Coram Family Lives
Registered charity 1077722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMILY LIVES, FAMILYLIVES, PARENTLINE PLUS · also registered in Scotland as SC047967 (OSCR)
We provide a range of services to support families face to face, on the phone and on-line. Including: Parentline, free 24hr confidential helpline; extended support for complex, difficult issues; online advice, livechat/email, ask the expert, peer support and information on all aspects of family live; face to face support, group parenting programmes and workshops.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a deficit of £75k for the year, resulting in free reserves of £874k. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to provide an orderly wind-down if necessary, with a buffer of £354k above the policy target of £520k. The auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Local Government (63% of income)
“£1,436k (2024: £1,450k) was from Local Authority sources”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £520k (held: £874k)
“At 31 March 2025, this equates to £520k, leaving a buffer of £354k out of total free reserve of £874k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Coram Family Lives (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jeremy Todd — Managing Director of Coram Family Lives (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Stowe Family Law — “We are incredibly grateful to the UK’s leading specialist family law firm, Stowe Family Law for their generous donation to Family Lives in s…” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- DAWSON, Celia Anne — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
- MOTT, Francesca — director, appointed 07/11/2024on trustee list
- NEWTON, Jon — director, appointed 07/11/2024on trustee list
- GIANNOTTA, Rebecca — director, appointed 07/11/2024on trustee list
- HALL, Chris — director, appointed 07/11/2024on trustee list
- HARRIES, Eluned — director, appointed 10/05/2023on trustee list
- RUPANI, Neena — director, appointed 19/05/2016on trustee list
- BAYLISS, Stuart Philip — director, appointed 08/09/1999on trustee list
- TODD, Jeremy — secretary, appointed 05/01/2009
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£59k
Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/12/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/06/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Neena Rupanichair
- Chris Hall
- Eluned Harries · trustee of 1 other charity
- Francesca Mott
- Her Honour Judge Celia Dawson
- Jon Newton
- Rebecca Giannotta
- STUART BAYLISS
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Coram Family Lives financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a deficit of £75k for the year, resulting in free reserves of £874k. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to provide an orderly wind-down if necessary, with a buffer of £354k above the policy target of £520k. The auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.
Who funds Coram Family Lives?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Coram Family Lives as a grant recipient include MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST, ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY, THE BROOK TRUST, STRAND PARISHES TRUST, HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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