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Description
The Story Museum has three core charitable aims: a) to establish and maintain a museum dedicated to children's literature and the City of Oxford; b) to conserve, interpret and develop collections and heritage assets relevant to these subjects; c) to provide learning opportunities for and promote literacy and creativity among children, young people and families.
Also known as
- The Story Museum
- Story Museum
- The Story Museum
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
OX1 1BP
Website
Domain
storymuseum.org.uk
Latest income
£1,823,882 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- storymuseum.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Twitter: @TheStoryMuseum
- Wikipedia: The Story Museum
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1107809 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
The Story Museum (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Museums, zoos, parks, historical sites and similar institutions
A12
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Arts
AR» Media and publishingAR200» LiteratureAR202 -
Beneficiary group
BE» ChildrenBE102 -
Beneficiary group
BE» FamiliesBE103 -
Beneficiary group
BE» Young peopleBE115 -
Heritage
HR -
Heritage
HR» MuseumHR105
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109 -
Environment/conservation/heritage
112
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-26 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2006-05-31 | 101,878 | 95,105 |
| 2007-05-31 | 73,334 | 93,819 |
| 2008-05-31 | 137,420 | 131,090 |
| 2009-05-31 | 370,731 | 219,023 |
| 2010-08-31 | 2,638,765 | 464,444 |
| 2011-08-31 | 547,669 | 352,916 |
| 2012-08-31 | 466,068 | 841,404 |
| 2013-08-31 | 998,972 | 509,000 |
| 2014-08-31 | 929,467 | 623,207 |
| 2015-08-31 | 793,434 | 741,384 |
| 2016-08-31 | 1,160,555 | 895,885 |
| 2017-08-31 | 1,054,114 | 1,090,498 |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,067,418 | 663,543 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,933,177 | 1,083,852 |
| 2020-03-31 | 3,160,983 | 1,113,241 |
| 2021-03-31 | 1,875,499 | 1,325,820 |
| 2022-03-31 | 1,361,194 | 1,761,468 |
| 2023-03-31 | 1,823,882 | 2,035,081 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 50 | 44 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 30 | 44 |
| Trustees | 14 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 645.4 | 761.3 |
| Legacies | 220.0 | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 865.4 | 761.3 |
| Income from charitable activities | 958.5 | 599.9 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | - | - |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 1,823.9 | 1,361.2 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 140.6 | 105.3 |
| Spending on raising funds | 140.6 | 105.3 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 1,894.5 | 1,656.2 |
| Charitable activities | 1,894.5 | 1,656.2 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 2,035.1 | 1,761.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (211.2) | (400.3) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 6,384.9 | 6,691.4 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 6,384.9 | 6,691.4 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 440.0 | 339.2 |
| Other current assets | 91.5 | 85.7 |
| 531.4 | 424.9 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (191.3) | (180.0) |
| Net current assets | 340.1 | 244.9 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 6,725.1 | 6,936.3 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (235.0) | (235.0) |
| Net assets | 6,490.1 | 6,701.3 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 19.2 | 23.4 |
| Unrestricted funds | 6,470.9 | 6,677.9 |
| 6,490.1 | 6,701.3 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | - | 111,716 |
| Government grants as % of total income | - | 8.2% |
| Number of government grants | - | 8 |
Received 30 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The Foyle Foundation
Main Grants Scheme |
£60,000 | Learning (MGS) | ||
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £165,305 | Grant to The Story Museum | ||
|
The Foyle Foundation
Main Grants Scheme |
£35,000 | Learning (MGS) | ||
|
Oxfordshire Community Foundation
Undisclosed |
£6,000 | Maggie' School Project 2021 | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support |
£85,000 | Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
National Portfolio Organisations |
£178,220 | National Portfolio Organisations | ||
|
Oxfordshire Community Foundation
Undisclosed |
£9,000 | Maggie’s School Project 2021: | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support |
£85,000 | Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support | ||
|
Oxfordshire Community Foundation
Undisclosed |
£10,000 | Maggies School Project 2020 | ||
| Arts Council England | £210,797 | The Story Museum in Lockdown |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (8 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Foyle Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation (7 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Wolfson Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (4 grants) | Licence
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