Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 15
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD 

Coram Family and Childcare works to make the UK a better place for families by bringing together what we learn from our on the ground parent-led programmes and our to research to advocate for solutions that parents want and need. We focus on childcare and early years to make a difference to families' lives now and in the long term.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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 recently
Established: 25 years

www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk

info@familyandchildcaretrust.org

020 7239 7535

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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£376£385£-9n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/22£416£422£-6n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/21£502£371£131£34£405£32410.57231
31/03/20£426£401£25n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£526£1,028£-502£54£249£2432.8110
31/03/18*£661£1,154£-493£139£738£7177.5230
31/03/17£1,029£1,553£-524£180£1,233£1,1739.1260
31/03/16£961£1,545£-584£233£1,757£1,73613.5240
31/03/15£1,367£2,178£-811£24£2,448£2,44813.5210
31/03/14£1,322£2,102£-780£18£3,259£3,25918.6230
31/03/13£2,050£2,775£-725£438£4,039£4,00917.3360
31/03/12£1,035£1,673£-638£203£4,704£4,70433.7200
31/03/11£8,567£8,704£-137£327£5,342£5,3427.4330
31/03/10£8,307£8,771£-464£307£5,479£5,4677.5390
31/03/09£11,752£11,054£698£222£5,944£5,7196.2370
31/03/08£17,769£15,077£2,692£156£5,246£4,8063.8330
31/03/07£11,065£9,324£1,741£117£2,554£1,8532.4240
31/03/06£11,614£11,792£-178£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£7,420£7,051£368£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,285£1,228£57£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Esmee Fairbairn£260,000
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£220,772
Trust for London£124,000
DCMS£46,357
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Coram Family and Childcare
£220,772 06/07/2023
Increasing parental confidence to develop emergent literacy skills in the home environment
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Family and Childcare Ltd
£160,000 22/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation supporting parents seeking better childcare and early education for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Trust for London - Coram Family and Childcare Ltd
£3,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.10.2019-8296
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£46,357 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Family and Childcare Ltd
£100,000 17/06/2020
24
Towards unrestricted core costs to support parents seeking better childcare and early education for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Trust for London - Coram Family and Childcare Ltd
£121,000 05/03/2020
36
This funding is for our Parent Champions for Change programme - training and supporting parents living in deprived areas of London to identify the issues with childcare that matter to them and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Parent Champions
£99,661 28/02/2019
36
Parent Champions
Department for Education - Early Years Voluntary and Community sector grants (EY VCS Grants)
£10,000 01/04/2018
Priority 1: Closing the Disadvantage Gap at age 5 to increase awareness of the home learning environment, of existing entitlements for disadvantaged families and support to school and childminder ....more
Trust for London - Family and Childcare Trust
£36,500 01/03/2018
18
The funding it to conduct original research to understand the gaps in childcare provision for school age children and work with local authorities, schools, childcare providers and families to ....more
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Research and policy development project
£18,500 09/12/2016
Towards a research and policy development project to map and understand the impact of the curent childcare offer on children's outcomes.
John Ellerman Foundation - towards salary costs of a Programme Development Manager
£60,000 24/11/2016
24
Towards the salary of a new Programme Development Manager to expand the Parents Champions programme into areas of greatest need, to increase parents' take up of local early support and family ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Integration Parent Champions Pilot
£60,000 11/07/2016
18
The Family and Childcare Trust will adapt their successful Parent Champions programme to explore whether this model can support children and parents from new migrant communities to integrate. ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Family and Childcare Ltd
£90,000 18/11/2015
36
Towards core costs for Young Dads Collective to expand in London and nationally, empowering young fathers to influence change in policy and practice with positive impact for both them and their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/1999, number: 1077444
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/04/1999, number: 03753345
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,
Main office

Coram
41 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND WELFARE OF AND TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND HARDSHIP OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS, PARENTS AND PERSONS INVOLVED IN ALL FORMS OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS BY:-A) ENCOURAGING AGENCIES INVOLVED IN PROVIDING RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO WORK TOGETHER MORE EFFECTIVELY;B) PROMOTING GOOD PARENTING PRACTICE AND SKILLS;C) ASSISTING FAMILIES AND PROSPECTIVE PARENTS IN THE CARE, UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE; IN THEIR ADULT RELATIONSHIPS; IN DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATING TO THE CREATION AND BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY UNITS; AND IN RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN EXTENDED FAMILIES;2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILDCARE AND TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT FACILITIES AND SCHEMES FOR THE CARE RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES OR SCHEMES BY VIRTUE OF THEIR OR THEIR CARERS’ YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED.3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PARENTING SKILLS AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS AND EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF SUCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING;4) TO CONDUCT OR COMMISSION RESEARCH INTO THE DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, HEALTH AND OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING CONTEMPORARY FAMILY LIFE, THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PARENTS, PROSPECTIVE PARENTS, PARENTS AND CHILDREN AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC; AND5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.PROVIDED THAT IN PURSUING THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY REGARD SHALL BE HAD AT ALL TIMES TO THE DIFFERING FAMILY FORUMS, TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES WHICH EXIST IN GREAT BRITAIN AS A MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY.THROUGHOUT THESE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ‘CHARITABLE’ MEANS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE SYSTEM OF LAW GOVERNING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY IS THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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