Coram Beanstalk

Registered charity 296454 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEANSTALK, VOLUNTEER READING HELP, VRH

Coram Beanstalk works with schools to provide the highest quality and best value one-to-one support. We provide trained reading helpers who give consistent and bespoke support to children enabling them to develop to confident reading skills. Our vision is that "all children and young people will have the essential skills they need to grow up and lead successful lives".

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an overall deficit of £119,164 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to decreased income and increased staff costs. Despite this, the charity held free reserves of £523,203, which exceeded its stated policy target of £412,556. The trustees and auditors confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beanstalk (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% 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: 11.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cassandra Anna Buchanan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hanif Barma · trustee of 1 other charity
• JILL PATRICIA PAY
• James Robert Ashton
• Philip Nelson
• Saana Elizabeth Johanna Karki
• Sharon Lambert
• Stefano Maifreni

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD.

• CORAM FAMILY AND CHILDCARE LTD income £438k
• THOMAS CORAM FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN (FORMERLY FOUNDLING HOSPITAL) income £27.6m
• SCHOOLREADERS income £940k
• CORAM LIFE EDUCATION income £774k
• BOOKMARK READING CHARITY income £4.1m
• BEAMSTAFFS income £211k

Side by side with its peers

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