UK Storyhouse Limited

Analysis

UK Storyhouse Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05541255). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, UK Storyhouse Limited reported income of £7.6m and spending of £7.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £7.6m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, UK Storyhouse Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheltenham Festivals (£7.5m), University of Southampton Students' Union (£7.6m) and Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru-The Books Council of Wales (£7.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 55%, donations and legacies 27% and charitable activities 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £350. Charitable activities took 53% of spending and raising funds 47%. Reserves of £695k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 147 people.