Coram Life Education

Analysis

Coram Life Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02328941). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Coram Life Education reported income of £774k and spending of £838k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £769k to £774k (+0.6%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Coram Life Education sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Brazzaville Foundation (£774k), Adoptionplus (£775k) and The British Transplantation Society (£774k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and trading 2.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. It employed 15 people.