2025-03-31-accounts

The Gold from the Stone Foundation Ch¢Yity No. 1175167 Trustees, Annual Report & Unaudlted Recelpts and Payments Accounts for the period I st January 2024 to 31sl March 2025

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TMI GOLDINOMTIIE STO￿ fOUIIIJAT Chcxity Namè: The Gold from Ihe Stone F￿￿10110n Reg￿tered Ch(ity Number. 175167 TTus1￿. Angela Samolo IChcrl Lemn &"sSQY P(￿d￿ Sohol Ahson J￿1 Shedlock (icmned 24 ￿ne 20241 Kui Ekjn An$￿¥ ljoned 9 Dec 20241 (low￿d ? Dec 20241 Molthèw Sean To d 9 De¢ 20241 CIKxlly s Principol Ad¢e55: R¢xYn SL10 The M¢ytfft Horris Cenlre T￿￿ Univefytv of Monchesler Oxtord Roc>d manc￿$181 M139PL Independenl Exorrirer Peler Srr41h BA FCA DCILA Pelef Smith Accounl¢Jncy SerV￿e$ 9 Poknjan Rd Cwlon Monchester M219NR Bankers.. CAF Bonk 25 HI Ave Kngs Hll West Maln9 ME19 4JQ

IWThIS K•OAT Typ8 of GoV￿ning Dccwrenl: c{￿11u1￿)n How the ch￿ilY o Ccrf)slituted: CtrKMi1￿8 Inccwoled g(XM5alion TfVSlee Slion Melhods: Trvstees con orty be appC￿ted by o resolvlion P¢Jssad ot o yoperty convened mee1ll￿a ￿ the charily Injstees. Obfvcltyes a•KI Aeftvll•J rhe F￿nd01￿,$ F¥irK¥Se focus is th• sw)FxNI of ￿Olett9 Ihol help od(tr8$5 the needs ol y¢xJry peo tJe. or trov• bewi fft c(xe. The Tru51ee5 hove compSed with seefion 21 I Ilbl of Ihe Choilies ACI X)I l. having due regofd for Ihe Cthgrity ccxnn1ss￿)n.S guId￿l¢e on pvblic bonefil wln fevthyfftg the Foundalicffl's a¥ns ar¥J obieclives. when Sell￿ the gronl.moktng pc4y in mokww awtJd5. The FovnéolKX's main focus is offerro 5uppyI to in(liV￿5 Ctt￿ 0genc￿S lo od¢ess Ihe di50dvonlages foced by I￿58 in C¢ye ond cue experienced odLAls. The FouThYolh)rb'S main focu5 is The Chislmas Dinns. Fwnded in 2013. ¢ye o notionvade ThltoINe ugoni5ed by leoms ol vc4urdews who ccffle logelhef lo provide o nTrJ9coI. Ivn-filled doy. complete wilh spectr21 FKesenls arKt a scrvmplious dimer on Cfvislmos Day to c(y8 experienced Y￿ng ad￿$ th3ed belween 18 ond 25. Each of the Olnners is W￿per￿￿ent ol Ihe F￿ndOllon. ovwseen a ￿0Up of VoknnIe￿ come log•ther lo moke a Einner n Iheir k)col commurwty. The Foundolion SUPFMyls these leoms lo make they dre(xns a realily offe[¥ guid1￿Ce. odvice orKS svpwl, ￿lW{￿k￿Y Opp￿￿TrIleS orKI K￿ding. The fthJrKler of Ihe Lemn Sssay 08E s¢rys: 'h1￿Y cue leovers lye sol In Ihjls, B&85 4Th1 hosteb. oway Irom fony. ￿ ￿[￿Su￿9. ond sc4)E ue leed fving on Ihe strèels on owrb Qt Cmstrnos. c￿ls1r￿j5 i# o remhr¥J ol everyltrMn9 Ilw nevér h¢xI... I know b￿auSe I've shcwed Iheir expwices... snce X)13. thors Ic ￿ssiOnale of volvnleers WPP¢yled by gererous donolwxs. we'v8 been t)lè lo pvl cn suumpti￿$ Chr￿lmoS meals arKI ueale o moGicoI (Jy lo rem8rr*)er... Chrislmas DwYErs WHI be o lil•<haroing ond Iftrs¢vThJ eXF￿￿r￿¢.'

Thf r•QLiI FAQM TNE STCW FIWMT A¢hhv•m•Trh and P•rfmonc• Thwe were Iw8nty-frnJr stewing grovps kxovKlirs ChistrTh)s Dinner5 10 659 young c(xe leovers trom Icwns. cilres oThY covn1￿ acr¢tss Erylond ond Wdes. rhere were 218 volvnleeis wLyking ￿rosS I1￿ Cinners nelwofk in Ihe sleefW)g commillees. y￿1h on addi•Aonal X19 Yo￿nteerS on C￿tmoS Doy. i￿{ inwl ond resulled (>nrw leams underlaknry furbdi(ising aclivily which rased a furlher £ 111.939 from goups and ndividuds local lo Ihew Dinners. This IvFvJing. pth the and sUPPOrt Ihot Ihe FourthlDn vested wo5 n p¢Jl used lo cover Llmer cosls such as Iranswlolion. food ond grfls. A5 wel os Ivnthoisng cornwigns. many Dnners made use of online gft lists lo secure some of the gifls fLY GLEsls", the voNJe ol the gifts ond focKJ dcrf)aled ty pvrchosed ths yeor 15 eslirnoled al £72,887. 11 slTh)vld atso be ocknowtedged Ihol mony of Ihe Dimers recaNed o considerolle om￿stMaS Ck)y' From Bristd: "Ckne ycAJng person who olterKléd ts o Irons womon. ond hod osked fcrf o wig for h8r cp￿StmaS 911. We wonled lo gel her sornelling red;"y 5peciol. o member of the slewry g%JJP monoged lo firvj o friend of o friend vrilh o v4ig.moking busr￿sS fcrf rtrrt and Iheotre. The Wlg-r￿ker slY￿d ond d¢xKJled a lb?￿>Sewn. humon WYJ. wAThch we wropped ond gove lo ¢)ur young pw50n al¢x)g with wwJ c￿6 moleriots wcFJsed ts￿1h some ol r gronl m¢)ney. gvesl wos ￿ t￿dIed wrlh her presenl. Shé sc¥d she covldn'l believe il when she cpened Ihe t(Jx. ond it wos exactly wtrol she hod wanled bul never lIK￿l she'd be cth lo own" From HUdd￿sfie1d. "All I￿3$e in oltefidance erloyed the doy. hove shorod Ihis in ther quolilolive feedLsxk. Thwe wos a fan1051ic olrTh)srthere ancl o real cfwtstrnas sp¥R. IhorWly enjoyèd by Ihe part￿1panIS cnd vcAvnleets. The hampers ar(1 glls trthded oul wwe greolly opyectaled ond well-receNed. A lol of smikn ond Il￿ght￿ in Ihe room. The event g)ve Ihe young peopl8 an opportU￿ty lo CC￿ toge1￿er ond enjoy therrselves. K￿lUdIng Ilkxe with y(￿1r￿ chl(en."

We Shou￿ 0150 oCkTrJV￿ th8 ￿tYnenSe c¢)ntritwtion In Irne ond energy r￿de by Ihe volunlws wfw) ￿led 05 D￿e( Sleemg Gr4WP ryntss. os well 0$ Helpefs and Hosts. Not a4 tjnnws receive finonci¢J svpwl trom Ihe Fojndotion. os mony h)ve become self.1￿ding kncd yqects. thiven by vokmlws in commvnilie5 k)cal lo Ihe people Ihey swve. Tlis is enlrety in keeping wilh our elP￿s. While we don'l ftJndrKJ lo cll the Llnners. we do ￿0¥(1@ relwtsrkng. supp￿, guidonce cmd leairlng and develcpnnl opwtwwlies fcrf Diners lo b& a parf ol o W￿￿er ccY)mwwty of c￿e YKI %￿pU1. We Ccx)Ilr￿d lo w£Yk closely wilh i)Al$ 4 Cue Leovers. sh(￿n9 C￿1¢Xl informolton ond leads in Ihe njin up lo c￿l51M05. Q4CL hove they own and 5uppty weernanls with eoch of the ch}n￿5. whtch enotrAes them lo moroJe Ihe Icgislics ot diilribulion. For o third yeor John le￿￿1W¢￿tro5e worked with F(xJrthlion IlYouG4) November and December lo c151thile hcryr fo(>J on the Dinner. Eoch ol the Dimers wos Inked vAth o Woilroseljohn Lev•ryS in Ihe¥ locolbly and Ihe goods were delivered Follets lo the sl•ye5. The Foundalicn mode On off lo suppcKt the DITH￿r$ wilh ony Ir￿EMy1 or sloroge costs Ihol from Ihis g[rongeTh￿l. bul rbjne up the offw. Op•iaMonol Since Ihe Fovndalion wos eslotI5W ll) ￿17 Ihe nurthr of Dinnws Ihjs onlinued lo coplue Ihe in￿9￿￿an ol people ocr05S the UK. Following a year SIM￿ Ruthg thwn from hi5 role 05 CEO of the FourKl0l￿n in Awsl 2)24. H• conlnue(I lo wcrfk n o freelonce copacity untl December ￿24. to wpr<xl a smoolh tr￿SItIon to Inlwim Cons￿10n Sarijh Son50rn. who joined Io gJPF(fl the IronsitiO￿ ond f¢xllale o board devolrymenl s¥￿955. wilh Ihe knovAedga IIK)l in 3)25 50me of the trvstè•s exceod Ihéy I Oecemlxr 2(r24 Ihree Iwslees Ihe bctsd: ol yof85sbxds wilh fved experience d Ihe care sV51errL Thi5 d&vek)pment er￿￿8$ Ihot lh8 charity's voice is Inf￿[red by Iha fNed experience with W￿)rn we orn to serve. This 15 on excilng deVeknwn￿1 for Ihe ch(xity.

TRUSmSAfPOAT FOR THf PtAKIO EPIOQDPAWH JII•ts F&￿n¢t01 IE•vl•w Res•rv•s Poley reserves Ihol we ts2ve set osKle Fffov*Je Ihe meons fcw the fuTrJirg of our 6xiKipal aclivily. The Cthslmos Dinners EKoiect. lox one Yo￿. We inlend lo moinloin ouf vnre5lf￿Ied rèseThes al o levd wtr4ch ts ol leosl eq¢Jvalenl lo £JO.C(K). Th• trvthes d•¢lm Ihal Ih•y hove apwoved the ITvslees' fepart above. ShJned on behol ol lh• ¢hth's Shedlock - Tnmlee Seplernber

TNE fADHIOM TK STQME Pl￿￿Allow Q•spoMblllkn t M￿ch 2025. sel ovl on Ihe nexl poge. As Ihe cFMyity Irvslee5 ol the Trvsl. yoj ore resporritA• lor Ihè prep¢xolion of the acccLnls in occordonce wilh Ihe ieqwemenls ol the Charilias Acl 2011 I'lhe Act'i. I rep(yl in we5pecl ol my èxoffunotion of ts Twsl's Occow￿$ c¢yrEd oul vnder secliort 145 of Ihe 2011 A¢1 tyKJ w) curyiro my exormolion. I hove fo)wed Ihe apFA￿d)le Cvect#Jns gbven by CTrKJlity Comm￿S￿)n vr¥J8r secl•)n 145151(bl ol Act. •p•nd•nl •xamlnef• tha•m• I hove comled ry examinolDn. I c¢yth IIKJt rKJ mollw5 I￿ve come lo my ollenlion tii connectK>n with Ihe eXorrin￿V>n vthth gV95 me covse lo believe thal n. ony Mot￿KS respecl. occounling fecord5 vrfere rK>I kept in OcC￿dCmc• wilh Sect￿ 130 01 lh8 Acle the accounls do rK)l occord wilh Ihe occounting records I have r)0 corcwns ond hcN• ccAna ocross no olher mollers n connectic wilh Ihe exonMnolh)Th lo vknich ol1w1￿ SI￿￿411 be drown in lo eTh)ble a proper ￿nd￿Sc￿l9 01 the occcxjnls lo be recKhed. Peler bA FCA OChA Pfrler srf¥lh AcCcAm1￿£Y 9 Potrvon Rood Chc*11on Monchesler M219NR Dote: 11109125

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