The Centre for International Storytelling

Analysis

The Centre for International Storytelling is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05264780). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Centre for International Storytelling reported income of £146k and spending of £123k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £146k (+348%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Centre for International Storytelling sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calderdale Industrial Museum Association (£146k), Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra (£146k) and The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation (£146k).