DYJA

Registered charity 1161560 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE AIMS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING AND FOSTERING THE UNDERSTANDING, KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF JAZZ AND ITS ASSOCIATED FORMS OF MUSIC.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING AND FOSTERING THE UNDERSTANDING, KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF JAZZ AND ITS ASSOCIATED FORMS OF MUSIC.

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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Registered contact address: Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£51k

Latest spending

£86k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £34,880 for the year, reducing its total reserves from £407,165 to £372,285. The trustees identify long-term financial sustainability and securing adequate external funding as the major risks to the charity's future operations. Despite these risks, the trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: equal to the value of the fixed assets included in the accounts as at that date, and one year's operating costs excluding depreciation (reserves figure: £352k)

“An ideal level of unrestricted reserves as at 31st August 2025 would be equal to the value of the fixed assets included in the accounts as at that date, and one year's operating costs excluding depreciation. Based on 31 August 2025 accounts this would amount to £174,618.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 8
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09369693 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Doncaster Youth Jazz Association (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WILKINSON, Michael Luke — director, appointed 16/03/2026on trustee list
SYKES, Andrew Philip — director, appointed 24/11/2025not on trustee list
IRWIN, Kelly — director, appointed 14/07/2025on trustee list
SCULLION, Phillipa Sue — director, appointed 14/07/2025on trustee list
MATTHEWS, Paul Stanley — director, appointed 21/08/2024on trustee list
MATTHEWS, Carolyn Ann — director, appointed 21/08/2024on trustee list
SAUL, Rhian — director, appointed 21/08/2024on trustee list
SABIN, Peter Mark — director, appointed 09/08/2023on trustee list
MCQUADE, Shelley Anne — secretary, appointed 26/08/2025

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andy Phillip Sykes Mr
Carolyn Matthews
Kelly Irwin
Mark Sabin
Michael Luke Wilkinson
Paul Matthews
Phillipa Scullion
Rhian Saul

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£51k	£86k
31/08/2024	£261k	£106k
31/08/2023	£70k	£102k
31/08/2022	£56k	£94k
31/08/2021	£30k	£95k

Common questions

Is DYJA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £34,880 for the year, reducing its total reserves from £407,165 to £372,285. The trustees identify long-term financial sustainability and securing adequate external funding as the major risks to the charity's future operations. Despite these risks, the trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	2	£49k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	1	£9k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	1	£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRAS ASSOCIATION.

DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRAS ASSOCIATION income £29k
NEW DIORAMA income £1.4m
THE NATIONAL JAZZ ARCHIVE income £106k
THE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS income £659k
THE NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ COLLECTIVE income £198k
EYSM income £117k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DYJA	£51k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRAS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW DIORAMA FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL JAZZ ARCHIVE FY2025	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS FY2025	£659k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ COLLECTIVE FY2025	£198k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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