STONEWALL EQUALITY LIMITED
Registered charity 1101255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STONEWALL LOBBY GROUP LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC039681 (OSCR)
Promoting equality and human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £906,362 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following significant restructuring costs. Unrestricted reserves fell to a negative £113,000 post-restructure, with the trustees noting there were no free reserves at the end of the year. Despite this, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing projections to March 2027 that demonstrate capacity to continue under the new cost base.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Trustee donation
“One trustee donated £250 in the year” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stonewall (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Simon Blake OBE — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Debbie Doobay — Chief Operating Officer (source)
- Catherine Riley — Director of Strategy, Communications and External Affairs (source)
- Ayla Holdom — Chair (Interim) (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£997k
Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Kezia Dugdalechair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Clare Fielding
- Jake Graf
- John Dickinson-Lilley
- Sadiq Gillani
- Sean Latus
- Sir Ben Bradshaw
- Steven Friel · trustee of 1 other charity
- Tayibatu Oladunni Alao
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is STONEWALL EQUALITY LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £906,362 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following significant restructuring costs. Unrestricted reserves fell to a negative £113,000 post-restructure, with the trustees noting there were no free reserves at the end of the year. Despite this, the trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing projections to March 2027 that demonstrate capacity to continue under the new cost base. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP.
Who funds STONEWALL EQUALITY LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name STONEWALL EQUALITY LIMITED as a grant recipient include ELRHA, SSP FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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