Devon Youth Jazz Orchestras Association

Analysis

Devon Youth Jazz Orchestras Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Devon Youth Jazz Orchestras Association reported income of £29k and spending of £33k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11k to £29k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Devon Youth Jazz Orchestras Association sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orton Waterville Village Hall (£29k), Ousden Village Hall and Playing Fields (£29k) and Questors Choir (£29k).

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.