Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 13
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
    • Grant maker support: +13
    Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

    CORAM'S FIELDS AND THE HARMSWORTH MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND 

    An open access 7 acre children's playground and children's centre with an after school club and holiday activities and sports programme for children up to 16 years and a youth centre for 13-19 year olds. 1000 children daily in summer from diverse local community of south Camden. Grade II listed site formerly the Foundling Hospital site. Adults must have a child with them to come in.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has a robust balance sheet
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee
    Established: 61 years

    www.coramsfields.org

    info@coramsfields.org.uk

    02033842201

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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£1,928£1,993£-65£80£2,978£1,0086.13927
    31/03/22£2,160£2,118£42£73£2,395£4842.74327
    31/03/21£1,706£1,789£-83£65£1,961£270.24836
    31/03/20£2,006£2,060£-54£73£2,480£6093.555330
    31/03/19£1,739£1,904£-165£76£2,351£5693.634389
    31/03/18£1,615£1,673£-58£70£2,443£5413.9280
    31/03/17£1,531£1,492£39£51£2,408£2832.3340
    31/03/16£1,611£1,428£183£6£2,568£3903.3330
    31/03/15£1,608£1,459£149£81£2,315£700.6330
    31/03/14£1,595£1,399£196£53£2,339£580.5310
    31/03/13£1,181£1,144£37£57£2,205£961280
    31/03/12*£1,132£1,011£121£33£2,183£-12-0.1230
    31/03/11£1,546£1,088£457£37£2,200£-27-0.3230
    31/03/10£1,104£1,057£47£35£1,381£-441-5230
    31/03/09£1,180£981£199£36£2,210£-71-0.9230
    31/03/08£1,435£921£513£35£2,081£-84-1.1230
    31/03/07£973£863£110£37£1,488£-135-1.9230
    31/03/06£871£895£-24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£851£859£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£813£825£-13£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.2%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 6%
    Liabilities/Income: 10%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 34%
    Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
    Quick Ratio: 3.3
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Recreation
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Camden,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    Who works here?
    • 39 employees
    • 27 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Camden Giving£277,004
    Henry Smith Charity£203,400
    DCMS£155,251
    Garfield Weston Foundation£110,000
    John Lyon's Charity£98,490
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£65,336
    Comic Relief£40,000
    Youth Music£39,993
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Coram's Fields
    £203,400 05/12/2023
    towards three years‘ running costs of a project providing an employability programme for young people from disadvantaged communities across London.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Music
    £9,986 17/02/2023
    The funding will be used to replace damaged equipment and carpet at the youth centres music studio. The project aims to rebuild the capacity of the studio after a flood enabling young people to ....more
    John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Coram's Fields
    £5,000 05/12/2022
    Cost-of-Living Uplift
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields
    £10,000 12/07/2022
    Our youth programme activities designed to be inclusive and account for different needs, and stages YP is in life currently. This fund will enable us to provide the following FREE opportunities:
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields
    £1,000 12/07/2022
    Our youth programme activities designed to be inclusive and account for different needs, and stages YP is in life currently. This fund will enable us to provide the following FREE opportunities:
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Coram’s Fields under-fives drop-in service
    £39,336 07/12/2021
    17
    Coram’s Fields and Harmsworth Memorial Playground is a children’s charity that serves as a safe place for all children to come and play. This grant will support Coram’s Fields in providing an ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £60,000 29/10/2021
    Core Costs
    John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Coram's Fields
    £90,000 16/06/2021
    Coram's Fields core costs
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields
    £10,000 05/05/2021
    Camden People's Theatre
    The Foyle Foundation - Arts
    £20,000 28/04/2021
    towards the Coram's Fields Youth Programme: Arts Pathways
    DCMS - Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground
    £22,500 24/12/2020
    Repair work to the roofs and gutters. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Under fives drop-in service at Coram's Fields
    £26,000 01/12/2020
    Coram’s Fields and Harmsworth Memorial Playground is a children’s charity that serves as a safe place for all children to come and play. This grant will support Coram’s Fields in providing an ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £100,000 29/07/2020
    "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 ....more
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields
    £10,000 26/06/2020
    1
    This project will provide access to safe, green open space, with high quality, free meals for those that need it most during a period when we know, food poverty is at its highest.
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields
    £10,000 24/06/2020
    This funding will support the Youth Programme which provides ongoing opportunities for young people to have positive role models in their peers and staff and benefit from mentoring.
    Comic Relief - Coram's Fields Recovery Funding
    £40,000 23/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 Recovery funding
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
    £50,000 22/05/2020
    Core Costs
    Youth Music - Coronavirus - Emergency Fund
    £9,993 21/05/2020
    Coronavirus - Emergency Fund - Adapting and staying inclusive
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £32,751 20/05/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields - Covid19 Charity Fund
    £6,000 09/04/2020
    Support for Young people from Camden and neighbouring boroughs with a digital programme of and 1-1 support – many of whom are at risk of anti-social behaviour/youth violence, or may be out of ....more
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields - Covid19 Charity Fund
    £6,000 09/04/2020
    Support for Young people from Camden and neighbouring boroughs with a digital programme of and 1-1 support – many of whom are at risk of anti-social behaviour/youth violence, or may be out of ....more
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields Sports Programme
    £97,922 25/10/2019
    3
    Coram’s Fields Sport Programme aims to provide young people an array of exciting sporting activities.
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields Sports Programme
    £97,922 25/10/2019
    36
    Coram’s Fields Sport Programme aims to provide young people an array of exciting sporting activities.
    John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Coram's Fields
    £3,490 08/10/2019
    12
    Coram's Fields October Sports Project
    London Marathon Charitable Trust - Coram's Fields Boulder Climbing Wall
    £20,000 24/07/2019
    Towards a new piece of play equipment at the Coram’s Fields playground. The boulder climbing wall will replace the Timber Tangle, the largest piece of equipment on the playground site, with a ....more
    Youth Music - Coram's Fields Youth Music
    £30,000 05/07/2019
    Coram's Fields Youth Music
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields Youth Programme
    £10,000 21/06/2019
    11
    Coram’s Fields Youth Programme aims to provide disadvantaged young people with the support and guidance they need to achieve their aspirations.
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields Youth Programme
    £10,000 31/05/2019
    12
    Coram’s Fields Youth Programme aims to provide disadvantaged young people with the support and guidance they need to achieve their aspirations.
    Camden Giving - Coram's Fields: Community Events for Children 2019
    £8,160 30/04/2019
    14
    Coram’s Fields project is to run two large-scale community events in 2019 for the benefit of children and young people: Play Day and Fireworks Night to bring together thousands of people from ....more
    City Bridge Trust - Eco audit to Coram's Fields & Harmsworth Memorial Playground
    £3,600 31/01/2019
    £3,600 to deliver an eco-audit.
    Comic Relief - Inner Strength – Reducing serious youth violence in Camden & Islington by addressing mental health
    £124,846 28/03/2018
    36
    The Inner Strength project will bring together partners to support young men involved in, and at risk of being involved in, serious youth violence in Camden and Islington. The project will provide ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 05/03/2018
    Coram's Fields: Core Cost Application
    The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground
    £20,000 24/07/2017
    Main Grant unrestricted core costs
    Sport England - Activate South Camden
    £144,520 01/05/2014
    Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Activate South Camden'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
    Sport England - Coram's Fields Astro-Turf Pitch Refurbishment
    £200,000 17/05/2013
    Funding under Sport England's Improvement Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Coram's Fields Astro-Turf Pitch Refurbishment'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • Coram's Fields Company Trustee Limited
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/01/1963, number: 302963
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
    Policies in force
    • 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
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR12: 2 days late,
    Main office

    CORAMS FIELDS
    93 GUILFORD STREET
    LONDON
    WC1N 1DN

    Objectives

    AN OPEN SPACE PRIMARILY IN CONNECTION WITH THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    ST PANCRAS BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA, HOLBORN BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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