THE STORY MUSEUM

Registered charity 1107809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£2.3m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

2005

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

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

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£136k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Andrew Ryan
Conrad Philip William Bodman
Dr Gabrielle Heffernan
Guy Gadney
Heather Carter
James Catchpole
John Palmer
Katherine Howard-Cairns
Patricia Jane Townsend
Perri Evans
Sarah Love
Shirin Welham

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£2.2m
31/03/2023	£1.8m	£2.0m
31/03/2022	£1.4m	£1.8m
31/03/2021	£1.9m	£1.3m

Common questions

Who funds THE STORY MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE STORY MUSEUM as a grant recipient include THE LINMARDON TRUST, THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION, WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION, THE HEADLEY TRUST, Charity of Thomas Dawson.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE LINMARDON TRUST	FY2024	£38k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£30k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2024	£10k
Charity of Thomas Dawson	FY2024	£8k
THE MAX REINHARDT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£7k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£5k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£4k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£1k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2024	—

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	11/03/2026	£238k	"A New Roof: To protect, preserve and celebrate storytelling"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/11/2023	£165k	"Digital 1001"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/09/2016	£1.2m	"The Story Museum - Building a world of stories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/05/2012	£42k	"Intangible heritage, tangible skills: participating in Oxford's story heritage"