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Registered charity · West Midlands

Multistory

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £465k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and more
Website
www.multistory.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Multistory
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£465k£444k
  • 2024£513k£500k
  • 2023£426k£408k
Earlier years
  • 2022£392k£357k
  • 2021£306k£255k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 16% · Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN MUSIC, DRAMA, MEDIA, MULTIMEDIA, THE CREATIVE VISUAL ARTS AND TO PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND CREATIVE MEDIA AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY; B. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED; ANDC. TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH MUSIC, DRAMA, MEDIA, MULTIMEDIA AND THE CREATIVE VISUAL ARTS.

Grants received

7 grants · £981,122 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £499,356 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £298,363 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £143,403
  • Energy Saving Trust Foundation · £40,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £249,0632026-03-20
  • Energy Saving Trust Foundation £40,0002023-06-08
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £12,6342022-11-23
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £243,3612022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £243,3612022-10-13
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 10Finance 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£465k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
35%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1116214
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 18 AUGUST 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 JANUARY 2009
Companies House
Company number 05910607 · Active
Contact on the register
0121 524 1950 · info@multistory.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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