The Gold From The Stone Foundation

Charity number: 1175167
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Foundation's primary concern is The Christmas Dinner project. The Christmas Dinner was founded by Lemn Sissay in 2013 with the intention that no care leaver would be left alone on Christmas Day.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £49,236
Total expenditure: £87,406

People

12 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 October 2017: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • THE LEMN SISSAY FOUNDATION (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ANGELA MARIA SAMATA Chair 16 October 2017
None on record
Anne-Marie Marcella Connelly Trustee 22 July 2025
None on record
Esther Maria McLaughlin Trustee 15 April 2025
None on record
Purnima Sherwood Trustee 15 April 2025
None on record
Tajinder Kaur Leonard Trustee 15 April 2025
None on record
Tina Jean Malcolm Trustee 15 April 2025
None on record
Norman Terence Galloway Trustee 09 December 2024
None on record
Matthew Sean Taylor Trustee 09 December 2024
None on record
Kari Elan Anson Trustee 09 December 2024
None on record
Alison Janet Shedlock Trustee 20 June 2024
None on record
PARVINDER KAUR SOHAL Trustee 16 October 2017
None on record
Lemn Sissay OBE FRSL Trustee 16 October 2017
THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM
Received: On time
MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/03/2025
Total gross income £22.76k £36.83k £28.04k £53.99k £49.24k
Total expenditure £20.19k £45.81k £31.92k £63.39k £87.41k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 28 September 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025

(These accounts
have been qualified)

28 September 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 16 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 16 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 12 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 12 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 17 June 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 17 June 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 20 April 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 20 April 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Oct 2017 as amended on 04 May 2019

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 3.1.1 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN, IN CARE; AND 3.1.2 TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Contact information

Address:
THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL
Phone:
01612753047
Email:
admin@goldfromthestone.org.uk
Website:

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