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The Story Museum

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 30

  1. John William Fleming Glancy 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Patricia Francis 2019-2020 Director View profile
  3. Caroline Jones 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Katherine Wolstenholme Sayer 2019-2024 Director View profile
  5. Ewen Cameron Watt 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Maggie Farrar 2016-2025 Director View profile
  7. Timothy John Suter 2016-2025 Director View profile
  8. Margaret Kathleen Whitlum-Cooper 2016-2018 Director View profile
  9. Brian John Buchan 2015-2024 Director View profile
  10. Michael Heaney 2012-2021 Director View profile
  11. Jill Frances Hudson 2012-2018 Director View profile
  12. Dr William George Bowen 2009-2018 Director View profile
  13. Susan Darby 2009-2012 Director View profile
  14. Pamela Hartigan 2009-2015 Director View profile
  15. David Bernard Richard Wood 2006-2021 Director View profile
  16. Maureen Emily Freed 2005-2012 Director View profile
  17. Christine Lawson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  18. Dame Diane Elizabeth Lees 2004-2007 Director View profile
  19. Donald Robert Douglas Hutchison 2003-2005 Director View profile
  20. David Christopher John Fickling 2003-2021 Director View profile
  21. Martyn Courtney Bailey Williams 2003-2006 Director View profile
  22. John Cowie Clement 2003-2004 Director View profile
  23. Kim Allison Pickin 2003-2005 Director View profile
  24. Danielle Maria Battigelli 2003-2003 Director View profile
  25. Susan Kay Beck 2003-2003 Director View profile
  26. Michael Heaney 2021-2025 Secretary View profile
  27. Gary Steven Baker 2017-2021 Secretary View profile
  28. Roland Eric Fuggle 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  29. Edward Myles Knighton 2003-2015 Secretary View profile
  30. John Belk Lange 2003-2021 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
29/05/2003
Also a registered charity
The Story Museum

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Story Museum on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

15 grants · £2,788,660 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,642,018 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £945,405 (7 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £178,220
  • Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £14,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,017

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £238,2132026-03-12
  • Oxfordshire Community Foundation £4,0002024-10-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £165,3052023-11-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £178,2202022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £85,0002022-03-16
Board analysis

Board DNA

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

11 directors on the board

4y median 4.3y
average tenure
8.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (5)

1
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Construction 8Arts and leisure 3Property 3Tech and media 3Finance 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04780380
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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