Blind Children UK
Registered name: BLIND CHILDREN UK
Part of Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(The) groupBlind Children UK made £316k revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Blind Children UK’s revenue grew 2% to £316k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £0 profit. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in Reading; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £311k | £316k |
| Cost of sales | −£311k | −£316k |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(The)ultimate parent75–100%
- Blind Children UKthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Blind Children UK (Trading) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (Trading Company) Limited(The)Rev. £560k · Profit £243k
- Guide Dogs UK LimitedRev. £72.8k · Profit £3.6k
- Gdba (Pension Fund Trustee) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gdba Community Care Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Guide Dogs LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026