# MYTHSTORIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1161594
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 11, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1161594


## Contact

- **Address:** University Centre Shrewsbury, The Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- **Postcode:** SY3 8HQ
- **Phone:** 07968 400144
- **Email:** info@mythstories.com
- **Website:** https://mythstories.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC:(1) BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM COMPRISING THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER EXHIBITS OR ITEMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION ("THE COLLECTION");(2) THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF MYTHS AND STORIES AND ORAL ARTS PERFORMANCES WHETHER OR NOT IN THE MUSEUM OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE.

**Activities:** Mythstories works with words, keeping oral heritage alive.  We run a museum; organise projects and events to celebrate the heritage art of storytelling; link stories to landscape; share stories for community cohesion.  We use storytelling as a gateway to literacy and communication skills. All age groups get involved in projects or visit the museum.  Users are usually young people and families.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Conwy
- Flintshire
- Powys
- Sandwell
- Shropshire
- Telford & Wrekin
- Wolverhampton
- Wrexham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3902 | £5872 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £4206 | £2781 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £7702 | £6076 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £3640 | £21017 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £30099 | £18292 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Jacob Edward Owen Williams — appointed May 15, 2018
- Jennifer Kate Watson — appointed Feb. 10, 2021
- Joseph Malcolm White — appointed Feb. 10, 2021
- Philip Leslie Jefferies — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Simon Ellis Poole — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Zara Bannu — appointed Sept. 1, 2020