THE LOVETT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1182450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Lovett Foundation supports Children in Care and Care Leavers in, and around, Swindon, Bristol and Cardiff. We create relationships with the local council teams, in order to plan together how we can help financially. We are focussed on supporting young people in the transition from leaving foster care and education into independent living and gaining key skills to enter the job market.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERING OR WHO ARE IN THE CARE SYSTEM AND/OR WHO ARE BEING CARED FOR BY CHILDREN’S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:3.1.1 PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES THAT THE CARE ALLOWANCE IS UNABLE TO COVER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTIVITY DAYS AND THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL ITEMS;3.1.2 DELIVERY OF PROGRAMMES TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT; AND3.1.3 SUPPORTING CHILDREN RECEIVING PALLIATIVE CARE AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH TRANSPORT PROVISION AND CONTRIBUTING TO ITEMS CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THEIR NEEDS.

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

Causes: Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£55k
Latest spending
£27k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity does not look to maintain a significant reserve unless supporting a large project. The independent examiner confirms the accounts are a true and fair representation of the charity's activity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Lovett Foundation does not look to maintain a significant reserve, unless a decision has been made to support a particularly large project.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Lovett Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bridgend · Bristol City · Cardiff · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£55k£27k
31/12/2024£21k£35k
31/12/2023£45k£24k
31/12/2022£58k£14k
31/12/2021£2k£5k

Common questions

Is THE LOVETT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity does not look to maintain a significant reserve unless supporting a large project. The independent examiner confirms the accounts are a true and fair representation of the charity's activity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.