Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

CORAM INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION CENTRE

This Voluntary Adoption Agency specialises in intercountry adoption. It leads the intercountry Regional Adoption Agency, is commissioned by and provides services to local authorities/RAAs. The Agency is accredited by the adoption authorities of India, The Philippines, China and has working agreements with Bulgaria and South Africa. It also provides domestic adoption services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to only -1873.3% of total funds
There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £164,710 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
30/06/23?		£2,242	£2,463	£-221	£10	£-131	£-165	-0.8	33	0
31/03/22		£1,855	£2,017	£-162	£15	£89	£33	0.2	37	0
31/03/21		£2,718	£2,025	£692	£9	£251	£251	1.5	35	0
31/03/20		£1,940	£2,171	£-230	£4	£-441	£-441	-2.4	38	0
31/03/19		£2,174	£2,159	£15	£2	£169	£169	0.9	35	0
31/03/18		£2,031	£1,970	£62	£25	£153	£153	0.9	33	0
31/03/17		£1,675	£1,633	£42	£2	£92	£92	0.7	34	0
31/03/16		£1,105	£1,118	£-13	£2	£50	£42	0.4	16	0
31/03/15		£967	£946	£21	£4	£63	£63	0.8	16	0
31/03/14		£791	£792	£-2	£5	£42	£42	0.6	16	0
31/03/13		£627	£625	£1	£5	£44	£44	0.8	16	0
31/03/12		£514	£503	£11	£5	£42	£42	1	11	0
31/03/11		£442	£473	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£408	£398	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£335	£327	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£360	£365	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£340	£338	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£279	£274	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£238	£224	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£159	£151	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 122%
Liabilities/Income: 40%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 125%
Reserves/Spending: -0.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 27 years

www.coramiac.org.uk

info@coramiac.org.uk

02084492562

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Adoption & fostering services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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

Department for Education	£515,610
John Lyon's Charity	£54,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£9,999

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifelong emotional support for adopted children and their families
£10,000	28/10/2022	The funding will be used to recruit a specialist support team who will provide emotional and practical support to adopted children and young people. The project aims to improve their wellbeing and resilience and build positive relationships.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Intercountry Adoption Centre
£54,000	16/06/2021	Post Adoption Support Social Worker
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,999	01/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Department for Education - Voluntary Adoption Agency (VAA) grant
£515,610	01/04/2020	To support frontline charities to continue to deliver existing services to children and families - in particular for VAAs to continue to support prospective adopters in stages 1 and 2 of the adopter approval process and to continue the provision of ....more To support frontline charities to continue to deliver existing services to children and families - in particular for VAAs to continue to support prospective adopters in stages 1 and 2 of the adopter approval process and to continue the provision of support, both peer group and specialist support, to children and their families. The funding enabled VAAs to remain operational and continue service provision during the pandemic rather than close or furlough frontline staff.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-75

ANASTASIA KATHLEEN ANSELL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant

BARBARA HUDSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant

DAVID HENRY GRAY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance Director

GABRIELLE AMY SHAW Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive

JAMES ANDREW PETER MCDOUGALL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Management And It Consultant

NICHOLAS DAVID SIEVE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lawyer

PADMINI MISTRY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr Professional

PASCALE JULIA VIRGINIA JEANNE ERSEEL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/1998, number: 1067313
Registered at Companies House on 26/03/1997, number: 03344762

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 184 days late,

Main office

120 Cockfosters Road
BARNET
Hertfordshire
EN4 0DZ

Objectives

[A] TO ADVANCE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION IN INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION PARTICULARLY , BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, CONSULTATION AND TRAINING SO AS TO BENEFIT CHILDREN ADOPTED, OR TO BE ADOPTED FROM OVERSEAS.[B[ TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO BY REASONS OF THEIR HAVING BEEN ADOPTED FROM OVERSEAS ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS,

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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