Birmingham Jazz

Analysis

Birmingham Jazz is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02550471). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham Jazz reported income of £43k and spending of £46k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,140 to £43k (+943%), an average of +80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 925%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Birmingham Jazz sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midland Actors Theatre (£43k), Village Hall (£43k) and Burton-In-Lonsdale Village Hall (£43k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.