BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-29 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-10.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
94
+3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-103.6% vs 2024
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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£757,716 | -£1,542,566 | |
| Net profit | £807,786 | £87,745 | |
| Cash | £2,462,273 | £2,207,667 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,860,165 | £5,956,142 | |
| Net assets | £5,860,165 | £5,947,910 | |
| Equity | £5,860,165 | £5,947,910 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 94 | |
| Wages | £2,940,240 | £3,273,013 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.6% | 14.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.89x | 4.67x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering all the above factors, the Trustees 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. The Trustees therefore consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In 2024-25 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) continued to bring incredible musical experiences into people's lives.”
- “BSO continued to be a sector leader in building a more inclusive musical world.”
- “As announced in January 2023, following a sensational 15-year partnership, Kirill Karabits' tenure as Chief Conductor of the BSO concluded in August 2024.”
- “In March 2024, BSO was thrilled to announce a new Artistic Team of Mark Wigglesworth as Chief Conductor and Chloé van Soeterstède as Principal Guest Conductor from the start of the Orchestra's 2024-25 season”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Ekaterina Petrova | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | — | — |
| 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 54 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 |
| 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 265 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-10.3%
£2,462,273 £2,207,667
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£5,860,165 £5,947,910
-
Employees
+3.3%
91 94
-
Profit before tax
-103.6%
-£757,716 -£1,542,566
-
Wages
+11.3%
£2,940,240 £3,273,013
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