Company
The Ministry of Stories
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mame ApentengDirector · since 2026
- Caitlin AllenDirector · since 2025
- Ben ConnahDirector · since 2025
- Rebecca Hanna-GrindallDirector · since 2025
- Lucy Anne McmenemyDirector · since 2025
- Vidal BeharDirector · since 2024
- Morenikeji OkeowoDirector · since 2024
- Inua EllamsDirector · since 2023
- Philip John WatkinsDirector · since 2022
- Anna ZhuravkinaDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 31
- Anya Zhuravkina 2025-2025 View profile
- Chantelle Stockley 2025-2025 View profile
- Indigo Faith Williams 2022-2025 View profile
- ShâN Evans Maclennan 2018-2023 View profile
- Mina Kumari Marsh 2018-2024 View profile
- Nick Makoha 2017-2023 View profile
- Piers Francis Torday 2017-2023 View profile
- Duncan Michael Kilty 2016-2022 View profile
- Sian Juliet Slater 2016-2019 View profile
- Michaela Greene 2016-2025 View profile
- Simon Maurice Mott-Cowan 2015-2025 View profile
- RéGis Cochefert 2015-2021 View profile
- Shireen Emma Peermohamed 2014-2019 View profile
- Sean Michael Clarke 2014-2016 View profile
- Amrita Das 2014-2020 View profile
- Dr Susan Margaret Horner 2014-2020 View profile
- Martin Rae Wales 2013-2015 View profile
- Louise Portelli 2013-2018 View profile
- Peter Scott Barron 2013-2018 View profile
- Edouard De Meherenc De St Pierre 2011-2012 View profile
- Naseem Fatima Khan 2011-2015 View profile
- Wendy Shepherd 2011-2016 View profile
- Nicholas Peter John Hornby 2011-2016 View profile
- Joe Hallgarten 2011-2015 View profile
- Yemisi Blake 2011-2013 View profile
- Joseph Oliver Dunthorne 2011-2017 View profile
- Sarah Rachel Morrison 2011-2015 View profile
- Alice Caroline King-Farlow 2010-2017 View profile
- Lucy Margaret Macnab 2010-2010 View profile
- Benjamin Charles Payne 2010-2010 View profile
- Keith James Arrowsmith 2010-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/07/2010
- Also a registered charity
- The Ministry of Stories
Grants received
16 grants · £925,488 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £357,509 (5 grants)
- St Paul's Schools Foundation · £274,073
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £181,506 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £74,900 (3 grants)
- Prudence Trust · £30,000
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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.
10 directors on the board
- Mame Apenteng Director · appointed 2026
- Vidal Behar Director · appointed 2024
- Morenikeji Okeowo Director · appointed 2024
- Philip John Watkins Director · appointed 2022
- Caitlin Allen Director · appointed 2025
- Rebecca Hanna-Grindall Director · appointed 2025
- Anna Zhuravkina Director · appointed 2019
- Ben Connah Director · appointed 2025
- Inua Ellams Director · appointed 2023
- Lucy Anne Mcmenemy Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Anna Zhuravkina Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Mame Apenteng Director · appointed 2026
- Caitlin Allen Director · appointed 2025
- Rebecca Hanna-Grindall Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Anne Mcmenemy Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (6)
- Vidal Behar Director · appointed 2024
- Morenikeji Okeowo Director · appointed 2024
- Philip John Watkins Director · appointed 2022
- Anna Zhuravkina Director · appointed 2019
- Ben Connah Director · appointed 2025
- Inua Ellams Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- 07317370
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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