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The Centre for International Storytelling

The London Centre For International Storytelling, Lcis, The Crick Crack Club

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1109510
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Jan. 29, 2026. Filing history
Registered
May 17, 2005
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
05264780

Address

Address
Flat 2
4 Lyncroft Gardens
London
W13 9PU

Activities

The LCIS promotes the art and practice of oral storytelling. Its public name is The Crick Crack Club. It promotes and programmes public performance storytelling, tours work and supports artists. It offers advice to live arts programmers and places storytellers in educational, community and heritage settings. It also holds an archive of audio material and ephemera relating to the art form.

Objects: 3.1.1 To Advance The Education Of The Public In The Knowledge Of The Art, Practice And Value Of Oral Storytelling And In Knowledge Of The Form And Content Of The Oral Traditions Of All Of The Peoples And Cultures Of The World By Actively Promoting The Exploration And Sharing Of Oral Traditions, Storytelling And Stories.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 Jan. 29, 2026On time £146,157 £123,400
March 31, 2024 Jan. 29, 2025On time £86,898 £99,728
March 31, 2023 May 13, 2024103 days late £105,221 £109,189
March 31, 2022 Jan. 23, 2023On time £106,186 £87,248
March 31, 2021 Jan. 19, 2022On time £32,597 £34,148

Trustees

Name Appointed
Joshua Bruce Wiskey (Chair) June 12, 2013
Corinne HARRAGIN Sept. 21, 2021
Himanshu OJHA Sept. 21, 2021
Jennifer Pearcy-Edwards Jan. 22, 2017
Rana Ward Nov. 30, 2014