Bert Jansch Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements
Year ended 31 December 2024
Registered Charity no. 1162678
c/o19 Sneyd Road, London NW2 6AL
https://bertjanschfoundation.org/
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Trustees:
Adam Jansch Charlotte Crofton-Sleigh Geraldine Auerbach Karen Kidson Bernard Butler Serena Cross Leonard Lowy Martin Adam
Associates: Dariush Kanani Jon Riley Sam Grassie Registered Office: 19 Sneyd Road, London NW2 6AL Bankers: Barclays Bank 46/49 Broad Street, Stamford PE9 1PZ
Annual Report for the year 2024
The Bert Jansch Foundation addresses its aims of supporting acoustic musicians with education and early career opportunities. Here is a summary of the activities of the Bert Jansch Foundation in 2024.
| Benefits of the 80th birthday concert for Bert Jansch | page 3 |
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| _For Bert Jansch: Around the World in 80 plays_project draws to a close and aftermath | page 4 |
| Supporting young artists | page 5 |
## **2024 was a year of taking stock**
Many major Bert Jansch Foundation projects came to fruition in Bert’s 80th year. After exceptional work that culminated in a fabulous 80th birthday concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 4 November 2023, where his contemporaries and his disciples did him proud, the Foundation has been taking stock.
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## **Benefits of the 80th birthday concert for Bert Jansch Royal Festival Hall 4 November 2023**
It was gratifying that this event was a commercial as well as an artistic and critical success. **The Foundation in the 2024 Financial year received 50% of this sell-out show’s profits equating to £8970.60.**
This covered grants for Chris Brain, Daisy Rickman and Sam Grassie’s appearance fees and expenses, having been added to the bill after the show budget was finalised and part of our remit to provide platforms for young musicians. It also covered payments to Serena Cross and Karen Kidson in consideration of their time and professional input into the event, curating the artists and setlist and working on the on- and off-stage logistics to make this show - as noted by the Guardian - “surprisingly slick”.
Bert’s admirers in the 60s included Led Zeppelin, and **Robert Plant** has kept his memory alive, recording two of his songs with Alison Krauss on _Raise the Roof_ (2021). And has participated in all the major commemorative concerts. His presence has helped us to raise funds to support young artists.
It is always a pleasure and privilege to gather these marvellous musicians together in Bert's name, both his peers and colleagues but particularly to create a platform for younger generations, and to see how they are inspired by each other as well as his music. Many said it was the best that we've ever gathered to celebrate Bert’s music and influence.
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Bernard Butler once with Suede, played an important part in bringing Jansch’s music to a new generation. He led four other guitarists through an adventurous treatment of _Veronica._
This was a fitting culmination of the Around the World in 80 Plays project that had started in 2018 when Bert would have been 75. It was special to have all five guitars that had been on the journey played together in tribute to Bert by a new generation of guitar players.
For Bert Jansch: Around the World in 80 plays – the Guitar Stories
We have documented the journeys of each of the Five Yamaha TransAcoustic Guitars that travelled around the world into the hands of nearly 100 artists from the time of Bert’s 75th birthday and all came home to be played at the 80th birthday concert. We spent time in 2024, developing ideas of how to exploit this rich material for the benefit of our charitable aims.
Read the full story of each guitar journey:
The Journey Begins – the send-off at Soho
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The ‘Johnny’ Guitar’s journey across Europe
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The ‘Wildcard’ Guitar’s journey to the folkies of Ireland, Scotland and England.
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The ‘Beth’ Guitar’s journey in England and Scotland
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The ‘Graham’ Guitar’s USA journey starting in California The ‘Pilgrim’ Guitar’s journey north, south, east and west of the UK
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In this picture at the Royal Festival Hall, five young artists are holding the travelling guitars which they played together on stage. Sam Grassie, Bernard Butler, Louis Campbell, Daisy Rickman and Chris Brain
Sam Grassie is holding the Beth Bernard Butler is holding the Johnny Louis Campbell is holding the Pilgrim Daisy Rickman is holding the Wildcard Chris Brain is holding The Graham
## **Supporting young artists**
In 2024 we supported two young artists Daisy Rickman and Sam Grassie who are active in the music scene and respectful of Bert and his music.
BJF continues to support our featured artists Sam Grassie and Dariush Kanani and follow their progress.
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| Bert Jansch Foundation Balance Sheet 2024 | Bert Jansch Foundation Balance Sheet 2024 | Bert Jansch Foundation Balance Sheet 2024 | |||||
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| Date | Amount | info | |||||
| Grants | |||||||
| 01/11/2024 | -£500.00 | MISS DAISY RICKMAN | |||||
| 01/11/2024 | -£500.00 | THOMAS GRASSIE | |||||
| -£1,000.00 | |||||||
| Workshop Leader fees | |||||||
| 01/11/2024 | -£500.00 | MR D KAGHAZKANANI | |||||
| Bert 80 Event (4 November 2023) | |||||||
| revenue | |||||||
| 12/01/2024 | £8,970.60 | Bert 80 net box office share | |||||
| 26/06/2024 | £650.60 | Bert 80 Programme sales | |||||
| expenses | |||||||
| 02/02/2024 | -£2,500.00 | SERENA CROSS | Bert 80 curation fees | ||||
| 02/02/2024 | -£1,500.00 | KAREN KIDSON | Bert 80 curation fees | ||||
| £5,621.20 | net surplus | ||||||
| Bert Transcribed Songbook | |||||||
| revenue | |||||||
| 13/12/2024 | £128.10 | HAL LEONARD EUROPE | Royalties | ||||
| 30/08/2024 | £151.60 | HAL LEONARD EUROPE | Royalties | ||||
| 21/06/2024 | £180.00 | HAL LEONARD EUROPE | Royalties | ||||
| 08/03/2024 | £243.90 | HAL LEONARD EUROPE | Royalties | ||||
| £703.60 | |||||||
| expenses | |||||||
| 08/01/2024 | -£514.82 | Songbook purchases for Bert 80 Merch stall | |||||
| **£188.78 ** | 2024 net surplus | ||||||
| 13/09/2024 | -£84.00 | KRYSTAL HOSTING | website hosting fees | ||||
| 19/07/2024 | -£57.56 | KRYSTAL HOSTING | website hosting fees | ||||
| -£141.56 |
Bert Jansch Foundation Profit & Loss 2024
INCOME
| Songbook royaltie | £703.60 |
|---|---|
| Event revenue: | |
| Bert 80 Box Office | £8,970.60 |
| Bert 80 Brochure | £650.60 |
| TOTAL INCOME | £10,324.80 |
EXPENSES
| EXPENSES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | -£1,000.00 | ||
| Website | -£141.56 | ||
| Bert 80 Books for | -£514.82 | ||
| Bert 80 Curation | -£4,000.00 | ||
| Workshop | -£500.00 | ||
| Total Expenses | -£6,156.38 | ||
| Net Surplus | £4,168.42 |
Bert Jansch Foundation Balance sheet as at 31st December 2024 Fixed Assets £55.00
Current Assets Saver Balance c/f £20,732.16 Current Balance c £1,022.20 Total Current As £21,754.36 Total Net Assets £21,809.36
Represented by: Barclays Saver b/ £16,903.79 Barclays Current £403.78 Interest earned in £278.37 Fixed Assets £55.00 Net surplus £4,168.42 Balance c/fwd to £21,809.36