KENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-30 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+1,183.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+88.4% vs 2024
Employees
99
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 | £2,541,473 | £5,483,599 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£293,747 | £2,456,440 | |
| Cash | £146,270 | £1,876,817 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,778,859 | £5,235,299 | |
| Net assets | £2,778,859 | £5,235,299 | |
| Equity | £2,778,859 | £5,235,299 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 99 | |
| Wages | £1,882,842 | £1,940,886 |
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 | -11.6% | 44.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.4% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 12.27x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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.”
Significant events
- “in January 2025 we received confirmation that the contract would be extended for the first of two discretionary single year extensions.”
- “KAB Is pleased to be hosting a Research Intern (from October 2024 - July 2025) as part of Thomas Pocklington Trust's 'Get Set Progress' programme.”
- “In March 2025, our Counselling Service was celebrated at Healthwatch Kent and Medway's Recognition Awards. The Team won an award for excellence and innovation In preventative services.”
- “Following a successful tender process during the latter months of 24-25, we are delighted to have been awarded a new contract by KCC to deliver habilitation services to sight impaired children, from 1st July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYNNE, Eithne, Mrs. | Secretary | 2016-08-31 | — | — |
| BETTS, Paul Alex | Director | 2023-03-01 | Apr 1954 | British |
| BURKE, James Michael | Director | 2007-05-01 | Sep 1942 | British |
| CASHIN, Luke | Director | 2023-09-06 | Mar 1998 | British |
| COLWELL, Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2018-09-05 | Apr 1949 | British |
| GROVES, Hazel Anne | Director | 2016-05-25 | Jul 1978 | British |
| LANGMAN-HEATH, Avril | Director | 2024-03-07 | May 1976 | British |
| MILNE, James William | Director | 2026-02-25 | Aug 1977 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Leslie Robert | Secretary | 1997-03-25 | 2007-03-21 |
| OSBORN, Karen Ann | Secretary | 2007-03-21 | 2016-06-23 |
| BENSON, Michael | Director | 2016-02-24 | 2025-03-05 |
| BEST, Mark Neville | Director | 2005-02-02 | 2017-09-05 |
| BETTS, Betty Alberta | Director | 1997-03-25 | 2002-04-05 |
| BLACKMAN, Anthony | Director | 2020-06-03 | 2025-05-06 |
| BOSLEY, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2022-09-07 |
| BURLEY, Sheila | Director | 2003-07-23 | 2016-01-07 |
| BURTON, Allan | Director | 1998-11-11 | 2008-08-01 |
| CONNOR, Ivan Arnold | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2012-10-31 |
| DAFFARN, John Kenneth | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2018-09-05 |
| DRIVER, Joan Edith | Director | 1998-07-29 | 1999-05-01 |
| ELLIS, Leslie Robert | Director | 1997-03-25 | 1997-04-01 |
| FORDHAM, Jonathan Harvey | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2002-01-01 |
| GROOM, Carol | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2009-02-09 |
| HALL, Cathy Jean | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2003-05-07 |
| HARRIS, Timothy Gordon | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2020-09-02 |
| HARVEY, Donald | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2006-04-19 |
| HEPPENSTALL, Philip | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2001-12-19 |
| HOLMAN, Valerie Brythonig | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2007-10-17 |
| HORTON, Clive | Director | 1997-03-25 | 2004-10-25 |
| JARDINE, Robert Kerr | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2007-10-17 |
| KETLEY, Malcolm | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2022-09-07 |
| LEWIS, Dennis John | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2016-08-31 |
| LIYANAGE, Dai | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2009-07-29 |
| MARTINDALE, Lynne | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2015-04-16 |
| MUNTON, Charles Gregory Francis | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2018-09-05 |
| OLDFIELD, Amicia Kathryn | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2005-10-19 |
| PLATT, Ian George | Director | 2024-03-07 | 2025-12-03 |
| RIVERS, Janet | Director | 2001-10-24 | 2017-09-05 |
| ROSS, Aaron | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2013-08-21 |
| SPILLER, Leonard John | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2023-09-06 |
| TERRY, Jennifer | Director | 2008-04-30 | 2023-09-06 |
| THORPE, Alan Arthur | Director | 2023-12-08 | 2024-04-03 |
| WOOD, Betty May | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2003-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-27 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-
Turnover
+115.8%
£2,541,473 £5,483,599
-
Cash
+1,183.1%
£146,270 £1,876,817
-
Net assets
+88.4%
£2,778,859 £5,235,299
-
Employees
-1%
100 99
-
Wages
+3.1%
£1,882,842 £1,940,886
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