Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation

Analysis

Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09883201). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation reported income of £996k and spending of £1.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £894k to £996k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Opera Rara (£996k), David Parr House & Gallery (£997k) and Gabrieli (£994k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 64%, donations and legacies 16% and trading 1.8%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.3%. Reserves of £298k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 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.