Stonewall Equality Limited

Analysis

Stonewall Equality Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02412299). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stonewall Equality Limited reported income of £4.7m and spending of £5.6m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £11.5m to £4.7m (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Stonewall Equality Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evnia Charitable Trust (£4.7m), United St Saviour's Charity (£4.7m) and Friends of Wiznitz Limited (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73% and donations and legacies 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £66k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £92k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 76 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.