The Centre for International Storytelling

Registered charity 1109510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCIS, THE CRICK CRACK CLUB, THE LONDON CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING

The LCIS promotes the art and practice of oral storytelling. Its public name is The Crick Crack Club. It promotes and programmes public performance storytelling, tours work and supports artists. It offers advice to live arts programmers and places storytellers in educational, community and heritage settings. It also holds an archive of audio material and ephemera relating to the art form.

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Latest income
£146k
Latest spending
£123k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity qualified as a small company and was entitled to an exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. Per the balance sheet, total net assets increased from £12,188 in 2024 to £34,955 in 2025, driven by a net change in resources of £22,757. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £9,055 and restricted funds of £25,900.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£146k£123k
31/03/2024£87k£100k
31/03/2023£105k£109k
31/03/2022£106k£87k
31/03/2021£33k£34k

Common questions

Is The Centre for International Storytelling financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity qualified as a small company and was entitled to an exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. Per the balance sheet, total net assets increased from £12,188 in 2024 to £34,955 in 2025, driven by a net change in resources of £22,757. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £9,055 and restricted funds of £25,900.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/06/2005£50k"Achieving the Intangible Heritage of Performance Storytelling in the UK"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON SCHOOLS' CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Centre for International Storytelling£146k0unclearno doubt
LONDON SCHOOLS' CRICKET ASSOCIATION FY2024£154k0unclearno doubt
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£2.9m0aboveno doubt
LIPHOOK & RIPSLEY CRICKET CLUB FY2025£133k0unclearno doubt
LANCASHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£2.5m£40,001 - £50,0000unclearno doubt
CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO) FY2025£172k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.