CORAM'S FIELDS AND THE HARMSWORTH MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND

Registered charity 302963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORAM'S FIELDS

An open access 7 acre children's playground and children's centre with an after school club and holiday activities and sports programme for children up to 16 years and a youth centre for 13-19 year olds. 1000 children daily in summer from diverse local community of south Camden. Grade II listed site formerly the Foundling Hospital site. Adults must have a child with them to come in.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on unrestricted activities of £307.0k for the year ended 31 March 2025, ending in a considerably stronger financial position than forecast. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves of £1,112,737 are held, which the Directors consider appropriate as they represent almost exactly six months of planned operating expenditure, providing protection against future funding challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Coram's Fields Company Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORAM'S FIELDS SPORTS AND RECREATION.

• CORAM'S FIELDS SPORTS AND RECREATION income £678k
• THE OLD QUARRY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND LTD income £350k
• CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND AND PARISH RECREATION GROUND income £278k
• WEST HAM PARK income £1.7m
• BETHWIN ROAD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION income £134k
• COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £667k

Side by side with its peers

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