The Jazz Centre (UK)

Analysis

The Jazz Centre (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Jazz Centre (UK) reported income of £38k and spending of £41k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £60k to £38k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Jazz Centre (UK) sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society for the History of Philosophy (£38k), The Ilfracombe Museum Trust CIO (£38k) and Gwyl Beaumaris Festival (£38k).

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.