Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

20 STORIES HIGH

The charity's objects are: to provide or facilitate or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for the public at large; and to advance the education of the general public in the performing arts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£481£496£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£470£468£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£477£461£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/20£456£451£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£475£496£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£448£431£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£468£444£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£301£271£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£353£326£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£308£309£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£271£281£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£217£226£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£179£150£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years
(18 years as a company)

www.20storieshigh.org.uk

info@20storieshigh.org.uk

01517089728

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
  • Art or music based therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£215,804
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£200,000
John Ellerman Foundation£170,000
Backstage Trust£20,000
The Foyle Foundation£15,000
The Coutts Foundation£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Ellerman Foundation - We're requesting a ‘loosely restricted’ grant to support the artistic development and delivery of our national touring programme 2023-26.
£120,000 27/07/2023
We're requesting a ‘loosely restricted’ grant to support the artistic development and delivery of our national touring programme 2023-26.
The Coutts Foundation - 20 Stories High cost of living grant 2
£3,500 15/06/2023
4
An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
Backstage Trust - Production grant
£20,000 10/03/2023
National touring show for young disabled audiences
The Coutts Foundation - 20 Stories High cost of living grant
£3,500 17/11/2022
6
An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Delivering a new vision and mission
£200,000 18/07/2022
20 Stories High is a theatre company creating work for and with young people in theatre venues and community spaces. This grant will support them to implement a revised vision and mission and develop a renewed focus on wellbeing, activism and new ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards core costs associated with commissioning new work
£50,000 30/07/2020
18
Towards core costs associated with commissioning new work
DCMS - 20 Stories High 2018-2022
£215,804 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that 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 ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 04/02/2020
towards a new piece of theatre created in collaboration with the Youth Theatre
National Lottery Community Fund - In the Mix Community Engagement Project
£9,810 03/08/2018
12
The organisation will deliver theatre activities and outreach for young parents and their children, with the aim of improving access to educational and training activities, reducing isolation and improving health and wellbeing.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - State of Mind
£334,000 05/07/2018
48
20 Stories High is a theatre company and charity based in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. It aims to empower and improve aspirations and skills for young people, targeting the most marginalised groups. Through a four year programme of outreach, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/06/2018
In The Mix
BBC Children in Need - Grant to 20 Stories High
£81,030 09/02/2017
36
This project will fund salaries for workshop leaders/artists, supporting the organisation's participation programme, carrying out youth theatre sessions, workshops and other activities for young people from a deprived area in Liverpool.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 20 Stories High
£77,800 17/09/2015
36
towards three years' salaries of the Participation Coordinator and Participation Support Worker at a youth theatre project for disadvantaged young people in Liverpool
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 25-59
  • CHARLIE TAYLOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Development
  • DR PRIYANKA PRADHAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • JENNIFER JOHN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Music Manager, Vocal Coach, Composer
  • KIERON GREGORY COLLINS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Television Producer
  • LISA ALLEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Co-Head Of Culture - Link4life
  • MANOKA MBOLOKELE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Student
  • PETER GREGGS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Creative & Digital Producer
  • ROBENA SARAH HARRISON Appointed: 2021
  • ZOE MEGINS-DAVIES Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2010, number: 1137255
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/06/2006, number: 05841963
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

Toxteth TV
37-45 Windsor Street
LIVERPOOL
L8 1XE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. TO PROVIDE OR FACILITATE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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