Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 7

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Positive trading contribution: +2;Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

UK STORYHOUSE LIMITED

UK Storyhouse Limited (trades as Storyhouse) is an educational arts based charity promoting the development of the performing arts in and around Chester.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£6,863	£7,514	£-651	£1,581	£1,508	£1,440	2.3	142	170
31/03/22		£6,439	£5,671	£768	£1,005	£2,159	£2,079	4.4	121	170
31/03/21		£4,438	£3,527	£912	£401	£1,392	£1,349	4.6	97	182
31/03/20		£6,736	£6,979	£-243	£1,865	£480	£480	0.8	116	111
31/03/19		£6,693	£6,704	£-11	£1,585	£566	£566	1	121	115
31/03/18		£5,844	£6,065	£-221	£1,558	£577	£577	1.1	116	0
31/03/17		£2,447	£2,103	£345	£38	£798	£798	4.6	16	0
31/03/16	*	£1,999	£1,805	£193	£67	£453	£453	3	14	0
31/03/15	*	£1,361	£1,266	£95	£62	£260	£260	2.5	11	0
31/03/14	*	£1,162	£1,128	£35	£27	£165	£165	1.8	10	0
31/03/13	*	£887	£840	£47	£18	£130	£130	1.9	5	0
31/03/12	*	£594	£598	£-5	£14	£83	£83	1.7	5	0
31/03/11	*	£509	£532	£-23	£11	£88	£88	2	4	0
31/03/10		£286	£312	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£425	£427	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£259	£181	£78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 71.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 21%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 56%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 17 years
(18 years as a company)

www.storyhouse.com

info@storyhouse.com

01244409113

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

142 employees
170 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£1,559,396
Cheshire Community Foundation	£15,000
Steve Morgan Foundation	£8,718
Wolfson Foundation	£0

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Storyhouse
£0	06/12/2023	Grant of £20,000 towards expanding their solar panel provision. Grant paid via Theatres Trust (22870).
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Storyhouse
£8,718	11/01/2023	To support the running of the Kaleidoscope Company
Cheshire Community Foundation - Young Company
£15,000	10/06/2022	Young Company
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£275,000	27/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£228,015	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund - Grants programme
£730,252	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - UK Storyhouse Ltd
£326,129	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£223,895	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£223,895	01/04/2018	National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£55,974	01/04/2018	To support National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 19-61

SIONED MERERID JONES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

DAVID JNR WATSON (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director Of Audiences And Media

JOHN WILLIAM GROUT GR Appointed: 2022

KIRSTY LOWE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Mental Health Lead

MARIA PERNY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

MICHAELA LEIGHANNE DALTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Therapeutic Outreach Worker

RICHARD WATTS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Producer

RYAN GUEST Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Deputy Manager

VIDYA VENUGOPAL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Legal Counsel

WILLIAM ANDREW FERGUS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Commercial Director

ERIK BOEKESTEIJN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Advisor, National Library Of The Netherland

LEROY BURNETT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

NGUNAN ADAMU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Presenter, Other trusteeship: SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2007, number: 1121007
Registered at Companies House on 19/08/2005, number: 05541255

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR08: 147 days late,

Main office

Storyhouse
Hunter Street
Chester
CH1 2AR

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE PRESENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN CHESTER DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE CHESTER DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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