Registered charity · London
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra LTD
- 9 trustees
- Income £710k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Projjol BanerjeaChair · since 2022
- Alan Brian RidgewayTrustee · since 2021
- Andrew Louis GrappyTrustee · since 2024
- Giulia MarroTrustee · since 2026
- Janet CampbellTrustee · since 2019
- Jas KayserTrustee · since 2026
- Patricia Ann SibbonsTrustee · since 2022
- Paul Antony BonifaceTrustee · since 2022
- Simon CookeTrustee · since 2023
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 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £90,000 (2 grants)
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £36,000
- Backstage Trust · £30,000
- Youth Music · £29,680
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Projjol Banerjea Chair since 2022
- Alan Brian Ridgeway since 2021
- Andrew Louis Grappy since 2024
- Giulia Marro since 2026
- Janet Campbell since 2019
- Jas Kayser since 2026
- Patricia Ann Sibbons since 2022
- Paul Antony Boniface since 2022
- Simon Cooke since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Janet Campbell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew Louis Grappy since 2024
- Giulia Marro since 2026
- Janet Campbell since 2019
- Jas Kayser since 2026
- Patricia Ann Sibbons since 2022
- Paul Antony Boniface since 2022
- Simon Cooke since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Projjol Banerjea Chair since 2022
- Alan Brian Ridgeway since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
10.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.0 in 2021
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
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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