OPENSTORYTELLERS LIMITED

Registered charity 1130148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a team of professional storytellers with & without learning disabilities who inspire people through the sharing of personal & traditional stories. We aim to enrich the lives of people with learning disabilities & those who live & work with them. We seek a world where everyone,regardless of their disability, finds a voice to tell their story & listeners are able to hear & support the telling

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £65,702 for the year, with total funds increasing to £149,184. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £50,205, which is above the stated policy target of £72,223? No, wait. The text says the target is £72,223 and free reserves are £50,205. So reserves are below the policy target. The charity holds £149,184 in total funds, comprising unrestricted, restricted, and endowment funds, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06829975

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Openstorytellers (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Frome Music Club — “We want to say a massive thank you to Frome Music Club for their amazing donation from their Frome Festival event: Synaesthesia” (source page)

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.

• MEE, Emma May — director, appointed 27/01/2025on trustee list
• DAVENPORT, Sally Elizabeth — director, appointed 20/06/2024on trustee list
• STEEL, Elanor — director, appointed 16/11/2023on trustee list
• BANKS, Benjamin — director, appointed 27/10/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Banks
• Elanor Steel
• Emma May Mee
• Sally Elizabeth Davenport

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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