LOB'S CHARITY

Registered charity 294101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes donations to other charities and occasionally to individuals on each case chosen by the Trustees.

Objects

FOR SUCH PURPOSES RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME SELECT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£145k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's net assets increased by £208,859 to stand at £4,404,500 at the end of the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £420,407 in cash funds, with the majority held in an expendable endowment fund. The trustees explicitly state that they do not consider a reserve policy to be appropriate.

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 3 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£145k£145k
31/12/2024£253k£253k
31/12/2023£297k£315k
31/12/2022£55k£270k
31/12/2021£39k£311k

Common questions

Is LOB'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's net assets increased by £208,859 to stand at £4,404,500 at the end of the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £420,407 in cash funds, with the majority held in an expendable endowment fund. The trustees explicitly state that they do not consider a reserve policy to be appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOB'S CHARITY£145k—0unclear—no doubt
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£823k—0unclear—no doubt
LIEBENROOD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£57k——unclear—no doubt
THE LAPWORTH CHARITY FY2024£143k—0unclear—no doubt
M I CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£398k—0unclear—no doubt

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