THE VOCES8 FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£309K
-42.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+10.6% vs 2023
Employees
15
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£61K
+167.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE VOCES8 FOUNDATION 2022-06-27 → present
- VOCES CANTABILES MUSIC LIMITED 2006-08-16 → 2022-06-27
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 | £1,645,547 | £2,052,728 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£90,461 | £60,910 | |
| Net profit | -£87,000 | £111,937 | |
| Cash | £538,536 | £309,143 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,052,417 | £1,164,354 | |
| Net assets | £1,052,417 | £1,164,354 | |
| Equity | £1,052,417 | £1,164,354 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 15 | |
| Wages | £473,671 | £511,268 |
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 | -5.3% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.0% | 15.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.04x | 2.67x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “With the launch of the Grammy-nominated Paul Simon album, Seven Psalms, and with VOCES8 appearing on the 2025 Album of the Year nomination by Jacob Collier, there is much to celebrate. Other major recording projects for the Foundation included a new fully orchestrated Christmas album in collaboration with Taylor Scott Davis, and plans are in place for a wide array of releases to celebrate the 20th anniversary of VOCES8 in 2025.”
- “One of the main highlights of the Foundation's 2023-24 season was the exciting creation of a brand new professional ensemble, Lyyra.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Barnaby | Secretary | 2006-08-16 | — | British |
| BLACKWELL, Roy William | Director | 2020-04-23 | May 1949 | British |
| CALCUTT, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
| CANTELLO, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2020-04-23 | Apr 1956 | British |
| CONNER, William James | Director | 2020-04-23 | Jun 1951 | British |
| GABBITAS, Christopher Alan | Director | 2025-01-28 | May 1979 | British |
| GABBITAS, Saratha Rajeswaran | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1982 | British |
| LEEMING, David Bruce Brodie | Director | 2022-09-29 | May 1975 | British |
| MCCALDIN, Jason Vidal Roberts | Director | 2025-01-28 | Dec 1966 | British |
| MELROSE, Adrian Alexander | Director | 2025-01-28 | Sep 1971 | Irish |
| MOSS, Gary | Director | 2023-01-12 | Apr 1953 | British |
| WHITE, Rebecca | Director | 2025-01-28 | Oct 1989 | British,Irish |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DART, Peter | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2024-08-06 |
| HOLFORD, Sarah Elizabeth Barbara | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2022-09-29 |
| LISVANE, Robert, Lord | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2024-11-17 |
| MCCUIN, John Spencer | Director | 2022-09-29 | 2024-11-17 |
| ROWLANDS, Alexandra | Director | 2023-01-12 | 2025-09-11 |
| SMITH, Barnaby | Director | 2006-08-16 | 2020-06-12 |
| SMITH, John Bartlett | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2023-01-12 |
| SMITH, Paul Oliver Andrew | Director | 2006-08-16 | 2020-06-12 |
| SOUSTER, Duncan York Andrew | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2023-04-19 |
| WALLACE, William John Lawrence, Lord | Director | 2006-08-16 | 2021-03-31 |
| WARDLE, Eleanor Mary | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2022-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Oliver Andrew Smith | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-08-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-
Turnover
+24.7%
£1,645,547 £2,052,728
-
Cash
-42.6%
£538,536 £309,143
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£1,052,417 £1,164,354
-
Employees
0%
15 15
-
Profit before tax
+167.3%
-£90,461 £60,910
-
Wages
+7.9%
£473,671 £511,268
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