Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -1

LOVEBRUM

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£90	£125	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22		£90	£129	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£207	£203	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20		£298	£304	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/19		£384	£315	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/18		£215	£206	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£108	£104	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£59	£45	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£40	£29	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.lovebrum.org.uk

hello@lovebrum.org.uk

07814 564985

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Birmingham City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - OneBrum
£68,820	25/06/2020 5	LoveBrum is a small grant maker working with around 40 different smaller partner charities each year who support vulnerable communities across Birmingham. The funding will be used for core costs to ....more LoveBrum is a small grant maker working with around 40 different smaller partner charities each year who support vulnerable communities across Birmingham. The funding will be used for core costs to give it the capacity to continue to support the following groups with fundraising volunteers and social media.
National Lottery Community Fund - LoveBrum
£250,000	30/11/2017 24	LoveBrum

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MICHAEL SHEPHERD Appointed: 2021

TIM ANDREWS (Chair) Appointed: 2014

HANNAH FLOYD Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: SPRING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED,

JOANNA ELIZABETH SEABRIGHT Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: CAUDWELL LYME DISEASE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2014, number: 1157505

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR16: 93 days late,

Main office

C/O Hollywood Monster
Redfern Park Way
Tyseley
Birmingham
B11 2BF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE:CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

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