LOVEBRUM

Registered charity 1157505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We find, fund & support smaller causes & projects that are making Birmingham a better place by delivering real change and positive outcomes for their communities. Our focus areas are SOCIAL JUSTICE - Discrimination & Disadvantage. SERIOUS CRIME - Knife, Gun, Hate Crimes. MENTAL HEALTH - Depression, Burnout, Loneliness . PEOPLE IN CRISIS - Drug, Domestic abuse. CHILDREN at a disadvantage.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE:CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £106,791 to £94,394 due to anticipated expenditure exceeding income. Unrestricted reserves moved from a deficit of £29,543 to a surplus of £15,479, while restricted funds decreased from £136,334 to £78,915. The trustees report that the charity has strengthened its financial resilience and operational sustainability despite the decrease in overall reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LoveBrum (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abby Goldie
• Alison Biott
• Christopher Romans
• Craig Moore
• Hannah Floyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Shepherd
• Sharonjit Clare · trustee of 1 other charity
• TIM ANDREWS
• Thomas Hemmings

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM LGBT.

• BIRMINGHAM LGBT income £825k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT income £2.4m
• Birmingham Hospice income £19.1m
• OUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £239k
• Shomrim income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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