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The National Youth Jazz Orchestra LTD

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £710k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.nyjo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra Limited
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£710k£668k
  • 2024£715k£628k
  • 2023£1.9m£727k
Earlier years
  • 2022£760k£829k
  • 2021£528k£555k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY MUSIC EDUCATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC PARTICULARLY JAZZ, DRAMA, DANCE AND SINGING AND (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS) TO ADVANCE THE SAME BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) TO MAINTAIN JAZZ ORCHESTRAS AND OTHER MUSICAL ENSEMBLES COMPRISING OF MAINLY YOUNG MUSICIANS (B) TO ORGANISE, MANAGE AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN ORGANISING MANAGING AND PROVIDING ORCHESTRAL, INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH MUSIC, PARTICULARLY JAZZ MUSIC IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (C) TO MAKE USE OF ALL MEDIA INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CINEMA, RADIO, TELEVISION, ANY FORM OF RECORDED OR ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND ANY OTHER MEDIA, DEVICE OR INVENTION RELATING TO THE PRODUCTION OR REPRODUCTION OF MUSIC PARTICULARLY JAZZ MUSIC (D) TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION, FURTHERANCE AND PRACTICE OF JAZZ MUSIC BY COMPETITIONS, PRIZES OR ANY OTHER MEANS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATUS OF THE CHARITY (E) TO ORGANISE, MANAGE AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN ORGANISING, MANAGING AND PROVIDING ACADEMIES, COURSES, WORKSHOPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND OTHER FORMS OF MUSIC EDUCATION ACTIVITY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (F) TO PROVIDE BURSARIES AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE STUDYING MUSIC.

Grants received

9 grants · £230,680 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Hospitality 3Arts and leisure 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£710k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.0 in 2021

8 from 10 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
274578
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/10/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/10/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 APR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 OCT 2020
Companies House
Company number 01334250 · Active
Contact on the register
03305002000 · info@nyjo.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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