LOVE4LIFE

Registered charity 1187757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Love4Life is a CIO supporting adults with disabilities to engage socially in the community ,arranging social networking events ,training and learning opportunities and supporting members to find love.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THOSE NEEDS OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WHICH ARISE FROM SOCIAL ISOLATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY BY WORKING TO ASSIST SUCH PEOPLE TO MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL, DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS, REDUCING THEIR LONELINESS AND ISOLATION AND FACILITATING THEIR FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY.

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 · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bexley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£232k
Latest spending
£269k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that Love4Life reported a net deficit of £37,000 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in free reserves of £28,637 which are below the stated policy target of £40,000. The Trustees have confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and a tentative agreement for the transfer of control to another charity by August 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £40,000 (reserves figure: £29k)
“The general reserve target has been calculated as £40,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 37
  • Government income: £3,333 — grants £3,333 (1); 1% of the £232,279 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 48
  • Government income: £60,150 — contracts £23,000 (1), grants £37,150 (2); 16% of the £386,274 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Love4Life (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£232k£269k
31/03/2025£386k£336k
31/03/2024£318k£312k
31/03/2023£240k£231k
31/03/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is LOVE4LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that Love4Life reported a net deficit of £37,000 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in free reserves of £28,637 which are below the stated policy target of £40,000. The Trustees have confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and a tentative agreement for the transfer of control to another charity by August 2026. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2024£272kLove4Life - Unlocking Connections; Changing Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2023£127kLove4Life London

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARNWOOD 20:20.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOVE4LIFE£232k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARNWOOD 20:20 FY2026£448k—0unclear—no doubt
KEY4LIFE CIO FY2025£799k£80,000 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
LIFE CENTRE FY2025£835k—0unclear—no doubt
4LOUIS FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
LOVE4ORPHANS INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt

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