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SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS COLLECTION TRUST

Registered charity 1115167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS, THE CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS COLLECTION TRUST

The charity owns a collection of modern and contemporary British children's books and related original artwork, manuscripts and archives. The charity makes the collection available to Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children's Books (registered charity 1056812) for use in exhibitions, educational activities, research and other programmes, for the public benefit.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income
£140k
Latest spending
£3k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,822, which are represented entirely by cash at bank. The trustees confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate, noting that all ongoing costs are borne by the parent charity and that the entity has no staff or independent liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UNW LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£814k
Total spending
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

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£140k£3k
31/03/2024£81k£2k
31/03/2023£814k£2k
31/03/2022£940k£2k
31/03/2021£250k£2k

Common questions

Is SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS COLLECTION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,822, which are represented entirely by cash at bank. The trustees confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate, noting that all ongoing costs are borne by the parent charity and that the entity has no staff or independent liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UNW LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LINMARDON TRUST1£38k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION1£30k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION1£30k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£20k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£17k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
THE HEADLEY TRUST1£10k
Charity of Thomas Dawson1£8k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS COLLECTION TRUST£140k—0unclear—no doubt
SEVEN STORIES, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE STORY MUSEUM FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—material uncertainty
THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE FY2025£916k—0above—not going concern
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£2.9m—0above—no doubt
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£221k—0unclear—no doubt

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