The National Youth Jazz Collective

Analysis

The National Youth Jazz Collective is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06978971). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The National Youth Jazz Collective reported income of £198k and spending of £219k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £161k to £198k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, The National Youth Jazz Collective sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hanham Community Centre (£198k), Misfits Music Foundation (£198k) and The Stour Festival Company Limited (£198k).