BIRMINGHAM JAZZ

Registered charity 1040567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion and development of the appreciation of music. Achieved mainly by the organisation of concerts with touring bands and local musicians.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING THE ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) JAZZ AND RELATED MUSIC PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MIDLANDS

Area of benefit: THE MIDLANDS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Birmingham Jazz reported a net loss of £2,946 for the year ended 31 March 2024, reducing unrestricted funds from £12,119 to £9,173. The directors consider the accounts to give a true and fair view and are satisfied with the business performance, intending to consolidate trading results in the forthcoming year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Thomas Brainchair
• Eileen Jane Gibbs
• Justin Richard McKeon
• PHILIP ROSE
• Patrick Alexander Hinde
• Sue Rose

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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