Registered charity (CIO) · East Sussex
Hastings Storytelling Festival
- 6 trustees
- Income £65k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- East Sussex
- Website
- www.hastingsstoryfest.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£65k£70k
- 2024£70k£60k
- 2023£67k£67k
Earlier years
- 2022£55k£64k
- 2021£50k£43k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN EAST SUSSEX PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:• CELEBRATING AND PROMOTING THE ART OF THE SPOKEN WORD;• ADVANCING AND ENCOURAGING LITERACY THROUGH STORYTELLING - ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE; • HOSTING STORYTELLING EVENTS IN DIVERSE VENUES AND BY ENGAGING NEW AUDIENCES; AND• ORGANISING AND DELIVERING AN ANNUAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL.
Grants received
1 grant · £1,000 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
- Sussex Community Foundation · £1,000
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Louise Jeanne Chantal Chair since 2026
- Hilary Lissenden since 2021
- Richard Street since 2023
- Yvonne O'Connor since 2024
- Kate Francis since 2018
- Rounaq Uddin since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Kate Francis since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Louise Jeanne Chantal Chair since 2026
- Hilary Lissenden since 2021
- Yvonne O'Connor since 2024
- Kate Francis since 2018
- Rounaq Uddin since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Richard Street since 2023
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.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168229
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 14 Jul 2016 as amended on 14 Mar 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07708479362
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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