 | 2017-07-12 |
| HEFFERNAN, Pauline Ann | Director | 2010-06-29 | 2020-06-30 |
| HICKMAN, Temple Donald Trevor | Director | — | 2002-07-09 |
| HILL, Mary Kathleen | Director | — | 2002-04-23 |
| HITCHCOX, Stewart | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2016-03-30 |
| HODSON, Muriel Wilhelmina | Director | — | 1995-05-16 |
| HOMER, William Eley | Director | — | 1992-06-08 |
| ILSLEY, Ruby Florence | Director | — | 1992-10-22 |
| JAMES, Margaret | Director | 2000-06-22 | 2001-04-05 |
| JARVIS, Jack | Director | 1997-11-04 | 1999-03-09 |
| JOLLY, William Vincent | Director | — | 2002-07-09 |
| JOSEPH, Robert A | Director | — | 2004-02-27 |
| LEDWIDGE, Joseph John | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2014-06-11 |
| MACKELWORTH, Mollie | Director | 1994-01-18 | 2010-03-09 |
| MAIDEN, Albert Edward | Director | — | 1992-02-12 |
| MASON, Terence Harold | Director | 1997-11-04 | 2010-06-29 |
| MCILREATH, Albert Henry | Director | — | 2004-02-27 |
| MELIA, William Thomas | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2002-08-05 |
| MELIA, William Thomas | Director | 1996-10-17 | 2000-06-29 |
| OATEN, Mary | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2007-05-02 |
| OLDBURY, George Arthur | Director | 1993-03-16 | 1998-11-22 |
| PORTMAN, Sheila Annie | Director | — | 1999-12-01 |
| PRICE, Nicholas James | Director | 2010-06-29 | 2018-10-31 |
| QUIRKE, Joan Maria | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2016-05-24 |
| RAWLINGS, Susan Gail | Director | 2010-06-29 | 2020-03-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Richard | Director | — | 1995-05-16 |
| ROWLEY, John Jeffery | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| ROWLEY, Judith, Cllr | Director | 1999-05-19 | 2002-07-02 |
| SADLER, John Keith | Director | 1993-03-16 | 2002-04-13 |
| SEIBOTH, Doreen | Director | 2000-10-17 | 2004-02-27 |
| SEIBOTH, Doreen | Director | — | 1996-05-17 |
| SMALL, Clive James | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2025-08-22 |
| SMITH, Thomas Francis | Director | — | 2001-07-12 |
| SOUTHWICK, Anthony | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2004-02-27 |
| STAFFORD GOOD, Gwendoline Mary | Director | 1994-11-15 | 1996-05-17 |
| STOKES, Carolyn Anne | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2019-04-03 |
| STOKES, Carolyn Anne | Director | 2016-05-24 | 2016-05-24 |
| TANDY, Jonathan | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2021-11-02 |
| THOMAS, Malcolm David, Councillor | Director | 1996-05-17 | 1999-05-19 |
| THORNEYCROFT, John Patrick | Director | 2005-03-08 | 2013-07-02 |
| TOWNLEY, Peter | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2003-02-01 |
| WADLEY, John Joseph | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2010-06-29 |
| WALKER, Yvonne | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2004-06-22 |
| WALTERS, John Robert | Director | 1993-05-27 | 1996-06-27 |
| WRIGHT, John Denham, Doctor | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2015-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 293 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+10.9%
£2,023,000 £2,244,000
-
Cash
-3.5%
£538,000 £519,000
-
Net assets
-8.9%
£6,327,000 £5,762,000
-
Employees
-6.3%
95 89
-
Profit before tax
-69.1%
-£291,000 -£492,000
-
Wages
-0.8%
£1,676,000 £1,663,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers