THE ORPHEUS CENTRE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-14
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£400K
-21.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+4.6% vs 2023
Employees
109
+2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£63K
+123.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-14.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,170,447 | £3,810,464 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£264,116 | £63,220 | |
| Net profit | -£264,116 | £63,220 | |
| Cash | £508,948 | £400,182 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,318,086 | £7,657,276 | |
| Net assets | £7,318,086 | £7,657,276 | |
| Equity | £7,318,086 | £7,657,276 | |
| Average employees | 106 | 109 | |
| Wages | £2,377,529 | £2,554,749 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -8.3% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.4% | 2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 2.80x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charitable company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Rachel Black, our wonderful CEO, who moved to another role in late 2024. Under her successor, Andy Willetts, we intend to continue this progress.”
- “new, state-of-the-art facilities on our Surrey site, enabling us to work with more students, and students with more complex needs.”
- “Launched our second set of equality objectives, remained committed to the living wage foundation pledge and, in recognition of the cost of living crisis, we committed to sustainable pay increases across all staff, with general staff receiving a higher percentage than senior management, and introduced a free daily meal for all staff. Most significantly, we proudly became accredited as a Disability Confident Leader.”
- “further upgrade our automatic door system, update our public bathrooms, create more accessible green spaces in our grounds, put in environmentally friendly safe fencing to our lake, and create a fresh and fully accessible new reception to welcome everyone to our centre.”
- “At the year end, the charity had entered into contractual commitments for capital expenditure totalling £ Nil (2022-23: £72,395).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHLEY TAYLOR, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2024-04-24 | Dec 1965 | British |
| DALLYN, Jessica Clare | Director | 2023-04-26 | Oct 1977 | British |
| FENTON, Virginia Kay, Dr | Director | 2017-12-06 | Feb 1974 | New Zealander |
| LEADER, Joelle Christine | Director | 2024-04-24 | Jul 1957 | British |
| MCHATTIE, Frederick | Director | 2025-10-22 | Jul 1956 | British |
| OTA, Zoe Kathleen | Director | 2024-04-24 | Apr 1989 | British |
| STEVENS, Katie | Director | 2023-10-19 | Dec 1972 | British |
| TEMKO, Nicola Ruth | Director | 2025-11-06 | Aug 1958 | British |
| WEBBER, Howard Simon | Director | 2022-04-19 | Jan 1955 | British |
| WHITE, Neil Graham | Director | 2016-02-09 | Feb 1952 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Rachel | Secretary | 2019-03-18 | 2020-06-23 |
| BRAVERMAN, Daniel Max | Secretary | 2010-03-23 | 2011-12-05 |
| GROOM, Richard John | Secretary | 2007-10-20 | 2009-01-12 |
| JOHNSON, Megan Daphne | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2007-10-19 |
| POULTON, Philip Anthony | Secretary | 2009-01-12 | 2009-07-31 |
| WHITEHEAD, Graham | Secretary | 2011-12-05 | 2019-03-17 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2004-03-31 |
| BARROW, Russell Geoffrey | Director | 2009-05-18 | 2020-10-27 |
| BEER, John William, Dr | Director | 2010-01-25 | 2022-04-19 |
| BURLING, Christopher John | Director | 2020-04-28 | 2023-04-26 |
| BURTON, James Alan Leigh | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2009-09-07 |
| CHANDRAN, Vikranth | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2025-04-23 |
| CURTIS, Gordon Oliver | Director | 2021-04-27 | 2024-04-24 |
| ELIAS, Antoun Edouard | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2022-04-19 |
| GOULD, Michael John | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2009-09-07 |
| GROOM, Richard John | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2021-04-27 |
| JAKEMAN, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2006-01-16 | 2008-01-14 |
| MABERLY, Giles Hite Pakenham | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2014-12-09 |
| MASSIAH, Samuel Timothy O'Brien | Director | 2021-10-19 | 2023-07-26 |
| MCLAUGHLAN, Thomas Osborne | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2025-11-26 |
| MCSHERRY, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2017-12-23 | 2021-11-18 |
| PALMER MELHAM, Angela Mary | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2005-11-14 |
| SCHWARTZ, Sonette Andrea | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2022-05-24 |
| STILGOE, Jack, Dr | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2009-03-16 |
| STILGOE, Joseph | Director | 2014-02-17 | 2017-10-16 |
| STILGOE, Richard Henry Simpson, Sir | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2023-04-26 |
| SWAIN, Helen Mary, Dr | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2022-04-19 |
| TRUELOVE, Matthew Charles | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2020-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+20.2%
£3,170,447 £3,810,464
-
Cash
-21.4%
£508,948 £400,182
-
Net assets
+4.6%
£7,318,086 £7,657,276
-
Employees
+2.8%
106 109
-
Profit before tax
+123.9%
-£264,116 £63,220
-
Wages
+7.5%
£2,377,529 £2,554,749
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