DEAFBLIND U.K.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-08
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-7.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+1.1% vs 2024
Employees
109
+7.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-08.
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 | £205,914 | £209,359 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £680,807 | £57,560 | |
| Cash | £1,269,880 | £1,176,775 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,477,878 | £5,535,438 | |
| Net assets | £5,477,878 | £5,535,438 | |
| Equity | £5,477,878 | £5,535,438 | |
| Average employees | 101 | 109 | |
| Wages | £1,954,358 | £2,327,576 |
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 | 330.6% | 27.5% | |
| Current ratio | 4.39x | 3.57x |
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
- Sottery 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
- DEAFBLIND U.K. · parent
- Deafblind UK Trading Limited
- About Me Care and Support Limited
Significant events
- “The Deafblind UK Conference 2024, themed 'Standing Out and Fitting In', exemplified this effort, bringing together world experts with over 1,200 participants globally to share experiences and strategies.”
- “In 2025 we launched the Deafblind UK Education and Research Centre at Birmingham City University.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEN, Rodney | Secretary | 2016-02-16 | — | — |
| BEUKES, Eldre, Dr | Director | 2021-06-23 | Feb 1977 | British |
| CHILDS, David | Director | 2025-12-10 | Dec 1983 | British |
| CRITOPH, Stephen Mark Antony | Director | 2019-03-27 | Jun 1960 | British |
| FOY, George | Director | 2018-12-12 | Jun 1957 | British |
| NOLAN, Robert Jan Michiel | Director | 2018-01-17 | Oct 1957 | British |
| WILSON-HINDS, Roger | Director | 2018-12-12 | Feb 1940 | British |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBERLEY, Adrian | Secretary | 1994-05-13 | 1998-11-30 |
| BARNETT, Jacqueline Ann | Secretary | — | 1994-05-13 |
| BIRDSALL, Michael William | Secretary | 1998-11-30 | 1999-08-17 |
| STONEHOUSE, Diane | Secretary | 1999-08-17 | 2016-02-16 |
| ARNULL HENRY, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2014-08-28 |
| AXELROD, Cyril, Father | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2007-01-10 |
| BATES, Liz | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2016-04-21 |
| BEAUMONT, Helen Campbell | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2005-10-19 |
| BENN, Gaela | Director | 1995-04-27 | 1996-07-24 |
| BLACKWELL, Allen | Director | — | 1993-06-01 |
| BREWER, Jocelyn | Director | — | 1992-08-16 |
| BRIDGEMAN, Ruth | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2019-09-26 |
| CHURCHER, John | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2025-12-10 |
| CLARKE, David | Director | 1996-04-25 | 1997-07-10 |
| COOK, Anthony Leonard | Director | 1995-04-27 | 1999-08-07 |
| CROWLEY, Colin John | Director | 1997-01-23 | 1999-05-07 |
| DAWES, John Gordon | Director | — | 1992-09-24 |
| ENTWHISTLE, Dorothy Mary | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| EVANS, David Thomas | Director | 2003-10-15 | 2018-03-28 |
| FENWICK, Catherine Margaret | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2008-10-15 |
| GAFGA, Philip Henry, Dr | Director | 1998-05-06 | 2009-06-12 |
| GREENHALGH, John Phillip | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2020-09-30 |
| GUMN, Frieda | Director | — | 1993-04-01 |
| HARDWICK, John Michael | Director | — | 1994-10-13 |
| HATTON, Joe | Director | 1996-04-25 | 2003-10-08 |
| HAZAN, Ray | Director | — | 1993-12-15 |
| HEATH, Walter | Director | 1993-12-01 | 2001-12-04 |
| HICKS, Graham | Director | 1995-04-27 | 2000-10-31 |
| HOOKE, Margaret | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| HUMPHREYS, Anthony Glyn | Director | — | 1999-08-07 |
| HUSSAIN, Asif Nasar | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2025-12-10 |
| LEHRLE, Kieron | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2001-10-01 |
| LISTER, Gordon | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2017-05-16 |
| MARTIN-JONES, Judie | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2018-06-27 |
| MAYNARD, Kath | Director | — | 2005-08-17 |
| MILNE, Gloria | Director | 2003-10-15 | 2005-08-03 |
| MOORE, Roger | Director | 1995-04-27 | 2000-10-31 |
| MURPHY, Patrick Francis | Director | — | 1999-05-10 |
| NAGRA, Manbir | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2025-03-26 |
| NORTH, Thomas Michael | Director | — | 1997-11-05 |
| RICHARDS, John | Director | 2012-10-03 | 2014-03-19 |
| ROBINS, Patricia Anne | Director | 1995-04-27 | 1996-03-02 |
| SAINT-JOHN, Yvonne | Director | 1996-04-25 | 1999-04-22 |
| SANDFORD, Rosemary Ada | Director | 2000-02-24 | 2015-03-27 |
| SHIELDS, Joan | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| SIDEBOTTOM, Peter | Director | — | 1999-06-22 |
| SKIVINGTON, Peter | Director | 1996-04-25 | 2018-03-28 |
| SOUTH, Roger | Director | 1997-11-05 | 1999-04-22 |
| TATE, Paul Lindsay | Director | 1996-04-25 | 1999-04-22 |
| TILLETT, Janice Rosemary | Director | 2000-02-24 | 2005-12-09 |
| VOLLER, Paul | Director | 2012-10-03 | 2017-10-18 |
| WALLER, Michael | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2003-08-20 |
| WILSON, Steve | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2018-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Jan Michiel Nolan | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-17 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Ms Judie Martin-Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-10-18 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Mr Asif Nasar Hussain | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-10-18 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Ms Ruth Bridgeman | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-10-18 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Mr John Churcher | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-10-18 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Mr Steve Wilson | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-10-18 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Mr John Phillip Greenhalgh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Mr David Thomas Evans | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-03-28 |
| Mr Peter Skivington | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-03-28 |
| Mr Paul Voller | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2017-10-18 |
| Mr Gordon Lister | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2017-05-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+1.7%
£205,914 £209,359
-
Cash
-7.3%
£1,269,880 £1,176,775
-
Net assets
+1.1%
£5,477,878 £5,535,438
-
Employees
+7.9%
101 109
-
Wages
+19.1%
£1,954,358 £2,327,576
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