ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
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Cash
£375k
-32.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1m
-17.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
18
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,362,817 | £1,643,868 | £2,028,988 | +23.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£318,311 | £75,265 | -£223,596 | -397.1% | |
| Cash | £495,020 | £553,447 | £374,684 | -32.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,247,420 | £1,023,824 | -17.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,174,255 | £1,247,420 | £1,023,824 | -17.9% | |
| Equity | £1,174,255 | £1,247,420 | £1,023,824 | -17.9% | |
| Average employees | 19 | 18 | 18 | 0% | |
| Wages | £712,535 | £790,087 | £850,020 | +7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £534,677 | £330,304 | £238,800 | -27.7% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -23.4% | 4.6% | -11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 33.3% | 37.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.90x | 2.72x | 2.47x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of this cash flow information, which covers a period of at least one year from the approval of the financial statements, and the level of available reserves and cash funds, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT · parent
- OAE Productions Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The season saw a major flagship achievement in, Breaking Bach, a collaboration between choreographer Kim Brandstrup, students from Acland Burghley School and a team of professional dancers. This made its international debut at the Edinburgh International Festival and the Georges Enescu Festival (Bucharest), performing to sold-out audiences and receiving universal critical acclaim.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 66 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Mary Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-06-11 | — | — |
| ALEXANDER, Daniel Sakyi | Director | 2021-01-27 | Oct 1963 | British |
| AZKOUL, Emma-Jane | Director | 2025-02-02 | Aug 1988 | British |
| BELLAMY, Alexandra Jane | Director | 2024-09-20 | Nov 1969 | British,Dutch |
| BRUGGEMEYER, Cecelia Catherine | Director | 2023-09-12 | Apr 1967 | British |
| CHARLTON-EDWARDS, Imogen Patricia | Director | 2018-04-17 | Sep 1975 | British |
| EDGAR, Daniel John, Dr | Director | 2024-09-20 | Sep 1979 | British |
| FROST, Adrian Charles | Director | 2019-07-02 | Oct 1957 | British |
| MCFADYEN, Alison Claire | Director | 2021-10-21 | Apr 1962 | British |
| MOUNTFORD, Roger Philip | Director | 2025-10-08 | Jan 1948 | British |
| SPENCER, Katherine Ann | Director | 2023-09-12 | Apr 1975 | British |
| STICHER, Christine | Director | 2022-09-06 | Apr 1976 | German |
| TRANTER, Susan Mary, Dr | Director | 2020-07-07 | Aug 1963 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Eleanor Patricia | Director | 2025-02-02 | Jan 1982 | British |
| WOODHEAD, Crispin Peter | Director | 2014-12-03 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 66 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYES, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2001-09-03 | 2002-11-04 |
| CARPENTER, Stephen Charles David | Secretary | 2007-07-21 | 2007-12-03 |
| GARVEY, Michael Richard | Secretary | 2007-12-03 | 2010-04-22 |
| LAWRENCE, Christopher | Secretary | — | 1993-09-01 |
| NICHOLLS, Pascale | Secretary | 2020-06-03 | 2024-02-21 |
| PICKARD, David Keith | Secretary | 1993-12-06 | 2001-07-06 |
| ROCKEY, Ivan | Secretary | 2014-05-02 | 2020-05-29 |
| ROWE, Anna Frances | Secretary | 2002-11-04 | 2007-07-20 |
| SHAW, Edward | Secretary | 2024-02-21 | 2025-06-11 |
| SIAN, Lisa Jane | Secretary | 2010-04-22 | 2014-05-02 |
| BECKET SMITH, Elise | Director | — | 2010-03-16 |
| BENDING, Adrian Peter | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2024-09-20 |
| BEZNOSIUK, Lisa Maria | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2017-08-28 |
| BEZNOSIUK, Lisa Maria | Director | 2003-02-03 | 2003-12-05 |
| BOOTH, Jane | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2008-10-27 |
| BRUGGEMEYER, Cecilia Catherine | Director | 2009-08-09 | 2017-08-28 |
| BUCHBERGER, Anna-Luise | Director | 2015-05-29 | 2018-11-10 |
| CARPENTER, Stephen Charles David | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2014-12-31 |
| CARTER, Sarah Jane | Director | 2010-10-06 | 2014-07-11 |
| CORY, Robert Duane | Director | 2011-06-30 | 2017-07-05 |
| DEVINE, Steven John | Director | 2017-08-28 | 2023-09-12 |
| DIAMOND, Deborah Leah | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2014-05-02 |
| FAULTLESS, Margaret | Director | 2008-10-27 | 2011-05-05 |
| FAULTLESS, Margaret | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2004-04-29 |
| FAULTLESS, Margaret | Director | — | 1996-01-19 |
| FIRTH, Denys Calder | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2025-10-08 |
| ISSERLIS, Annette | Director | 1997-09-11 | 2002-01-15 |
| JACKSON, Sally | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2013-06-25 |
| JONES, Nigel Huw | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2021-07-05 |
| KELLY, Martin Thomas | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2013-06-25 |
| KITCHING, Colin Francis Millhoff | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2013-06-21 |
| KITCHING, Colin Francis Millhoff | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1996-01-19 |
| LAWRENCE, Christopher | Director | — | 1993-09-01 |
| LAWRENCE, Martin Douglas | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2015-05-29 |
| LOGIE, Nicholas Stephen | Director | — | 1993-09-01 |
| MACKINTOSH, Catherine Anne, Frcm Frsamd | Director | 2003-12-05 | 2009-08-19 |
| MANDEL, Max Thomas | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2022-09-06 |
| MARCUS, Marshall Graham | Director | 2004-05-31 | 2006-12-31 |
| MARCUS, Marshall Graham | Director | — | 2003-02-03 |
| MARKS, David Norman | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2025-10-08 |
| MASH, Julian Paul Vivian | Director | 2008-05-28 | 2012-08-09 |
| MASON, Timothy | Director | — | 1997-04-04 |
| MELGAARD, Ronald Gregory | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2011-05-05 |
| MILLER, Rebecca Jayne | Director | 2017-08-28 | 2024-06-16 |
| MONTGOMERY, Roger Andrew | Director | 2015-05-29 | 2021-07-04 |
| PALMER, Susan | Director | — | 2000-01-19 |
| PICKARD, David Keith | Director | 1993-12-06 | 2001-07-06 |
| REYNAUD, Jean Michel | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2007-03-22 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew John | Director | 2018-11-10 | 2024-09-20 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew John | Director | 2009-08-19 | 2013-06-25 |
| ROBERTS, Olivia Eurwen | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2020-05-25 |
| SCHLAPP, Janet | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2009-08-19 |
| SHEPPARD, Susan Margaret | Director | 1996-01-19 | 2003-12-05 |
| SHORTER, Matthew Barralet | Director | 2020-06-03 | 2023-07-05 |
| SIMONS, Susannah Catherine | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2019-07-02 |
| SMITH, Martin Gregory, Sir | Director | — | 2019-07-02 |
| SPIRO, Lisa Marguerite | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2006-09-12 |
| SPRECKELSEN, Katharina | Director | 2017-08-28 | 2023-09-12 |
| TRUSCOTT, Matthew John | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2016-06-07 |
| TURBETT, Philip Gerard | Director | 2003-12-05 | 2004-07-05 |
| WARNOCK, Felix Geoffrey | Director | — | 1993-12-06 |
| WATTS, Andrew Richard | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2013-06-21 |
| WATTS, Andrew Richard | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2015-05-29 |
| WATTS, Andrew Richard | Director | 1996-01-19 | 2002-12-31 |
| WILKINSON, Rosalyn | Director | 1996-01-19 | 2012-06-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Mark Stephen | Director | 2011-06-30 | 2020-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-19 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.