SETTLE STORIES LIMITED

Registered charity 1141649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We pioneer new ways to share storyOpen & inclusive we believe that story & the arts changes lives for the betterWe use mindfulness to help everyone realise their creative potentialWe are home to myths & folktales that shaped human lives over thousands of years & the current stories that matterWe embrace cultural difference by celebrating stories of our community & cultures across the globe

Objects

(1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN STORYTELLING AND RELATED ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN STORYTELLING AND RELATED ARTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £404,463 against expenditure of £344,945, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees report that free unrestricted reserves of £84,646 are in excess of the stated policy target of £42,800, which is equivalent to three months of non-project specific expenditure.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07515653

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.

• CHRISTIE, Jacqueline Ann — director, appointed 21/08/2026on trustee list
• AMIN-ALI, Kausor — director, appointed 21/08/2026on trustee list
• PIPER, Elvi Nico — director, appointed 21/08/2026on trustee list
• PUGH, Richard Stuart — director, appointed 11/02/2026on trustee list
• HUSSAIN, Imran — director, appointed 14/08/2025on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Paul David Simon — director, appointed 01/02/2025on trustee list
• COX, Danielle — director, appointed 29/12/2023not on trustee list
• BOND, Christopher Paul — director, appointed 20/07/2023on trustee list
• CUTLER, David Ian — director, appointed 20/05/2021on trustee list
• DURCAN, Anthony John — director, appointed 28/01/2021on trustee list
• STACHNIK, Paulina — director, appointed 03/09/2020on trustee list
• DAWSON, Mary Eleanor — director, appointed 01/10/2019on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Thomas Murray — director, appointed 03/04/2019on trustee list
• WHITAKER, Simon Charles — director, appointed 08/01/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony John Durcan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Paul Bond
• Dannielle Louise Dibben · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Cutler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elvi Nico Piper
• Imran Hussain
• Jacqueline Ann Christie
• Kausor Amin-Ali
• Mary Eleanor Dawson
• Paul David Simon Phillips
• Paulina Stachnik
• Richard Stuart Pugh
• Simon Charles Whitaker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Murray Edwards

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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