CORAM'S FIELDS SPORTS AND RECREATION

Registered charity 1194312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of facilities for playing sports at the Coram's Fields site and the promotion of the recreation, welfare or education of children and their families.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN CAMDEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA INCLUDING AT CORAM'S FIELDS THAT PROMOTE THE RECREATION, WELFARE OR EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, IN CAMDEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING SPORTS AND USE OF THE LAND AND BUILDINGS AT THE CORAM'S FIELDS SITE AND IN CAMDEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO ADVANCE AMATEUR SPORT IN LONDON FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT.TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES IN THE UK AND CHARITABLE PROJECTS WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH OR PROMOTE THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Recreation · 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 reported a net expenditure of £21,982 for the year, a shift from the previous year's net income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £112,719, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover immediate needs and cash flow delays. The trustees 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL HOROWITZ QC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin McNeill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Toni Frances McDermott

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RECREATION GROUND.

• RECREATION GROUND income £102k
• RECREATION GROUND income £48k
• WEST WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS COMPLEX LTD income £383k
• GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £100k
• HARROLD PLAYING FIELD income £63k
• YATE OUTDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX LTD income £156k

Side by side with its peers

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