ASHDON JAZZ ACADEMY

Registered charity 1161413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AJA

CHARITY PROVIDED 1:1 MENTORING SUPPORT TO FEMALES AGED 11- 21 YEARS OLD. CHARITY ALSO HOSTS WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND FOCUS GROUPS FOCUSING ON RAISING SELF CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM IN FEMALE TEENAGERS.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£205k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £81,189, while the charity reported a net expenditure of £29,880 for the year. The balance sheet shows current assets of £115,238 against current liabilities of £6,170, indicating a strong liquidity position with no stated material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon · Lambeth · Lewisham · Merton · Southwark · Sutton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£205k£175k
30/09/2024£194k£125k
30/09/2023£108k£127k
30/09/2022£97k£130k
30/09/2021£112k£81k

Common questions

Is ASHDON JAZZ ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £81,189, while the charity reported a net expenditure of £29,880 for the year. The balance sheet shows current assets of £115,238 against current liabilities of £6,170, indicating a strong liquidity position with no stated material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Who funds ASHDON JAZZ ACADEMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASHDON JAZZ ACADEMY as a grant recipient include ROSA FUND, MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROSA FUNDFY2023£25kRise Fund
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2025£17k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2022£14k
ROSA FUNDFY2024£12kRise Fund
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2023£10k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCILFY2024£9k
ROSA FUNDFY2024£6kVoices from the Front Line
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE JESSICA MATHERS TRUSTFY2022£2kOther life challenges
THE JESSICA MATHERS TRUSTFY2021£1kOther life challenges
THE JESSICA MATHERS TRUSTFY2023£1kOther life challenges

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England16/06/2025£9kLet's Go!
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£15kUnrestricted Funding
UK government15/09/2020£14kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government21/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASHDON JAZZ ACADEMY£205k—0unclear—no doubt
ASHA: A COMMUNITY OF HOPE FY2024£223k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA LTD FY2025£710k—0below—no doubt
ASHA NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt
JEWISH TRAINING ACADEMY FOR GIRLS (JTAG) LTD FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
JAZZ UMBRELLA FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.