The Centre for International Storytelling

Charity number: 1109510
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The LCIS promotes the art and practice of oral storytelling. Its public name is The Crick Crack Club. It promotes and programmes public performance storytelling, tours work and supports artists. It offers advice to live arts programmers and places storytellers in educational, community and heritage settings. It also holds an archive of audio material and ephemera relating to the art form.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £86,898
Total expenditure: £99,728

Total income includes £1,000 from 1 government contract(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

12 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 May 2005: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • LCIS (Working name)
  • THE CRICK CRACK CLUB (Working name)
  • THE LONDON CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING (Previous name)
Company number:
05264780 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JOSHUA BRUCE WISKEY Chair 12 June 2013
None on record
Himanshu OJHA Trustee 21 September 2021
None on record
Corinne HARRAGIN Trustee 21 September 2021
None on record
JENNIFER PEARCY-EDWARDS Trustee 22 January 2017
None on record
Rana Ward Trustee 30 November 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £72.45k £32.60k £106.19k £105.22k £86.90k
Total expenditure £91.45k £34.15k £87.25k £109.19k £99.73k
Income from government contracts £800 N/A N/A N/A £1.00k
Income from government grants N/A N/A £50.41k £8.07k N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 13 May 2024 103 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 13 May 2024 103 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 23 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 23 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 19 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 19 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 04 January 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 04 January 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 20TH OCTOBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1 JULY 2009. as amended on 10 Sep 2019

Charitable objects

3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ART, PRACTICE AND VALUE OF ORAL STORYTELLING AND IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE FORM AND CONTENT OF THE ORAL TRADITIONS OF ALL OF THE PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF THE WORLD BY ACTIVELY PROMOTING THE EXPLORATION AND SHARING OF ORAL TRADITIONS, STORYTELLING AND STORIES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED.

Contact information

Address:
21 Ealing Park Mansions
114 South Ealing Road
London
W5 4QD
Phone:
07791157437
Email:
kate@crickcrackclub.com
Website:

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