CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD
Registered charity 1077444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMILY AND CHILDCARE TRUST, FAMILY AND PARENTING INSTITUTE, NATIONAL FAMILY AND PARENTING INSTITUTE
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.
Objects
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.
Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity made an overall deficit for the year of £69,023, driven by a deficit on unrestricted funds of £96,238 which was attributed to challenges in delivering a Department for Education contract. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £204,028, which is below the stated policy target of £253,760, though the trustees remain satisfied with the reserves position. The charity has no defined-benefit pension deficits and relies on a defined contribution scheme.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £204k)
“With the exclusion of reserves represented by fixed assets, and designated funds, the free reserves of the charity at 31 March 2025 were £204,028 (2024: £299,919) compared to a target of £253,760.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Policies the charity declares
In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Government income: £319,736 — contracts £319,736 (9); 73% of the £438,496 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Government income: £103,101 — contracts £103,101 (2); 22% of the £466,180 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 200
- Government income: £34,214 — contracts £34,214 (3); 9% of the £375,800 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- PAUL CURRANchair
- Ade Labinjo
- Dr Charlotte Faircloth
- Dr Judith Trowell FRCPsych · trustee of 1 other charity
- Holly Robinson
- Liz Roberts
- Sarah Rance
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an overall deficit for the year of £69,023, driven by a deficit on unrestricted funds of £96,238 which was attributed to challenges in delivering a Department for Education contract. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £204,028, which is below the stated policy target of £253,760, though the trustees remain satisfied with the reserves position. The charity has no defined-benefit pension deficits and relies on a defined contribution scheme. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON.
Known funders
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