Coram Beanstalk

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

Latest income

£763k

Latest spending

£883k

Registered

1991

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£763k

Total spending

£883k

Cost of raising funds

£84k

Reserves (reported)

£563k

Employees

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

Trustees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£763k	£883k
31/03/2024	£830k	£832k
31/03/2023	£1.2m	£863k
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£1.2m	£1.2m

Common questions

Who funds Coram Beanstalk?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Coram Beanstalk as a grant recipient include THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DHL UK FOUNDATION, THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£230k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£80k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£50k
THE DHL UK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£40k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k
THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£8k
THE DHL UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£7k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2024	£3k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	FY2024	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Hounslow	27/02/2017	£7k	Grant to Beanstalk