WEST SUSSEX MUSIC TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-24 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£664K
+13.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£931K
+1.4% vs 2024
Employees
73
+7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,982,703 | £2,124,432 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£75,637 | £12,849 | |
| Cash | £585,390 | £663,508 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £917,854 | £930,703 | |
| Net assets | £917,854 | £930,703 | |
| Equity | £917,854 | £930,703 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 73 | |
| Wages | £1,235,673 | £1,261,960 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -3.8% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.4% | 6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 8.57x | 11.33x |
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
- Chariot House Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The current liquidity that the Trust has available to fulfil its obligations and to finance its ongoing operations provides the basis for the trustees' conclusion that there is not a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Increased the total number of children and young people involved in WSM activities by 13% to 34,547with 96% of schools meaningfully engaging with WSM through the year.”
- “Opened a second music centre-based, Orchestras Inc. SEND ensemble, at Worthing Music Centre.”
- “Embedded partnerships with Glyndebourne, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Sixteen resulting in more projects and workshops.”
- “Taken 45 students from West Sussex Youth Orchestra on overseas tour to France in July.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERWOOD, James Gareth | Secretary | 2013-05-10 | — | — |
| BARTLETT, James Rhys | Director | 2026-01-23 | Mar 1995 | British |
| GOLDEN, Claudia Emily | Director | 2022-07-07 | Sep 1966 | British |
| HARRIS, Susanne Elizabeth | Director | 2025-06-27 | May 1980 | British |
| HUGHES, Nicola | Director | 2026-01-23 | Apr 1963 | British |
| RICHES, Timothy Morton | Director | 2026-04-24 | Mar 1969 | British |
| SKIPP, David Gordon, Dr | Director | 2023-01-13 | Dec 1948 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Terence Charles, Councillor | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2019-04-30 |
| DARE, Susan Janet | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2017-07-11 |
| EVANS, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2026-01-23 |
| EVANS, Peter Colin | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2020-01-14 |
| GUILLAUMIER, Christina, Dr | Director | 2019-07-09 | 2025-06-27 |
| KERRY, Andrew Keith | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2015-07-14 |
| MOSS, Gillian | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2017-10-17 |
| NETTLEY, Leon Clive | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2022-07-07 |
| POWELL, Katherine | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2021-04-27 |
| RICHES, Timothy Morton | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2023-04-21 |
| RODRIGUEZ-MOLINERO, Edward George | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2021-04-27 |
| STAINER, Georgina | Director | 2022-01-11 | 2025-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Gareth Underwood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-14 | Ceased 2020-02-28 |
| Councillor Terence Charles Chapman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-14 | Ceased 2019-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.1%
£1,982,703 £2,124,432
-
Cash
+13.3%
£585,390 £663,508
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£917,854 £930,703
-
Employees
+7.4%
68 73
-
Wages
+2.1%
£1,235,673 £1,261,960
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