Marsden Jazz Festival Limited

Analysis

Marsden Jazz Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04301891). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Marsden Jazz Festival Limited reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £216k to £15k (-93%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Marsden Jazz Festival Limited sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penzance Orchestral Society (£15k), Cambridge Harmony Chorus (£15k) and Marlow Choral Society (£15k).