STONEHOUSE GANG

Registered charity 522888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

provide facilities and activities for children and young people aged 6-25.

Objects

TO HELP AND EDUCATE BOYS AND GIRLS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION.)

Area of benefit: STONEHOUSE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£154k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £16,896, reversing a surplus from the previous year. Despite this deficit, the charity holds substantial unrestricted and endowed funds, with total net assets of £986,845, and maintains a reserves policy target of covering half a year's expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“as we Spend ho money on fundraising, our supporters know that every penny they give tis goes towards helping young people”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: half a year's expenditure (reserves figure: £96k)

“Ideally, we believe it is prudent to maintain it at a level that covers half a year's expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 42
Government income: £32,095 — grants £32,095 (1); 13% of the £240,222 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DANIEL KILBRIDE
DEBORAH HARVEY
Dr ANDREW HARDIE · trustee of 4 other charities
ELLIE FURNESS
EMMON Khatmian
JOHN LINES
KAREN CLIFT
KERRY BREWER
LAURA REYNOLDS
MARK RUSHBROOKE
MISS LINDA ROAN · trustee of 1 other charity
MR KEN SHIPWAY
PAUL PLATNAUER
PAUL WHITE
PETER HARVEY
Randal Brew

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£154k	£157k
31/03/2024	£240k	£153k
31/03/2023	£137k	£150k
31/03/2022	£133k	£131k
31/03/2021	£367k	£112k

Common questions

Is STONEHOUSE GANG financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £16,896, reversing a surplus from the previous year. Despite this deficit, the charity holds substantial unrestricted and endowed funds, with total net assets of £986,845, and maintains a reserves policy target of covering half a year's expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds STONEHOUSE GANG?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STONEHOUSE GANG as a grant recipient include WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED, WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£12k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£12k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£12k	core-cost contributions
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2024	£3k
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2023	£1k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2021	£1k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2022	£1k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/07/2025	£20k	Stonehouse Assistant Youth Lead
Postcode Lottery	02/11/2023	£10k	Millionaire Street 2023 10w3 Year 3
Postcode Lottery	02/11/2023	£15k	Millionaire Street 2023 10w3 Year 2
Postcode Lottery	02/11/2023	£15k	Millionaire Street 2023 10w3 Year 1
UK government	12/08/2020	£5k	VSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2017	£10k	Skillz @ The Gang
Birmingham City Council	06/02/2015	£1k	Project Mac
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/08/2012	£8k	iCommComm (Intergroup Community Communication)

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST	1	£6k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE STONEHOUSE PLAYSPACE ASSOCIATION.

THE STONEHOUSE PLAYSPACE ASSOCIATION income £82k
THE STOREHOUSE income £404k
GARSTON ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND income £269k
28TH CAMBRIDGE (ST JOHN'S) SCOUT GROUP income £60k
1ST HORSFORD AND ST FAITHS SCOUT GROUP income £34k
START YOUNG UK income £46k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STONEHOUSE GANG	£154k	—	unclear	0.0%	no doubt
THE STONEHOUSE PLAYSPACE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£82k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE STOREHOUSE FY2024	£404k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GARSTON ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND FY2026	£269k	—	below	—	no doubt
28TH CAMBRIDGE (ST JOHN'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£60k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HORSFORD AND ST FAITHS SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£34k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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