AURORA ORCHESTRA
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-24 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£309K
+942.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£466K
+96.7% vs 2024
Employees
11
-8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 | £800,568 | £1,130,100 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£106,062 | £229,188 | |
| Cash | £29,635 | £308,831 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £236,968 | £466,156 | |
| Equity | £236,968 | £466,156 | |
| Average employees | 12 | 11 | |
| Wages | £377,204 | £396,306 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -13.2% | 20.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 3.82x |
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
- WP Audit Services 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 charity'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
- “Aurora succeeded in doubling organisational turnover (£917k in 2020/21 vs £2.3 million in 2024/25) and unrestricted reserves (£148k in March 2021 vs £431k in March 2025).”
- “Highlights included a Rite of Spring (2023) production, Beethoven's ninth symphony (2024), and an Orchestra Theatre introduction to Shostakovich's fifth symphony (2025).”
- “In spring 2025 the orchestra premiered Carnival, a new theatrical production created by Creative Director Jane Mitchell.”
- “During the year Aurora received entitlement to an outstanding legacy gift from Nicholas Snowman OBE, the long-term supporter, trustee and great friend of the orchestra who sadly died in 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTE, John William Mackay, Dr | Secretary | 2022-05-24 | — | — |
| BARKER, Jillian | Director | 2025-10-10 | Apr 1961 | British |
| FORGAN, Elizabeth Anne Lucy, Dame | Director | 2019-12-09 | Aug 1944 | British |
| HOCHHAUSER, Andrew Romain | Director | 2022-09-22 | Mar 1955 | British,Polish |
| KARET, Ian | Director | 2025-10-10 | Mar 1963 | British |
| KASOLOWSKY, Christophe Francois | Director | 2025-10-10 | Apr 1977 | British,German |
| LAVEN, Michael Alan | Director | 2019-12-09 | Apr 1948 | American |
| LAWRIE, James Cameron Seymour | Director | 2024-02-07 | Aug 1956 | British |
| MORTIMER, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2018-07-24 | Sep 1976 | British |
| SZCZETNIKOWICZ, Suzanne Margaret | Director | 2017-03-31 | Dec 1982 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Rebecca | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2022-05-24 |
| BLANKFIELD, Andrew Morris | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2022-09-22 |
| DEAKIN, Jonathan | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2017-01-01 |
| HARDIE, Nicholas Alan Scott | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2023-11-30 |
| HUDSON, Katherine | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2021-09-30 |
| INGRAM, Emily Claire | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2019-12-09 |
| KOHLI, Sanjivan | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2014-07-03 |
| LEWIS, Jennifer | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2023-11-30 |
| LOMAX, Alistair Martin Leeming | Director | 2018-07-24 | 2023-11-30 |
| LUMSDEN, Ben | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2024-09-23 |
| NTUMBA, Kayeye Cedric | Director | 2024-02-07 | 2024-11-06 |
| PONSONBY, Thomas Charles George | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2013-11-05 |
| SHELDON, Richard | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2021-09-30 |
| SMITH, Louise Natalie | Director | 2023-07-17 | 2025-10-10 |
| SNOWMAN, Michael Nicholas | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2022-09-22 |
| THAXTON, Julia | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2015-06-02 |
| TORDAY, Nick Laszlo | Director | 2015-03-03 | 2021-09-30 |
| WATT, Louis | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2019-12-09 |
| ZHU, Sharon | Director | 2022-02-03 | 2025-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+41.2%
£800,568 £1,130,100
-
Cash
+942.1%
£29,635 £308,831
-
Net assets
+96.7%
£236,968 £466,156
-
Employees
-8.3%
12 11
-
Wages
+5.1%
£377,204 £396,306
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