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THE STONEYGATE TRUST

Registered charity 1119976 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LEICESTER FOUNDATION

The Trust is a general purpose charity

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £17,061,031, all of which are held within the Endowment Fund, while the Unrestricted Income Fund balance is nil. The Trustees confirm adequate resources for at least 42 months, supported by ongoing cash donations from connected parties and investment income, despite a net decrease in funds for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: W A Capital Limited (91% of income)
“During the year gifts of £650,000 (2024: £13,675,000) were received, £650,000 (2024: £3,105,000) being from W A Capital Limited.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Income Fund reserve at 5 April 2025 was ENil (2024: £Nil) and the Endowment Fund was £17,061,031 (2024: £19,633,057).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Held 1,967,250 shares in Dunelm Group Plc, a company in which Sir W L Adderley, a Trustee, is a Director and Shareholder.
“At 5 April 2025 1,967,250 shares were held in Dunelm Group Plc (2024: 1,967,250 shares), a company in which Sir W L Adderley, a Trustee, is a Director and Shareholder.” — page 25
“Included in professional fees is ENil (2024: £5,856) in relation to fees paid to Mr A S Walden, a trustee to 15 September 2023. These fees were paid to Mr A S Walden as a self-employed consultant to provide research on prospective grants payable and for monitoring services on actual charitable grants and associated matters.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Paid £5,856 in professional fees to Mr A S Walden, a former trustee, for consulting services.
“At 5 April 2025 1,967,250 shares were held in Dunelm Group Plc (2024: 1,967,250 shares), a company in which Sir W L Adderley, a Trustee, is a Director and Shareholder.” — page 25
“Included in professional fees is ENil (2024: £5,856) in relation to fees paid to Mr A S Walden, a trustee to 15 September 2023. These fees were paid to Mr A S Walden as a self-employed consultant to provide research on prospective grants payable and for monitoring services on actual charitable grants and associated matters.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Magma Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (72% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£2.3m£1.7m
05/04/2024£14.9m£3.0m
05/04/2023£4.6m£7.5m
05/04/2022£3.9m£3.2m
05/04/2021£2.4m£1.9m

Common questions

Is THE STONEYGATE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £17,061,031, all of which are held within the Endowment Fund, while the Unrestricted Income Fund balance is nil. The Trustees confirm adequate resources for at least 42 months, supported by ongoing cash donations from connected parties and investment income, despite a net decrease in funds for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Magma Audit LLP.

Who funds THE STONEYGATE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE STONEYGATE TRUST as a grant recipient include KIDNEY RESEARCH UK.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
KIDNEY RESEARCH UKFY2022£2.5mStoneygate and Kidney Research UK Alport Research Hub

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNSTONE GRANGE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE STONEYGATE TRUST£2.3m—0below—no doubt
UNSTONE GRANGE TRUST FY2025£86k—0unclear—no doubt
Wavestone UK Trust FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
The Rockspring Charitable Trust FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£658k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.