Coram Intercountry Adoption Centre

Registered charity 1067313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IAC, IAC The Centre for Adoption, INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION CENTRE

This Voluntary Adoption Agency specialises in intercountry adoption. It leads the intercountry Regional Adoption Agency, is commissioned by and provides services to local authorities/RAAs. The Agency is accredited by the adoption authorities of India, The Philippines, China and has working agreements with Bulgaria and South Africa. It also provides domestic adoption services.

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £149,043 to £31,508, resulting in total net assets of £42,238. The charity holds general reserves of £31,508, which is below its stated policy target of £479,801 (three months of budgeted expenditure). The trustees report a surplus and confirm the charity is a going concern with support from its parent entity, Coram.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Services to professionals (69% of income)
“Services to professionals 1,459,858” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £32k; policy: three months budgeted expenditure)
“General reserves currently stand at £31,508 compared to a target of £479,801.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£32k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Kazakhstan · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
30/06/2023£2.2m£2.5m
31/03/2022£1.9m£2.0m
31/03/2021£2.7m£2.0m

Common questions

Is Coram Intercountry Adoption Centre financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £149,043 to £31,508, resulting in total net assets of £42,238. The charity holds general reserves of £31,508, which is below its stated policy target of £479,801 (three months of budgeted expenditure). The trustees report a surplus and confirm the charity is a going concern with support from its parent entity, Coram. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds Coram Intercountry Adoption Centre?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Coram Intercountry Adoption Centre as a grant recipient include THE S M B TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE S M B TRUSTFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2022£10kLifelong emotional support for adopted children and their families

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONSORTIUM OF VOLUNTARY ADOPTION AGENCIES UK LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Coram Intercountry Adoption Centre£2.1m——below—no doubt
CONSORTIUM OF VOLUNTARY ADOPTION AGENCIES UK LIMITED FY2025£236k—1above—no doubt
CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD FY2025£438k—0below—no doubt
CORAM CHILDREN'S LEGAL CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£4.2m——below—no doubt
CCS Adoption Ltd FY2026£851k——below—no doubt
THOMAS CORAM FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN (FORMERLY FOUNDLING HOSPITAL) FY2025£27.6munclear0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.