BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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Cash
£1.9m
-15.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.5m
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
90
-4.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | — | £6,975,933 | £7,883,966 | +13% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£757,716 | -£1,542,566 | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | £87,745 | £557,351 | +535.2% | |
| Cash | £2,462,273 | £2,207,667 | £1,864,589 | -15.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,860,165 | £5,956,142 | £6,510,749 | +9.3% | |
| Net assets | £5,860,165 | £5,947,910 | £6,505,261 | +9.4% | |
| Equity | £5,860,165 | £5,947,910 | £6,505,261 | +9.4% | |
| Average employees | 91 | 94 | 90 | -4.3% | |
| Wages | £2,940,240 | £3,273,013 | £3,369,095 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £115,100 | £120,764 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | 1.3% | 7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.6% | 14.3% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.89x | 4.67x | 5.62x |
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
- BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2002-04-23 → present
- BOURNEMOUTH ORCHESTRAS 1991-05-30 → 2002-04-23
- WESTERN ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY LIMITED(THE) 1954-09-22 → 1991-05-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees therefore have a reasonable expectation that the charity has sufficient access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and for at least the period of twelve months following the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNTING, Emma Alleyn | Secretary | 2026-07-03 | — | — |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Emma Jane Mary | Director | 2024-06-26 | Aug 1961 | British |
| CLARK, Jonathan David | Director | 2022-03-23 | Aug 1964 | British |
| D'ABREO, Annette Zita | Director | 2018-01-31 | Sep 1962 | British |
| DUNFORD, Adrian Paul | Director | 2019-09-25 | Oct 1965 | British |
| FLOCKHART, Andrew | Director | 2019-09-25 | May 1955 | British |
| GRANNELL, Diane Kathryn | Director | 2025-09-24 | May 1963 | British |
| KING, Matt | Director | 2021-11-24 | Nov 1970 | British |
| LEASK, Deborah Elizabeth | Director | 2022-03-23 | May 1965 | British |
| MILLS, Sonia Brenda | Director | 2026-03-25 | Jan 1955 | British |
| PAIGE, Carol | Director | 2021-11-24 | Nov 1981 | British |
| SWIFT, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2022-06-22 | Jan 1955 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERWORTH, Dion James | Secretary | — | 1993-12-15 |
| MINNS, Andrew George | Secretary | 1999-12-15 | 2015-07-29 |
| PRAFF, Malcolm Reynold | Secretary | 1997-09-10 | 1999-10-06 |
| ROBERTS, Ekaterina Petrova | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | 2026-07-03 |
| SCARFE, Douglas | Secretary | 2015-07-30 | 2015-10-05 |
| SMALLWOOD, Jeffery | Secretary | 1993-12-16 | 1995-05-31 |
| WOODCOCK, Anthony | Secretary | 1995-05-31 | 1997-09-10 |
| WOOLLEY, Teresa | Secretary | 2015-10-05 | 2024-01-02 |
| APPLETON, John Christopher | Director | — | 1994-09-14 |
| ASHLEY-COOPER, Nicholas Edmund Anthony | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2023-11-14 |
| BAILEY, Brian Harry, Sir | Director | — | 1996-11-11 |
| BARSLEY, Alan John | Director | 2000-01-19 | 2000-09-04 |
| BARTHOLOMEW, Stuart, Professor | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2019-09-25 |
| BEALE, Nigel Beresford Eares | Director | — | 2000-01-17 |
| BENNETT, John Douglas | Director | 1994-11-23 | 1996-11-11 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Dion James | Director | — | 1993-11-17 |
| CARVER, Lorna | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2021-06-23 |
| CLARK, Jonathan William, Professor | Director | 2000-01-19 | 2003-01-18 |
| D'ABREO, Annette Zita | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2017-03-29 |
| DERRICK, Kelvyn Garth | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2012-01-20 |
| DIGBY, Dione Marian, The Lady Digby | Director | — | 2000-01-17 |
| DILLNER, Larry Arvid | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2019-05-22 |
| DILLON, Thomas Raymond | Director | — | 2000-01-17 |
| DIPPLE, Christine | Director | 2007-05-03 | 2018-05-30 |
| DONNELLAN, Pamela Janet, Mrs. | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2017-09-27 |
| DRABBLE, Mary Jane | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2019-09-25 |
| DUNSTAN, Helen Maud | Director | 1996-11-13 | 1998-10-23 |
| EDGE, Stephen Martin | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2022-09-28 |
| EYRE, Douglas | Director | 2003-05-09 | 2007-02-07 |
| FROST, Alan John | Director | 1996-02-15 | 1998-06-17 |
| GALE, Christopher Roy | Director | — | 1993-07-20 |
| GROVES, Sally Hilary | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2004-11-17 |
| HENSON, Michael Brian | Director | 1999-04-26 | 2008-02-20 |
| HUMPHREY, Christopher John | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2013-04-19 |
| JENKINS, David Hugh | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2012-11-21 |
| MARTIN, Christopher George | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2016-10-31 |
| MILLER, John William Henry | Director | 1992-04-15 | 1994-09-14 |
| NALL, Peter John | Director | 1997-11-12 | 1999-11-13 |
| NIDDRIE, Robert Charles | Director | — | 1996-01-10 |
| O'ROURKE, Terence David | Director | 2002-05-17 | 2021-03-24 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Mary Margaret | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2026-03-25 |
| PATRICK, Colin Baldwin | Director | 2000-01-19 | 2011-03-23 |
| PILLING, Stephen David | Director | 1995-07-13 | 1997-11-10 |
| PRAFF, Malcolm Reynold | Director | 1993-09-22 | 1999-10-06 |
| PRESTON, Roger | Director | 2000-01-17 | 2020-11-22 |
| SEXTON, James Michael Henry | Director | 1996-11-13 | 2000-01-17 |
| SINGH, Jaswinder | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2017-07-27 |
| SLATER, Gillian Lesley, Professor | Director | 1998-11-18 | 2000-01-17 |
| SLOCOCK, Michael | Director | 2007-03-14 | 2011-03-23 |
| STEVENS, Marie Adelaide Grizella | Director | 2000-10-11 | 2002-07-17 |
| STEWART, Veronica Ann | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2010-01-27 |
| TOBIN, Natasha Aisling | Director | 2011-07-27 | 2013-11-20 |
| WARD, Debbie Anne | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2015-02-11 |
| WILDING, James Nicholas | Director | 2008-11-12 | 2010-01-29 |
| WOODCOCK, Anthony Douglas Henry | Director | — | 1998-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 268 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.