CATHOLIC BLIND INSTITUTE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£964K
+14.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-25% vs 2024
Employees
90
-54.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £3,214,079 | £2,899,967 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£139,848 | -£952,313 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £840,340 | £963,582 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £3,867,412 | £2,915,099 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,886,412 | £2,915,099 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £3,886,412 | £2,915,099 | |
| Average employees | 173 | 226 | 202 | 198 | 90 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,160,892 | £1,612,519 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £1,800 | £14,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-9.8%
£3,214,079 £2,899,967
-
Cash
+14.7%
£840,340 £963,582
-
Net assets
-25%
£3,886,412 £2,915,099
-
Employees
-54.5%
198 90
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
-25.4%
£2,160,892 £1,612,519
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | -4.4% | -32.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 7.6% | 14.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.24x | 4.22x |
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
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CATHOLIC BLIND INSTITUTE · parent
- Envision Education & Enterprise Village C.I.C. 100%
Significant events
- “Bradbury Fields, previously a separate charity merged with the CBI on 1st October 2021 and was a division within CBI until it was decided to separate as of 30 September 2024.”
- “The year 2024/25 would be the first full year that the charity has operated since divesting the Christopher Grange Care home.”
- “It was decided to split the charity as at 30th September 2024. This set of accounts therefore consists of 12 months activity relating to C.B.I. and St Vincent's, and 6 months activity for Bradbury Fields.”
- “Dr. John Patterson decided to retire at the end of August 2024. David Swanston moved into the Principals role and was appointed in September 2024.”
- “Christopher Grange was sold on 24 May 2023 and all staff were TUPE'd to the new owners.”
- “Following the demerger with Bradbury Fields on 1 October 2024 all staff were TUPE'd to the other charity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Adele Leigh | Secretary | 2024-10-01 | — | — |
| BUCKLE, Bernadette Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2022-11-14 | Jan 1959 | British |
| HALPIN, Peter James | Director | 2024-03-25 | Oct 1964 | British |
| NAWAZ, Mohammed Alam | Director | 2022-06-20 | Dec 1952 | British |
| O'ROURKE, Martin Gerard | Director | 2004-09-20 | Oct 1965 | British |
| WINSTANLEY, Stephen | Director | 2016-03-14 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, John | Secretary | 2023-12-20 | 2024-10-01 |
| HAYES, Susan Marie | Secretary | 2022-07-11 | 2023-12-20 |
| ROBERTSON, Susan | Secretary | 2020-01-15 | 2022-07-11 |
| SANDEMAN, Martin Joseph | Secretary | 2004-01-09 | 2020-01-15 |
| ATHERTON, Richard, Rev | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2012-10-10 |
| BATES, James Terence | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2022-06-20 |
| BENTLEY, Joanne | Director | 2019-09-16 | 2021-03-08 |
| BOARDMAN, Stephen Peter | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-12-02 |
| BOUNDS, Geraldine Amy | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2024-10-01 |
| BOYES, James Stephen | Director | 2004-01-09 | 2015-05-04 |
| BYRNE, Eileen | Director | 2005-07-04 | 2017-07-05 |
| CALLAGHAN, Kevin Paul | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2017-09-28 |
| CLAYTON, Michael | Director | 2004-01-09 | 2016-11-09 |
| DAWSON, John | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2022-09-16 |
| GIBBS, Brian Thomas | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2018-09-24 |
| JESSON, Julia Margaret, Rev | Director | 2019-09-16 | 2022-02-28 |
| JOHNSON, Lee William | Director | 2022-06-20 | 2022-09-01 |
| JONES, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2018-09-17 |
| KENNEDY, Kathleen Mary Francis | Director | 2011-11-15 | 2015-01-01 |
| KNIGHT, Mary Felicity, Dr | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2022-04-14 |
| LOCKWOOD, Emma Victoria | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2022-07-11 |
| MCFARLANE, Francis William | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2022-02-02 |
| MURPHY, Eamonn Martin | Director | 2019-09-16 | 2024-01-10 |
| MURPHY, Maura, Dr | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2013-10-02 |
| O'BRIEN, Angela | Director | 2023-09-25 | 2024-10-01 |
| O'CONNOR, Mary Theresa, Sister | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2011-11-15 |
| PHILLIPS, Roger Nelson | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2024-10-01 |
| READING, Anne Marie | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2021-03-31 |
| REDMOND, Anne | Director | 2005-10-31 | 2008-12-08 |
| ROBB, Maria Goretti | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2011-11-15 |
| ROBBINS, Paul Edward | Director | 2004-01-09 | 2021-12-06 |
| ROBERTS, William Tudor Mansel | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2024-10-01 |
| ROBINSON, Robin Edward | Director | 2023-12-18 | 2024-10-01 |
| ROBINSON FCA, Robin Edward | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2022-09-16 |
| SCANLAN, Michael Gerard | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2024-01-28 |
| SNELLING, Sian, Dr | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2018-09-17 |
| TIGHE, Theresa, Sister | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2025-10-08 |
| TIGHE, Theresa, Sister | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2019-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-13 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-08-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-13 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-08-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.