SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Registered charity 1056812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEVEN STORIES, THE CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS, THE CENTRE FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOOK

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1996

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£279k

Reserves (reported)

£63k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Claire Rileychair · trustee of 1 other charity
Annalei Bartlett
Ben Butler
Emma Layfield
Louise Forster
Matthew McWhinnie
NICK KEMP · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachel Mary Lippe

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.6m
31/03/2023	£2.2m	£1.6m
31/03/2022	£2.4m	£1.8m
31/03/2021	£1.9m	£1.5m

Common questions

Who funds SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS as a grant recipient include ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2022	£13k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2024	£7k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/08/2020	£48k	"COVID19 Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/11/2018	£60k	"Where Stories Come From a new gallery to share and explore the Seven Stories Collection"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/09/2014	£342k	"Collecting British children's literature: strategic acquisitions to develop the Seven Stories Collection"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/10/2012	£37k	"Adventures with Enid Blyton: sharing stories of childhood"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/09/2010	£50k	"Enid Blyton Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/09/2008	£49k	"Telling Histories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/09/2005	£288k	"Storylines - Preserving and Sharing the Literary Heritage of Childhood"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/03/2003	£49k	".Opening the Book: Developing access to the Collection of the Centre for the Children's Book"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/05/1997	£29k	"Kaye Webb Collection and John Wyndham Collection"