THE ROYAL NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-06 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-23
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+24.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+7.3% vs 2024
Employees
157
+2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,588,000 | £8,892,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £326,000 | £779,000 | |
| Cash | £2,080,000 | £2,586,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,751,000 | £15,138,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,280,000 | £11,029,000 | |
| Equity | £10,280,000 | £11,029,000 | |
| Average employees | 153 | 157 | |
| Wages | £3,840,000 | £4,200,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.3% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.62x | 3.24x |
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 U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors believe that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on the basis that RNC is a going concern, having worked through a detailed recovery plan for its defined benefit pension scheme and showing sufficient headroom within its bank loan and overdraft facilities based on a three-year financial and cash flow forecast.”
Group structure
- THE ROYAL NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND · parent
- RNC Enterprises Limited 100%
- Blindcare
Significant events
- “We received our Ofsted residential care inspection under the Social Care Common Inspection Framework in March 2025 and were delighted to be recognised as Good in all areas.”
- “RNC is particularly thrilled to announce exceptional 2025 Level 2 results, including a 100% pass rate in key vocational subjects such as Braille, Business, Creative Music Industries and Support Work in Schools.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 87 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOWER, Todd | Secretary | 2019-07-26 | — | — |
| BRYSON, Sonya Louise | Director | 2022-02-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| DIAMOND, Kerry Ann | Director | 2017-10-31 | May 1958 | British |
| FINCH, Christopher James | Director | 2025-05-16 | Nov 1994 | British |
| FLYNN, Peter | Director | 2015-05-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| GEBBIE, Peter Thomas | Director | 2022-02-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
| HAIRSNAPE, Simon Phillip | Director | 2017-10-31 | Oct 1958 | British |
| HUGHES, Tirion Claire, Dr | Director | 2025-06-18 | Nov 1998 | British |
| MILES, Helen | Director | 2022-02-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| PENNY, Suzanne | Director | 2018-07-13 | Jul 1945 | British |
| POWELL, Andrew David | Director | 2022-02-11 | Aug 1969 | British |
| PROCTOR, Lucy | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
| WILLIAMS, James Laurence | Director | 2025-07-11 | Sep 1980 | British |
Show 87 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Bryan Edwin | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2006-12-31 |
| O'KEEFE, Peter William | Secretary | 2007-01-01 | 2019-07-26 |
| ROBINS, Michael John Lawrence | Secretary | — | 2000-06-29 |
| ADAMS, David | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2013-03-22 |
| ARIWA, Ezendu, Professor | Director | 2004-12-02 | 2007-03-22 |
| BARNES, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-07-03 |
| BARON, Judith | Director | 1989-06-28 | 2006-12-14 |
| BASTABLE, Elliot Kyle | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2024-12-13 |
| BENNETT, Mary-Anne | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2007-06-28 |
| BERRY, Nigel Maurice | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2001-03-01 |
| BOOTH, Alan Thomas | Director | 1999-10-21 | 2012-02-08 |
| BRETHERTON, Jonathan Hugh | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2015-09-29 |
| BREW, Jonathan Sinclair | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2025-05-16 |
| BURGE, Roisin Janet | Director | 1992-04-27 | 2006-07-31 |
| CAMPBELL, Brian Guy | Director | — | 2008-02-26 |
| CHAMPION, John Stuart | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1994-04-18 |
| CHAPMAN, Elizabeth Kate | Director | 1989-04-03 | 2003-11-26 |
| CHIGNELL, Anthony Hugh | Director | 1987-07-01 | 1997-07-14 |
| CLARKE, David Philip | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2011-10-31 |
| CLARKE-MORRIS, Jeremy | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2025-10-03 |
| COLBORNE BROWN, Michael Sladen | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1999-10-21 |
| COOPER, Albert David | Director | 1999-10-21 | 2012-02-08 |
| CORFIELD, Gerald William | Director | 1990-06-27 | 1995-06-28 |
| COULSON, Ceridwen, Dr | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2011-12-10 |
| CROFT, Christopher Roy | Director | 1989-04-03 | 2000-11-28 |
| CURLESS, Alan | Director | 1993-06-23 | 1995-10-17 |
| CURTIS, Gillian Morton, Lady | Director | 1989-04-03 | 2013-03-22 |
| CUTTER, Anthony Mark | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2014-07-01 |
| DAVIES, Keith Michael | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2006-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Lorraine, Dr | Director | 1999-10-21 | 2004-01-21 |
| DEAN, Phillip | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2015-02-03 |
| DOBINSON, Susan Dorothy | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2012-02-08 |
| EDWARDS, Max James | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2016-08-19 |
| EVANS, John Anthony Fennell, Dr | Director | 1989-06-28 | 2000-06-29 |
| FIETH, Clive Hamilton | Director | 1996-04-18 | 2003-08-21 |
| FOWER, Todd | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2011-03-12 |
| GAINSBURY, Linda | Director | 1998-09-24 | 2012-02-08 |
| GLOVER, Alastair James Lochore | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2014-02-04 |
| GRIFFIN, Cynthia Beatrice | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2005-12-15 |
| HALPERN, David Mottershead | Director | 1999-10-21 | 2012-02-08 |
| HARRIS, Judith | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2014-02-04 |
| HARVEY, Christopher | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2009-08-09 |
| HATFIELD, Paul | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2015-06-30 |
| HEMMINGS, Richard | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2012-10-31 |
| HERIAN, Shander | Director | 2005-03-03 | 2014-07-01 |
| HILL, Doreen | Director | 1989-06-28 | 1999-06-23 |
| HOOPER, Anna | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2017-10-13 |
| HOUSBY-SMITH, Colin, Dr | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1999-02-05 |
| HOWARD DE WALDEN AND SEAFORD, Johnosmael, The Rt Hon Lord | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1999-07-09 |
| JARRATT, Peter, Professor | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1996-07-01 |
| JENKINS, Garth John | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1995-03-11 |
| KEMBLE, Robert | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1996-07-03 |
| LANCASTER, Tracey | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-10-13 |
| LANG, Hugh | Director | 1991-04-11 | 1997-06-25 |
| LARKIN, Anthony | Director | 2001-04-05 | 2006-08-29 |
| LEIGH, Denise Marie | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2006-12-14 |
| LEWIS, David Roger Poyer, Colonel | Director | 1996-07-03 | 2002-08-25 |
| LLOYD, Edward Nicolas | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2021-01-24 |
| MACRAE, Ian | Director | 1999-10-21 | 2001-11-29 |
| MCGINTY, Jean Camilla, Dr | Director | 1989-06-28 | 2006-06-22 |
| MCLELLAN, Robert Peter | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2018-04-30 |
| MILL, Charles Christopher | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2020-02-14 |
| NUNNEY, Brian | Director | 1996-07-03 | 1999-06-23 |
| OGDEN, Angela | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2000-01-07 |
| PARTRIDGE, Susan Eunice, Dr | Director | 2006-07-21 | 2010-12-16 |
| PEACHEY, Caroline Anne | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2013-08-23 |
| PHILLIPS, Kyle | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2017-03-31 |
| POOLE, Frederick Thomas | Director | 1989-04-03 | 2013-03-22 |
| POWELL, Percy George Brierley | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1995-03-15 |
| PRICE, John Walter, Air Vice-Marshal | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2003-09-18 |
| PUGH, Victoria-Marie | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2024-10-04 |
| RAVAT, Muhammed | Director | 2022-02-11 | 2022-03-24 |
| RHODES, Michaela Ann | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2001-06-28 |
| ROBERTS, Lisa Jane | Director | 2022-02-11 | 2024-07-12 |
| RUNNICLES, Alan Layman | Director | 1991-10-28 | 1993-07-23 |
| RUSSELL, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2015-03-31 |
| RYAN, John | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2024-07-12 |
| SANT, Lorraine Lesley | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1998-06-24 |
| SCOTT, David Morris Fitzgerald | Director | 1996-03-15 | 1998-04-02 |
| SHAH, Shruti | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2012-03-19 |
| SPURLING, Colin | Director | 2008-12-03 | 2011-12-07 |
| STEADMAN, Christine May | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| STEVENS, Amanda Jayne | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2008-01-28 |
| STONE, Clive Graham | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1995-09-21 |
| TERRY, John, Sir | Director | 1989-04-03 | 1995-03-29 |
| THOMPSON, Tamar Judith, Prof | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2020-02-14 |
| TURVEY, Richard | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 317 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+17.2%
£7,588,000 £8,892,000
-
Cash
+24.3%
£2,080,000 £2,586,000
-
Net assets
+7.3%
£10,280,000 £11,029,000
-
Employees
+2.6%
153 157
-
Wages
+9.4%
£3,840,000 £4,200,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers