Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books Collection Trust

Analysis

Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books Collection Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books Collection Trust reported income of £140k and spending of £2,581, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £250k to £140k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 276%. Over the whole period it spent 0.4% 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, Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books Collection Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 Peshkar Productions Limited (£140k), Fusion Plus (£140k) and Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation (£140k).