HUMAN LOVE

Registered charity 1176220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charity established by artist Marc Quinn to bring together his philanthropic activities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME AND NO OTHER PURPOSES.

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 · Get email alerts

Latest income

£58k

Latest spending

£268k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £210,718 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £358,632 to £147,914. The trustees confirm that adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, supported by financial commitments from a trustee-controlled entity, and no specific reserves policy has been adopted.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Note 16

“The group total within creditors falling due within one year (Note 10) includes an amount of £756,464 (2024 - £577,778) due to Bronze Orchid Limited, an entity which is controlled by M H E Quinn who is a trustee of the Charity. This amount represents funding from Bronze Orchid Limited for the Artwork projects net of payroll recharges and various running costs recharges. It is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.” — page 22

“The group total within creditors falling due within one year (Note 10) includes an amount of £13,527 (2024 - £nil) owed to M H E Quinn who is a trustee of the company. It is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 16

“The group total within creditors falling due within one year (Note 10) includes an amount of £756,464 (2024 - £577,778) due to Bronze Orchid Limited, an entity which is controlled by M H E Quinn who is a trustee of the Charity. This amount represents funding from Bronze Orchid Limited for the Artwork projects net of payroll recharges and various running costs recharges. It is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.” — page 22

“The group total within creditors falling due within one year (Note 10) includes an amount of £13,527 (2024 - £nil) owed to M H E Quinn who is a trustee of the company. It is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Human Love Worldwide Limited

“The Artwork is being produced by the Charitable Company’s wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in England and Wales, Human Love Worldwide Limited (“the Subsidiary”).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 11008658 · Financial health read from its filings
Trading subsidiary: HUMAN LOVE WORLDWIDE LIMITED Companies House 11172696 · Financial health read from its filings

HUMAN LOVE WORLDWIDE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

The subsidiary owes £1,179,670 to the parent charity (Human Love) via a secured loan and £751,771 to the ultimate parent undertaking (The Crystalline Zone Limited) via an unsecured, interest-free facility for project funding.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

HOFFMANN, Marie Anne (Maja) — director, appointed 05/01/2018on trustee list
SHARP, Richard Simon — director, appointed 08/12/2017on trustee list
QUINN, Marc Henri — director, appointed 11/10/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARC HENRI EUGENE QUINNchair
Ms Maja Hoffmann
RICHARD SHARP · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£58k	£268k
31/03/2024	£188k	£364k
31/03/2023	£255k	£311k
31/03/2022	£57k	£252k
31/03/2021	£262k	£378k

Common questions

Is HUMAN LOVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £210,718 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £358,632 to £147,914. The trustees confirm that adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, supported by financial commitments from a trustee-controlled entity, and no specific reserves policy has been adopted. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.