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Coram Children's Legal Centre Limited
Coram Children's Legal Centre Limited is a registered charity (number 281222) based in London, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Her Honour Judge Celia Dawson since 2019. Latest income £4.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £4.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Hungary, Kazakhstan, Laos, Libya and more
- Website
- www.childrenslegalcentre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Coram Children's Legal Centre Limited
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.2m£4.2m
- 2024£4.5m£4.3m
- 2023£4.1m£4.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.6m£3.4m
- 2021£3.4m£3.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN AS AFORESAID BY REASON OF THEIR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES OR BECAUSE OF THE POVERTY OF THEIR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, FOSTER PARENTS OR THOSE OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE AND PROTECTION. B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE LAW PERTAINING TO CHILDREN. C. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION, CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED.
Grants received
36 grants · £7,538,724 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £4,584,475 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £994,549 (5 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £604,523 (4 grants)
- Trust for London · £320,841 (5 grants)
- Justice Together Initiative · £262,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Her Honour Judge Celia Dawson Chair since 2019
- Alison Jane O'Sullivan since 2026
- Danielle Lewis since 2023
- David John Steadman since 2025
- Douglas Taylor since 2024
- Jonathan Portes since 2017
- Jamie Burton since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Her Honour Judge Celia Dawson Chair since 2019
- Jonathan Portes since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Danielle Lewis since 2023
- David John Steadman since 2025
- Douglas Taylor since 2024
- Jonathan Portes since 2017
Portfolio (3)
- Her Honour Judge Celia Dawson Chair since 2019
- Alison Jane O'Sullivan since 2026
- Jamie Burton since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 281222
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/10/1980AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/06/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 01520787 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01206714650 · info@coramclc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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