Registered charity · Liverpool
20 Stories High
- 12 trustees
- Income £627k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ashlee CoxTrustee · since 2024
- Bettina Jane TaylorTrustee · since 2024
- Catrina Mary HewitsonTrustee · since 2019
- Elizabeth MoretonTrustee · since 2024
- Jana Lucia DragonTrustee · since 2025
- Jennifer JohnTrustee · since 2021
- Matthew Thomas Joseph FitzpatrickTrustee · since 2024
- Oghene-Mairo Jemimah AkaunuTrustee · since 2025
- Peter GreggsTrustee · since 2022
- Stella Okafor-RossTrustee · since 2024
- Tia Hume-JenningsTrustee · since 2023
- Zoe Megins-DaviesTrustee · since 2022
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
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
- Website
- www.20storieshigh.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- 20 Stories High
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£627k£560k
- 2024£728k£702k
- 2023£481k£496k
Earlier years
- 2022£470k£468k
- 2021£477k£461k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. TO PROVIDE OR FACILITATE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE.
Grants received
23 grants · £1,612,898 total360Giving 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
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £718,750 (5 grants)
- The Coutts Foundation · £227,500 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £215,804
- John Ellerman Foundation · £170,000 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £81,030
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Ashlee Cox since 2024
- Bettina Jane Taylor since 2024
- Catrina Mary Hewitson since 2019
- Elizabeth Moreton since 2024
- Jana Lucia Dragon since 2025
- Jennifer John since 2021
- Matthew Thomas Joseph Fitzpatrick since 2024
- Oghene-Mairo Jemimah Akaunu since 2025
- Peter Greggs since 2022
- Stella Okafor-Ross since 2024
- Tia Hume-Jennings since 2023
- Zoe Megins-Davies since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Catrina Mary Hewitson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Ashlee Cox since 2024
- Bettina Jane Taylor since 2024
- Catrina Mary Hewitson since 2019
- Elizabeth Moreton since 2024
- Jana Lucia Dragon since 2025
- Jennifer John since 2021
- Matthew Thomas Joseph Fitzpatrick since 2024
- Oghene-Mairo Jemimah Akaunu since 2025
- Peter Greggs since 2022
- Stella Okafor-Ross since 2024
- Tia Hume-Jennings since 2023
- Zoe Megins-Davies since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137255
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/06/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/05/2010AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/07/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/06/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 SEP 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 05841963 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01517089728 · info@20storieshigh.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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