ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12M
Equity attributable
Employees
266
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£142K
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 | £1,930,514 | £2,343,513 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£350,599 | -£142,120 | |
| Net profit | -£354,546 | -£144,022 | |
| Cash | £7,617,065 | £7,767,854 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,470,317 | £12,150,393 | |
| Net assets | £12,459,168 | £12,141,146 | |
| Equity | £12,459,168 | £12,141,146 | |
| Average employees | 253 | 266 | |
| Wages | £3,082,880 | £3,645,307 |
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 | -18.4% | -6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.41x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the directors are of the opinion that the group and charity can continue to meet its obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Grant funding is ongoing and there is a substantial programme of performance and events booked for the second half of 2024/25 and all of 2025/26.”
Group structure
- ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS · parent
- Aberdeen Performing Arts Trading Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 64 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Matthew George | Secretary | 2024-07-05 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Christopher Guy, Professor | Director | 2024-02-19 | Oct 1974 | British |
| DODDS, Christine Claire | Director | 2024-02-19 | Jan 1981 | British |
| EFFENDI, Azraai | Director | 2020-02-19 | Jan 1977 | British |
| FAIRFULL, Melissa Lee | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1994 | Scottish |
| GIBSON, Margaret Macrae | Director | 2022-11-27 | Jun 1965 | British |
| GREIG, Martin | Director | 2022-11-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| HARRIS, Edel Bridget | Director | 2024-02-19 | Aug 1964 | Irish |
| HENRICKSON, Dell, Councillor | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
| MASSON, Gareth Anthony | Director | 2024-02-19 | Jan 1970 | British |
| MUTCH, Watson | Director | 2020-02-19 | Aug 1963 | British |
| O'NEILL, Tom | Director | 2024-11-26 | Jan 1992 | British |
| PHAHLE, Yolisa Sandra | Director | 2024-02-19 | Jan 1966 | British |
| STEWART, Jennifer Anne | Director | 2022-11-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
Show 64 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRON, Faye Amelia | Secretary | 2022-07-05 | 2024-07-05 |
| MACFARLAN, Lynne Margaret | Secretary | 2015-07-24 | 2019-11-18 |
| SIMPSON, Christopher | Secretary | 2019-11-18 | 2020-05-20 |
| SPIERS, Jane | Secretary | 2020-05-20 | 2022-07-04 |
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-10-31 | 2003-01-14 |
| STRONACHS | Corporate Secretary | 2003-01-14 | 2008-05-14 |
| STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-05-14 | 2015-07-24 |
| ADAM, George | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2012-06-25 |
| ADAMS, Jennifer Helena | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2016-02-22 |
| ALLAN, James | Director | 2016-11-14 | 2018-11-19 |
| ALLAN, Yvonne, Councillor | Director | 2021-08-05 | 2022-05-04 |
| ALLARD, Christian Guy, Councillor | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| BARCLAY, Linda | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2008-11-10 |
| BEGG, Anne, Dame | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2020-05-01 |
| BENZIE, Carol Margaret | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2017-07-17 |
| BOULTON, Marie Louise, Councillor | Director | 2017-08-23 | 2022-11-01 |
| BOULTON, Marie Louise, Councillor | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2017-05-04 |
| BURNSIDE, David Melville | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2022-11-28 |
| CLARK, Ronald, Councillor | Director | 2002-11-04 | 2004-03-29 |
| CLYNE, David Elmslie, Councillor | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2003-10-01 |
| COCKBURN, Duncan Peter, Dr | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2025-11-25 |
| COMRIE, William Allan, Cllr | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2008-06-18 |
| CORMACK, Irene Sise, Cllr | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2012-06-25 |
| DONNELLY, Alan James | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2017-05-04 |
| DUNCAN, Sarah Christina | Director | 2017-08-09 | 2021-10-01 |
| EUNSON, Dawn | Director | 2004-04-13 | 2006-05-01 |
| FLETCHER, Neil Derek | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2007-06-08 |
| FOWLER, Kathryn Mary | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2020-11-16 |
| FOWLER, Lesley Ann | Director | 2010-11-08 | 2012-11-05 |
| FREEL, Karen | Director | 2005-10-24 | 2007-06-08 |
| GUNNEE, Brian Edward | Director | 2008-11-10 | 2010-11-08 |
| HARDIE, William Dunbar | Director | 2002-11-04 | 2012-11-05 |
| HOWDEN, Georgina Louise | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2016-02-22 |
| HOWIE, Andrew James | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2022-11-01 |
| HUTCHISON, Patricia | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2004-04-13 |
| IMRIE, Claire Louise | Director | 2017-08-09 | 2019-03-04 |
| JONES, Neil Inigo | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2014-11-10 |
| KELLY, Charles | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2014-11-10 |
| KIDDIE, James | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2016-10-06 |
| KRISHNAN, Vallath Kavitha | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2022-11-28 |
| MACKENZIE, Avril, Councillor | Director | 2019-03-04 | 2022-11-01 |
| MACKENZIE, Catriona | Director | 2017-08-09 | 2019-08-29 |
| MALONE, Aileen | Director | 2015-05-13 | 2017-05-04 |
| MALONE, Aileen Jacqueline | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2012-06-25 |
| MCDONALD, Mark, Cllr | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2009-11-26 |
| MCLEOD, Kenneth | Director | 2003-03-24 | 2012-11-05 |
| MILNE, Alan Ducat, Councillor | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2012-06-25 |
| MORRIS, Nikki Beth | Director | 2020-02-19 | 2023-11-28 |
| NEILSON, Ewan Craig | Nominee Director | 2002-11-04 | 2003-02-01 |
| NICOLL, Alexander Robert | Director | 2016-10-06 | 2017-05-04 |
| PIKE, Craig Andrew | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2024-05-14 |
| PORTER, John Alexander | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2007-05-23 |
| PYPER, Morag | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2012-11-05 |
| ROBERTS, James Graeme, Dr | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2014-11-10 |
| SHIRREFFS, Jennifer Anne | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2014-11-10 |
| SHIRRON, Karen Ann | Director | 2002-11-04 | 2007-06-08 |
| SIMS, Ross Stuart | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2016-11-14 |
| STEWART, Jennifer Anne | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2015-04-20 |
| STEWART, John David | Director | 2005-10-24 | 2007-06-08 |
| THOMANECK, Karl Albert Jurgen, Prof. Cllr | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2003-10-01 |
| URQUHART, George, Councillor | Director | 2002-11-04 | 2004-05-26 |
| WARNE, Phillip | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2014-11-10 |
| WEBSTER, Ronald Rennie, Cllr | Director | 2004-08-16 | 2007-06-08 |
| YORSTON, Harry | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2023-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Craig Pike | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2018-08-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-28 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-08-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-08-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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