Coram Family Lives

Analysis

Coram Family Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03817762). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Coram Family Lives reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.0m to £2.3m (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Coram Family Lives sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South West Grid for Learning Trust (£2.3m), The Unite Foundation (£2.3m) and Paris Dauphine International (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52%, charitable activities 47% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. Reserves of £875k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 107 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.