Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

CORAM CHILDREN'S LEGAL CENTRE LIMITED 

1, The provision of legal advice, support and information to children, young people and their carers2, The publication of information and research3, The provision of training and consultancy in relation to children and young people in the UK and overseas.
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 43 years

www.childrenslegalcentre.com

info@coramclc.org.uk

01206714650

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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£4,102£4,041£61£45£2,003£1,7515.2860
31/03/22£3,617£3,390£227£0£1,942£1,7106.1722
31/03/21£3,418£3,100£318£0£1,715£1,5205.9694
31/03/20£3,190£3,194£-4£0£1,396£1,2904.8680
31/03/19£2,877£3,021£-144£0£1,400£1,2394.9670
31/03/18*£3,429£3,188£241£0£1,544£1,1974.5620
31/03/17£3,781£3,423£358£0£1,303£9063.2570
31/03/16*£3,187£2,898£289£0£945£5882.4520
31/03/15£2,533£2,144£389£11£655£1290.7470
31/03/14£2,179£2,388£-208£12£266£140.1470
31/03/13£1,889£1,988£-99£10£475£2031.2450
31/03/12£1,705£2,124£-419£10£574£4712.7390
31/03/11£1,980£2,010£-30£19£992£8104.8420
31/03/10£2,399£2,321£78£36£1,023£6923.6520
31/03/09*£1,928£2,319£-391£11£945£7603.9610
31/03/08£1,831£1,749£82£9£1,336£1,3299.1450
31/03/07*£1,601£1,518£82£8£1,254£1,2409.8440
31/03/06*£1,595£1,299£295£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,807£1,447£361£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,473£1,157£316£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 86 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • East Timor, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Laos, Libya, Montenegro, Poland, Somalia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,

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£285,000
Justice Together Initiative£250,000
The Legal Education Foundation£100,000
BBC Children in Need£99,000
Access to Justice Foundation£88,523
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre
£10,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2022
£100,000 15/06/2022
A grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need.
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
£10,000 14/12/2021
Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice ....more
Justice Together Initiative - London youth accessing immigration advice and organising for change: A community lawyering approach
£250,000 30/11/2021
Outreach and delivery of immigration legal advice at youth groups and services across London, including advice desert boroughs, improving coordination and capacity of the network. This will be ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre Limited
£99,000 20/12/2020
This project will provide legal advocacy for children with special education needs or long term health problems to ensure they are properly supported at school, improving their engagement with ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Coram Children's Legal Centre Limited
£33,000 14/10/2020
5
To enable the MCP to adapt and expand its practice improvement work to target issues arising as a result of the Covid-19 crisis
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£88,523 16/07/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre
£25,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Greater London Authority - Grant to 'Coram Children's Legal Centre'
£5,000 10/12/2019
European Outreach Grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre
£250,000 02/07/2019
60
Towards core costs of the Migrant Children's Project, which works to protect the rights of migrant children and helps empower young people and their families to take steps to secure their futures.
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
£38,626 01/04/2019
This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre
£99,994 11/03/2019
We will galvanise activists and organisations to effect a sea change in the immigration system, ensuring migrant and refugee children can access secure legal status.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Endowment to Coram Children's Legal Centre
£4,000,000 04/12/2018
12
Founded in 1739, Coram has a vision for every child to have the best possible chance to live a fulfilling life. The organisation supports children and young people from their earliest days to make ....more
Trust for London - Coram Children’s Legal Centre
£32,400 21/02/2018
13
The funding is to second a member of staff to the Greater London Authority’s social integration team. The secondee will work on the Citizenship and Integration Initiative, specifically on the ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre Limited
£110,975 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide legal advocacy for children with special education needs or long term health problems to ensure they are properly supported at school, improving their engagement with ....more
Trust for London - Coram Children’s Legal Centre
£132,000 07/06/2017
36
The funding is to support and continue its successful immigration law outreach work for children and young people in London. Specifically for the salary and associated project costs of an outreach ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Pushing for permanence for undocumented children and young people
£150,000 01/04/2017
36
This grant supports policy and core work on the regularisation of children who have migrated to the UK.
Trust for London - Coram Children’s Legal Centre
£6,235 30/03/2017
7
This funding is for the case of SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section UKSC 2015/0243. There two issues worthy of intervention are the court's jurisdiction to consider the appeal, ....more
Trust for London - Coram Children’s Legal Centre
£31,730 02/03/2017
12
The funding is to second a member of staff to the Greater London Authoritys social integration team. The secondee will work on the Citizenship and Integration Initiative, specifically on the Young ....more
Home Office - Child Trafficking Protection Fund (CTPF)
£12,867 01/11/2016
The CTPF aims to reduce the vulnerability to exploitation of children who are, or have the potential to be, trafficked; and to support child victims who have already been trafficked.
Comic Relief - The Migrant Children's Project
£129,461 30/09/2015
36
Refugee, trafficked and undocumented migrant children and young people face an insecure future and problems in accessing education, housing and healthcare because of their complex immigration status. ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Securing permanent status for young long-term residents of the UK
£9,550 21/07/2015
Grant awarded through the PHF Supported Options Initiative to support Coram's work in securing permanent status for young long-terms residents of the UK.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre
£150,000 10/06/2015
36
Towards core costs of the Migrant Children's Project which works to promote and protect the rights of migrant children in the UK.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - SOI Phase 2
£100,297 31/07/2014
Supported Options Initiative Phase 2 grant
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Migrant Children's Project
£120,000 07/11/2012
A grant to Coram Childrens Legal Centre Ltd for The Migrant Children's Project
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supported Options Initiative
£100,000 27/03/2012
Development of pilot advice and information services to benefit young people with irregular immigration status, combining outreach work, partnership working and innovative approaches to service ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 48-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/11/1980, number: 281222
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/10/1980, number: 01520787
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR09: 0 days late, AR07: 21 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from TERRE DES HOMMES UK on 18/01/2022
Main office

Coram Campus
41 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ

Objectives

A. FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN AS AFORESAID BY REASON OF THEIR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES OR BECAUSE OF THE POVERTY OF THEIR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, FOSTER PARENTS OR THOSE OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE AND PROTECTION. B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE LAW PERTAINING TO CHILDREN. C. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION, CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

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