Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

CORAM VOICE (FORMERLY VOICE FOR THE CHILD IN CARE)

Voice enables and equips children and young people to hold to account the services that are responsible for their care or wellbeing and to uphold their right to actively participate in shaping their own lives. We provide advocacy and independent services for children in care, in need and in secure settings, and we campaign for policy and practice changes to improve their lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2,623£2,613£10£44£1,192£1,0224.770460
31/03/22£2,725£2,530£195£48£1,193£1,0304.970464
31/03/21£2,263£2,203£60£38£984£8954.963293
31/03/20£2,492£2,459£34£15£889£7893.856134
31/03/19£2,255£2,097£158£8£879£7604.357274
31/03/18*£2,097£1,856£241£6£719£6314.1520
31/03/17£1,750£1,768£-18£7£483£4783.2530
31/03/16*£1,896£2,016£-121£0£486£3792.3500
31/03/15£2,049£2,315£-266£79£604£5182.7320
31/03/14£1,994£2,300£-305£149£870£8564.5390
31/03/13£2,108£2,283£-175£130£1,175£1,1756.2440
31/03/12£2,444£2,431£13£20£1,505£1,4887.3430
31/03/11*£2,674£2,629£45£19£1,492£1,4226.5460
31/03/10*£2,706£2,693£13£20£1,448£1,3946.2490
31/03/09£2,717£2,894£-178£71£1,434£1,2755.3470
31/03/08£3,052£2,977£75£78£1,612£1,4715.9480
31/03/07£2,932£2,798£134£74£1,538£1,3595.8540
31/03/06*£2,838£2,549£289n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£2,423£2,102£321n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£1,779£1,871£-92n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.coramvoice.org.uk

info@coramvoice.org.uk

02075200305

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£249,000
Comic Relief£165,000
Henry Smith Charity£144,000
BBC Children in Need£108,083
The Segelman Trust£105,000
Esmee Fairbairn£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Coram Voice
£90,000 06/10/2023
This grant will provide increased capacity through the Homelessness Outreach Project. The intended outcomes include empowering young people to access support from Children's Services, and prevent homelessness.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Coram Voice
£144,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing advocacy services for children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism across England.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Coram Voice
£249,000 26/03/2021
60
£249,000 over five years (£49,000; £49,000; £49,700; £50,300; £51,000) towards the salary of a full time Specialist Advocate for 16+ (0.8 FTE), staff costs for management (0.15 FTE) and youth consultancy (0.05 FTE) and costs of training and ....more
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Coram Voice
£105,000 09/12/2020
36
To support the development of the National Children in Care Council
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Coram Voice
£18,083 30/11/2020
The projects provides disabled children and young people who have been disproportionally affected by covid-19 with access to an advocacy helpline that supports their well-being, improve the care they receive and their confidence to self-advocate.
Comic Relief - Leaving Care with Confidence
£165,000 15/09/2020
Many care leavers are not told about their full entitlements (housing, bursaries etc) - they often don't realise they can access Social Care Support, or that Pathway Planning should be part of their transition out of care. Coram Voice already runs a ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Voice
£50,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Coram Voice
£100,000 07/03/2019
36
Towards the next phase of the New Belongings project, supporting local authorities to adapt services on the basis of feedback from care leavers.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Voice
£250,000 12/02/2019
36
Towards the next phase of the New Belongings project, supporting local authorities to adapt services on the basis of feedback from care leavers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Coram Voice
£90,000 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a National project providing advocacy support for homeless young people who have been in care
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000 22/10/2018
A grant towards the Specialist Advocacy Service, supporting children and young people with disabilities in the care system.
Dulverton Trust - the Helpline and Community Advocacy Service
£25,000 25/02/2014
the Helpline and Community Advocacy Service
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Coram Voice
£30,000 02/07/2013
Towards the costs of developing new delivery models for training programmes for adults supporting looked-after children, helping the organisation to earn more unrestricted income and to reach more beneficiaries in a wider geographic area.
Dulverton Trust - Always Heard
£35,000 13/06/2012
Always Heard
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Voice
£50,000 13/06/2012
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the running costs of Always Heard, an advocacy project for young people in care across the UK
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-79
  • DAISY BOEHM RYAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Grant Maker
  • DOMINIC WILLIAM BEARD-STEVENS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Cadence Innova
  • JENNY COLES CBE (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • JONNY HOYLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Social Worker
  • KEVIN VENOSI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • NIA THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Manager
  • RICHARD ANDREW FASS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • RACHEL MALIK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Banking
  • SHARON REID Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Marketing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/05/1995, number: 1046207
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/04/1995, number: 03050826
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR11: 5 days late, AR10: 1 days late, AR06: 45 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Coram Campus
41 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ

Objectives

1.TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND DISTURBANCE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE A PARTICULAR RELIANCE ON THE STATE OR ITS AGENCIES FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND WELLBEING, INCLUDING BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CARE, ACCOMMODATED OR BEING LOOKED AFTER BY A LOCAL AUTHORITY OR A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION UNDER ANY SECTION OF THE CHILDREN ACT 1989 OR SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION OR THOSE AGED 18 YEARS AND UNDER WHO ARE DETAINED PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF A CRIMINAL COURT (CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE). 2.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PERSONS CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE; AND 3.TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED WITH THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THOSE WHO WORK ON A SELF EMPLOYED OR VOLUNTARY BASIS WITH A VIEW TO RAISING THE STANDARD OF THEIR WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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