Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Jazz North-East Limited
- 6 trustees
- Income £40k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- Website
- www.jazznortheast.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Jazz North-East Limited
- Registered
- 1978
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£40k£45k
- 2024£52k£45k
- 2023£35k£30k
Earlier years
- 2022£29k£33k
- 2021£10k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 74%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY ENCOURAGING AND FOSTERING THE UNDERSTANDING, KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC ESPECIALLY JAZZ AND ITS ASSOCIATED FORMS OF MUSIC.
Grants received
3 grants · £63,774 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
- Northern Rock Foundation · £33,000
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £29,959
- Community Foundation North East · £815
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Richard John Pope Chair since 2018
- James Alistair Smith since 2022
- John Charles Mcgovern since 2013
- Kenneth Drew since 2015
- Melanie Annette Grundy since 2017
- Toshitaka Zenimoto since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard John Pope Chair since 2018
- John Charles Mcgovern since 2013
- Kenneth Drew since 2015
- Melanie Annette Grundy since 2017
- Toshitaka Zenimoto since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Richard John Pope Chair since 2018
- James Alistair Smith since 2022
- John Charles Mcgovern since 2013
- Kenneth Drew since 2015
- Melanie Annette Grundy since 2017
- Toshitaka Zenimoto since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 507509
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 MARCH 1978
- Companies House
- Company number 01357300 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07527849111 · melaniegrundy@doctors.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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