Coram Beanstalk

Registered charity 296454 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Cassandra Anna Buchanan since 2025
Hanif Barma since 2020
Jill Patricia PAY since 2013
James Robert Ashton since 2025
Philip Nelson since 2019
Saana Elizabeth Johanna Karki since 2018
Sharon Lambert since 2023
Stefano Maifreni since 2023

5.2y median 4.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Hanif Barma since 2020
Jill Patricia PAY since 2013
Philip Nelson since 2019
Saana Elizabeth Johanna Karki since 2018

11.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Jill Patricia PAY since 2013
James Robert Ashton since 2025
Philip Nelson since 2019
Saana Elizabeth Johanna Karki since 2018
Sharon Lambert since 2023
Stefano Maifreni since 2023

Portfolio (2)

Cassandra Anna Buchanan since 2025
Hanif Barma since 2020

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 14Professional services 4Health and social care 3

Gaps to watch

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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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£763k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.1 in 2021

23 from 33 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospital) 2 shared trustees

Also active in the same field

Auden Place Community Nursery Similar size; both Education
Ovingdean Hall Foundation Similar size; both Education
Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Similar size; both Education
Rays of Hope Similar size; both Education
Little Oaks Nursery Leeds Ltd Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.corambeanstalk.org.uk
Email	admin@corambeanstalk.org.uk
Phone	020 7729 4087
Address	Coram, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

Finances

£763,455 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,232,838	£1,224,610
2022	£1,196,237	£1,001,647
2023	£1,228,682	£862,647
2024	£830,321	£832,130
2025	£763,455	£882,619

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICULARLY BY HELPING THEM OVERCOME READING DIFFICULTIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/02/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/10/2007 as amended on 21 Jan 2019 as amended on 21 Jan 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees

57median age

2aged 70+

Cassandra Anna Buchananage band 45-49 since 2025
Hanif Barmaage band 60-64 since 2020
Jill Patricia PAYage band 80-84 since 2013
James Robert Ashtonage band 50-54 since 2025
Philip Nelsonage band 60-64 since 2019
Saana Elizabeth Johanna Karkiage band 45-49 since 2018
Sharon Lambertage band 70-74 since 2023
Stefano Maifreniage band 50-54 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Coram Beanstalk · 02101719 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/02/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospital) 2 shared trustees

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