CHOOSE LOVE

Charity number: 1177927
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

In both emergency disaster relief and protracted crises, Choose Love works to identify, close and prevent gaps in support displaced people around the world. We provide grants and other assistance to frontline partners along key migration routes and in countries experiencing conflict, persecution climate change and other drivers of forced displacement.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income:
£12,593,084

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Donations and legacies £10.02m
Charitable activities £1.22m
Other trading activities £1.35m
Investments £6.07k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£8,215,420

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Raising funds £1.44m
Charitable activities £6.78m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £1.44m
Charitable expenditure £6.78m
Retained for future use £4.38m

People

29 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

365 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2
£70k to £80k 1
£80k to £90k 1
£90k to £100k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Egypt
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jordan
  • Moldova
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 April 2018: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • HELP REFUGEES (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Geoffrey Cordell Chair 07 March 2024
None on record
Myrna Atallah Trustee 19 February 2026
None on record
Fauzia Musa Trustee 19 February 2026
None on record
Julfikhar Farhaz Khan KC Trustee 22 April 2024
None on record
EYINMISAN HOPE HARRIMAN Trustee 22 April 2024
None on record
Oliver Segal KC Trustee 07 March 2024
YOUR EMPLOYMENT SETTLEMENT SERVICE
Received: On time
AGE UK HOUNSLOW
Charity reporting is overdue by 62 days
Andrew Purkis Trustee 07 March 2024
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY & ST JOHN THE DIVINE, BALHAM
Received: On time
Hassan Elmasry Trustee 07 March 2024
None on record
Jessica Mills Trustee 21 December 2023
None on record
Tracey Seaward Trustee 12 April 2018
S.A.F.E.: ARTS FOR EDUCATION
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £41.80k £85.71k £62.13k £304.21k £12.59m
Total expenditure £0 £83.43k £0 £347.09k £8.22m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A N/A N/A £10.02m
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A N/A N/A £1.35m
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A N/A £1.22m
Income - Endowments N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Income - Investment N/A N/A N/A N/A £6.07k
Income - Other N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Income - Legacies N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A N/A £6.78m
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A N/A N/A £1.44m
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A N/A N/A £510.67k
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A N/A N/A £4.33m
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A N/A N/A £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Own use assets N/A N/A N/A N/A £13.61k
Long-term investments N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Other assets N/A N/A N/A N/A £5.02m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Total liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A £596.47k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 27 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 27 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 18 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 18 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 30 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 30 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 12 APR 2018 AS AMENDED ON 07 MAR 2024 AMENDED ON 19 SEP 2024

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS WHO ARE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN AID (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED, VULNERABLE MIGRANTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE OTHERWISE FLEEING WAR, PERSECUTION, FAMINE OR NATURAL DISASTER) WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE WORLD. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN AID (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED, VULNERABLE MIGRANTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE OTHERWISE FLEEING WAR, PERSECUTION, FAMINE OR NATURAL DISASTER) WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE WORLD; AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE POSITION OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS AND THE SITUATIONS WHICH GIVE RISE TO THEIR MOVEMENTS.

Contact information

Address:
27 Provost St
Office 2
London
N1 7NH
Phone:
07932374419
Email:
josie@choose.love
Website:

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