JAZZ NORTH

Registered charity 1166241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Jazz North is the development agency for jazz in the north of England working with, and on behalf of, the jazz sector to promote sustainable careers for northern musicians. We share, create and distribute information, events and opportunities and support the development and performance of the art-form through the provision of learning opportunities, conferences, tour support and other activities.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN JAZZ MUSIC, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, THROUGH PROGRAMMES OF WORK WHICH ENABLE THE PERFORMANCE AND TEACHING OF A VARIETY OF FORMS OF JAZZ FROM ACROSS THE HISTORY OF JAZZ MUSIC AND BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING THE PUBLIC'S ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC AND OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN JAZZ AND OTHER MUSIC FORMS; AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG AND/OR EMERGING AND/OR STRUGGLING JAZZ MUSICIANS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS (PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE BASED IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE MUSICIANS WHO WISH TO LEARN AND/OR PERFORM DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF JAZZ FROM ACROSS THE HISTORY OF JAZZ MUSIC) BY OFFERING PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCH MUSICIANS AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL SEE FIT.

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 Jazz North reported a surplus of £23,483 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £213,945 against expenditure of £190,462. The trustees note that the principal risk lies in reliance on one funder, specifically Arts Council England, and have built unrestricted reserves to cover three months of general operating costs plus projected redundancy costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Aaron Casserly Stewart · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Lyons
• Nanette Louise Brimble
• Perrilena Alleyne-Hughes
• Roger Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Currie
• Sonia Bethan Mellor · trustee of 3 other charities
• Thomas Bagnall · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL JAZZ ARCHIVE.

• THE NATIONAL JAZZ ARCHIVE income £106k
• THE NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA LTD income £710k
• NEW WRITING NORTH income £1.8m
• DANCE NORTH income £1.9m
• NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL income £111k
• OPERA NORTH FUTURE FUND income £121k

Side by side with its peers

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