Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 22

CORAM VOICE (FORMERLY VOICE FOR THE CHILD IN CARE)

Voice enables and equips children and young people to hold to account the services that are responsible for their care or wellbeing and to uphold their right to actively participate in shaping their own lives. We provide advocacy and independent services for children in care, in need and in secure settings, and we campaign for policy and practice changes to improve their lives.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Established: 29 years

www.coramvoice.org.uk

info@coramvoice.org.uk

02075200305

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£2,623	£2,613	£10	£44	£1,192	£1,022	4.7	70	460
31/03/22		£2,725	£2,530	£195	£48	£1,193	£1,030	4.9	70	464
31/03/21		£2,263	£2,203	£60	£38	£984	£895	4.9	63	293
31/03/20		£2,492	£2,459	£34	£15	£889	£789	3.8	56	134
31/03/19		£2,255	£2,097	£158	£8	£879	£760	4.3	57	274
31/03/18	*	£2,097	£1,856	£241	£6	£719	£631	4.1	52	0
31/03/17		£1,750	£1,768	£-18	£7	£483	£478	3.2	53	0
31/03/16	*	£1,896	£2,016	£-121	£0	£486	£379	2.3	50	0
31/03/15		£2,049	£2,315	£-266	£79	£604	£518	2.7	32	0
31/03/14		£1,994	£2,300	£-305	£149	£870	£856	4.5	39	0
31/03/13		£2,108	£2,283	£-175	£130	£1,175	£1,175	6.2	44	0
31/03/12		£2,444	£2,431	£13	£20	£1,505	£1,488	7.3	43	0
31/03/11	*	£2,674	£2,629	£45	£19	£1,492	£1,422	6.5	46	0
31/03/10	*	£2,706	£2,693	£13	£20	£1,448	£1,394	6.2	49	0
31/03/09		£2,717	£2,894	£-178	£71	£1,434	£1,275	5.3	47	0
31/03/08		£3,052	£2,977	£75	£78	£1,612	£1,471	5.9	48	0
31/03/07		£2,932	£2,798	£134	£74	£1,538	£1,359	5.8	54	0
31/03/06	*	£2,838	£2,549	£289	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£2,423	£2,102	£321	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£1,779	£1,871	£-92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8

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Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

70 employees
460 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

City Bridge Trust	£249,000
Comic Relief	£165,000
Henry Smith Charity	£144,000
BBC Children in Need	£108,083
The Segelman Trust	£105,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Coram Voice
£90,000	06/10/2023	This grant will provide increased capacity through the Homelessness Outreach Project. The intended outcomes include empowering young people to access support from Children's Services, and prevent ....more This grant will provide increased capacity through the Homelessness Outreach Project. The intended outcomes include empowering young people to access support from Children's Services, and prevent homelessness.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Coram Voice
£144,000	07/04/2022 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing advocacy services for children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism across England.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Coram Voice
£249,000	26/03/2021 60	£249,000 over five years (£49,000; £49,000; £49,700; £50,300; £51,000) towards the salary of a full time Specialist Advocate for 16+ (0.8 FTE), staff costs for management (0.15 FTE) and youth ....more £249,000 over five years (£49,000; £49,000; £49,700; £50,300; £51,000) towards the salary of a full time Specialist Advocate for 16+ (0.8 FTE), staff costs for management (0.15 FTE) and youth consultancy (0.05 FTE) and costs of training and support to professionals, for young people in London leaving care. The grant is conditional on Coram Voice gaining an Advice Quality Standard.
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Coram Voice
£105,000	09/12/2020 36	To support the development of the National Children in Care Council
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Coram Voice
£18,083	30/11/2020	The projects provides disabled children and young people who have been disproportionally affected by covid-19 with access to an advocacy helpline that supports their well-being, improve the care they ....more The projects provides disabled children and young people who have been disproportionally affected by covid-19 with access to an advocacy helpline that supports their well-being, improve the care they receive and their confidence to self-advocate.
Comic Relief - Leaving Care with Confidence
£165,000	15/09/2020	Many care leavers are not told about their full entitlements (housing, bursaries etc) - they often don't realise they can access Social Care Support, or that Pathway Planning should be part of their ....more Many care leavers are not told about their full entitlements (housing, bursaries etc) - they often don't realise they can access Social Care Support, or that Pathway Planning should be part of their transition out of care. Coram Voice already runs a successful Care Leavers Advocacy Service in London, and will replicate this in Manchester where it has a growing project hub. Care experienced young people aged 16-25 years will be able to access a specialist Advocate who will work in an enabling and holistic way to remove them from a point of crisis (homelessness, debt, food poverty etc) by educating them about their rights, and support pathways. The goal is for care leavers to flourish.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Voice
£50,000	28/04/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Coram Voice
£100,000	07/03/2019 36	Towards the next phase of the New Belongings project, supporting local authorities to adapt services on the basis of feedback from care leavers.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Voice
£250,000	12/02/2019 36	Towards the next phase of the New Belongings project, supporting local authorities to adapt services on the basis of feedback from care leavers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Coram Voice
£90,000	12/12/2018 36	towards three years' running costs of a National project providing advocacy support for homeless young people who have been in care
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000	22/10/2018	A grant towards the Specialist Advocacy Service, supporting children and young people with disabilities in the care system.
Dulverton Trust - the Helpline and Community Advocacy Service
£25,000	25/02/2014	the Helpline and Community Advocacy Service
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Voice
£30,000	02/07/2013	Towards the costs of developing new delivery models for training programmes for adults supporting looked-after children, helping the organisation to earn more unrestricted income and to reach more ....more Towards the costs of developing new delivery models for training programmes for adults supporting looked-after children, helping the organisation to earn more unrestricted income and to reach more beneficiaries in a wider geographic area.
Dulverton Trust - Always Heard
£35,000	13/06/2012	Always Heard
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Voice
£50,000	13/06/2012 24	towards two years' continuation funding of the running costs of Always Heard, an advocacy project for young people in care across the UK

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-78

DAISY BOEHM RYAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Grant Maker

JENNY COLES CBE (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: THOMAS CORAM FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN (FORMERLY FOUNDLING HOSPITAL), CHUMS CHARITY, FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,

JONNY HOYLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Social Worker

KEVIN VENOSI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Civil Servant

NIA THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Manager

RICHARD ANDREW FASS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE QUEEN'S NURSING INSTITUTE,

ROGER BLACK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Architect

RACHEL MALIK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Banking

SHARON REID Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Marketing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/05/1995, number: 1046207
Registered at Companies House on 27/04/1995, number: 03050826

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR11: 5 days late, AR10: 1 days late, AR06: 45 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Coram Campus
41 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ

Objectives

1.TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND DISTURBANCE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE A PARTICULAR RELIANCE ON THE STATE OR ITS AGENCIES FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND WELLBEING, INCLUDING BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CARE, ACCOMMODATED OR BEING LOOKED AFTER BY A LOCAL AUTHORITY OR A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION UNDER ANY SECTION OF THE CHILDREN ACT 1989 OR SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION OR THOSE AGED 18 YEARS AND UNDER WHO ARE DETAINED PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF A CRIMINAL COURT (CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE). 2.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PERSONS CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE; AND 3.TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED WITH THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THOSE WHO WORK ON A SELF EMPLOYED OR VOLUNTARY BASIS WITH A VIEW TO RAISING THE STANDARD OF THEIR WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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