Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

LOVE4LIFE

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£239,983	£231,230	£8,753	24
31/03/22	£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/21	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

info@love4life.org.uk

01329826423

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
24 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 - Love4Life London
£126,919	13/04/2023	The funding will be used to deliver a friendship and dating project for autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities in West London. The project aims to bring people together and reduce ....more The funding will be used to deliver a friendship and dating project for autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities in West London. The project aims to bring people together and reduce loneliness and social isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTINA RUTH SWEENEY Appointed: 2022

DAWN CAROLINE JACOBS JACOBS Appointed: 2023

GAIL BEDDING Appointed: 2022

GILLIAN HOWELLS BUONACORSI HOW Appointed: 2023

NICHOLAS FRANCIS PATTENDEN Appointed: 2022

SUSAN ALISON HEUSTICE ACMA Appointed: 2020

ANNA ELIZABETH GALLIFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: TRELOAR TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2020, number: 1187757

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Love4Life
C/O The Kings Centre
171-173 WEST STREET
FAREHAM
HAMPSHIR

Objectives

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.

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