THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS

Registered charity 1145066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

In accordance with its constitution, the company seeks to produce the annual event known as 'The Story of Christmas' and, through the production of this event, to raise funds in the form of donations and gifts of sponsorship.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £122,613 from £139,325 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of a deficit of £16,712. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and maintain a reserves policy to cover one year of operations and annual event liabilities. Total income for the year was £1,064,363, with charitable activities generating £799,694 and donations totaling £261,292.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Kingswood School tells the story of Christmas in play solihullobserver.co.uk · 17/12/2019

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Story of Christmas Appeal (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Marc Corbett-Weaver — Artistic Director & Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW JAMES HYNARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony David Chambers
• David John Rivers Sleath
• Emily Patricia Bohill
• Gabi Pippa Stein
• Gay Mary Sutton
• Madeleine Elizabeth Cosgrave
• Nicholas Mark Howe
• Robert John Walker
• Sheena Shabnam Singla

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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