JAZZ PROMOTION NETWORK

Registered charity 1160282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JPN

The promotion of jazz and related music through and beyond a membership network; staging of an annual conference for the sector (in 2018 in Southampton); development of a long-term plan for support of the music and the sector; advocacy at home and overseas; a pilot tour of Emerging Artists; & the Going Dutch programme to encourage the interchange of Dutch and JPN-nations' promoters and musicians.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE JPN ARE TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR IN THE ARTS OF JAZZ AND RELATED FORMS OF MUSIC, AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH MUTUAL SUPPORT AND ACTIONS AMONGST ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO THE PURSUIT OF THIS COMMON PURPOSE.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £6,682,000, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reports a net income deficit of £1,000,000 for the year, noting that this was largely due to one-off costs associated with the winding up of a subsidiary company.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mazars. Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “JPN has been engaged by Arts Council England (ACE) to organise the England stand in the Village and to support English delegates, particular…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barry Holloway
• Caitriona Siobhan O'Mahony
• Conor McAuley
• Greshauna Hannabiell Sanders · trustee of 1 other charity
• Orphy Robinson
• Paula Gardiner
• Pauline Ann Black

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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