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.

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

Latest income

£152k

Latest spending

£120k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves are negative at £(29,543), while restricted funds stand at £136,334, resulting in total net assets of £106,791. The trustees report that the unrestricted fund was slightly depleted due to increased activity in relation to restricted funds, but overall reserves increased from the previous year. The charity operates with a lean structure and relies on voluntary trustee commitment and corporate partners.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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
TIM ANDREWS
Thomas Hemmings

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	£152k	£120k
31/03/2024	£107k	£74k
31/03/2023	£90k	£125k
31/03/2022	£90k	£129k
31/03/2021	£207k	£203k

Common questions

Is LOVEBRUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves are negative at £(29,543), while restricted funds stand at £136,334, resulting in total net assets of £106,791. The trustees report that the unrestricted fund was slightly depleted due to increased activity in relation to restricted funds, but overall reserves increased from the previous year. The charity operates with a lean structure and relies on voluntary trustee commitment and corporate partners. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LOVEBRUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LOVEBRUM as a grant recipient include THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£60k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£60k	Grant to institutions

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	25/06/2020	£69k	OneBrum

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
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£18k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	2	£7k
WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£6k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	2	£6k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIDCOMBE, BATH	1	—
THE BIRMINGHAM ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND	1	£1.1m
THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY	1	£322k
HARBORNE AND SMETHWICK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£239k

Charities like this

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

BIRMINGHAM CRISIS CENTRE income £877k
THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT income £2.1m
BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE LTD income £2.2m
LOVEBRISTOL income £622k
LET'S FEED BRUM LIMITED income £133k
WEST BROMWICH AFRICAN CARIBBEAN RESOURCE CENTRE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LOVEBRUM	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CRISIS CENTRE FY2025	£877k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT FY2025	£2.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE LTD FY2025	£2.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LOVEBRISTOL FY2024	£622k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LET'S FEED BRUM LIMITED FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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