Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

HASTINGS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

celebrating and promoting the art of the spoken word

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/07/23	£67,286	£67,005	£281	20
31/07/22	£54,703	£64,143	£-9,440	15
31/07/21	£49,569	£42,536	£7,033	15
31/07/20	£60,088	£62,784	£-2,696	32
31/07/19?	£88,151	£80,882	£7,269	32
05/04/18?	£0	£0	£0	0
31/07/17	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.hastingsstoryfest.org

07708479362

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	18/09/2023	towards Children's Day as part of the 2023 Festival
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Storytelling Festival 2023
£1,000	14/07/2023	Funding was provided towards the annual storytelling festival.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

HILARY LISSENDEN Appointed: 2021

ROUNAQ UDDIN Appointed: 2022

EMMA HUGHES Appointed: 2018

SANDRA JACQUELINE GARNER (Chair) Appointed: 2018

KATE FRANCIS Appointed: 2018

LORNA CRABBE Appointed: 2019

RICHARD STREET Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: ORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/07/2016, number: 1168229

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

31 Station Road
BEXHILL-ON-SEA
East Sussex
TN40 1RG

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN EAST SUSSEX PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:• CELEBRATING AND PROMOTING THE ART OF THE SPOKEN WORD;• ADVANCING AND ENCOURAGING LITERACY THROUGH STORYTELLING - ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE; • HOSTING STORYTELLING EVENTS IN DIVERSE VENUES AND BY ENGAGING NEW AUDIENCES; AND• ORGANISING AND DELIVERING AN ANNUAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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