SIGHT ACTION LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
Cash
£61K
+129.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£529K
-17.8% vs 2023
Employees
22
-42.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £602,461 | £630,942 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£422,787 | -£247,517 | |
| Cash | £26,674 | £61,291 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £702,096 | £550,579 | |
| Net assets | £643,096 | £528,579 | |
| Equity | £643,096 | £528,579 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 22 | |
| Wages | £642,641 | £364,683 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
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Turnover
+4.7%
£602,461 £630,942
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Cash
+129.8%
£26,674 £61,291
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Net assets
-17.8%
£643,096 £528,579
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Employees
-42.1%
38 22
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Wages
-43.3%
£642,641 £364,683
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -70.2% | -39.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 2.15x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SIGHT ACTION LTD 2023-11-22 → present
- HIGHLAND AND ISLANDS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE 2009-01-15 → 2023-11-22
- HIGHLAND SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE 2001-06-20 → 2009-01-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Frame Kennedy Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' (who are also the directors of the charitable company for company law purposes) 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 group or parent charitable company'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
- SIGHT ACTION LTD · parent
- Highland BlindCraft
- Sight Action Sensory Services Limited
Significant events
- “Sight Action Sensory Services Limited appointed a liquidator on 28 March 2024 and is in the process of being wound up.”
- “As part of a rebranding exercise, a special resolution was passed by the charity's Board of trustees on 10 August 2023 to change the name of Highlands and Islands Society for Blind People to Sight Action Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCHRANE, Edward Murray | Director | 2023-11-21 | May 1953 | British |
| GRAY, Emily Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2023-10-25 | Sep 1989 | British |
| HUNTER, Kim | Director | 2023-09-13 | Oct 1971 | British |
| MACDONALD, Derek James | Director | 2023-09-13 | Feb 1957 | British |
| MACLEAN, Angela Margaret | Director | 2019-11-25 | Aug 1960 | British |
| MACMILLAN, Maureen Mary | Director | 2023-10-25 | Feb 1943 | British |
| MURRAY, Scott Alan | Director | 2017-10-30 | Jun 1982 | British |
| POLSON, Robert George | Director | 2024-01-03 | May 1956 | Scottish |
| RABSON, Daniel Geoffrey Lawrence | Director | 2023-09-13 | Oct 1958 | British |
| ROWANTREE, Robert Ian | Director | 2009-03-30 | Feb 1961 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, David Oman | Director | 2009-06-29 | Aug 1950 | British |
| SWEENEY, William Bennet | Director | 2023-10-25 | Nov 1956 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACK, Malcolm Lyall | Secretary | 2003-12-16 | 2009-03-30 |
| MACDONALD, Sarah Margaret | Secretary | 2009-03-30 | 2009-08-21 |
| MERCHANT, Joan Isobel Sinclair | Secretary | 2001-06-20 | 2003-12-16 |
| BOYLE, Nicholas | Director | 2004-02-04 | 2009-01-05 |
| CHRISTIE, Alasdair Bryce | Director | 2010-06-14 | 2019-11-25 |
| CULLINGHAM, Terence James | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2013-09-30 |
| CULLINGHAM, Terence James | Director | 2004-02-04 | 2010-03-05 |
| CUMMING, Christina | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2004-10-19 |
| GORMAN, Sandra | Director | 2004-02-04 | 2007-11-27 |
| GRANT, John George | Director | 2003-12-16 | 2008-03-31 |
| HO-YEN, Darrel Orlando, Doctor | Director | 2014-08-26 | 2016-04-10 |
| HUTCHESON, George | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2003-11-18 |
| JACK, Malcolm Lyall | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2013-09-30 |
| JOHN, David Phillip | Director | 2013-09-16 | 2015-02-04 |
| JOHNSTONE, Leslie Margaret Scott | Director | 2014-06-17 | 2017-06-12 |
| JOHNSTONE, Leslie Margaret Scott | Director | 2012-09-19 | 2013-04-15 |
| MACDONALD, Margaret | Director | 2004-02-04 | 2010-03-16 |
| MACDONALD, Sarah Margaret | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2009-08-21 |
| MACLEAN, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2009-06-29 |
| MACMILLAN, Maureen Mary | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2021-11-24 |
| MCALLISTER, Elizabeth | Director | 2023-10-25 | 2025-09-15 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Kevin Ross | Director | 2003-12-16 | 2023-10-25 |
| MERCHANT, Joan Isobel Sinclair | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2003-12-16 |
| MOORE, Raymond John Kentigern | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2010-10-08 |
| OSWALD, Eric Malcolm | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2021-05-31 |
| OSWALD, Eric Malcolm | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2013-03-11 |
| PATERSON, David Weatherston | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2011-11-28 |
| ROBERTSON, Patrick Dugan, Dr | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2009-03-30 |
| SPITTAL, Felix Thomas | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2012-02-20 |
| STEVENSON, Thomas | Director | 2014-03-28 | 2015-11-27 |
| TAYLOR, Iona Cunningham | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2018-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.