The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospital)

Registered charity 312278 Registered since 1966

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

17 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (12)

12
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 17General Charitable Purposes 16The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Economic/community Development/employment 2Other Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 17Other services 6Professional services 5

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£27.6m latest income
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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

499 from 438 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.
38%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.coram.org.uk
Emailcaitlin.kennedy@coram.org.uk
Phone02075200300
AddressCoram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

Finances

£27,577,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£20,867,579£20,053,667
2022£21,239,218£20,718,535
2023£21,784,647£21,691,123
2024£25,585,000£25,053,000
2025£27,577,000£27,643,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(A) THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND CONDUCT OF DAY NURSERIES NURSERY SCHOOLS OPEN SPACES AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS AND FACILITIES FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN NEED THEREOF (B) ANY OBJECTS INCIDENT OR CONTRIBUTORY TO THE WELFARE OF A CHILD OR THE MAINTENANCE OF ITS MOTHER DURING SUCH PERIOD PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD AS THE CORPORATION MAY CONSIDER EXPEDIENT IF THE MOTHER HAS NO SUFFICIENT MEANS OF MAINTAINING HERSELF AND HER CHILD OR NO SUFFICIENT MEANS OF ENSURING THE WELFARE OF THE CHILD.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 17TH OCTOBER 1739 AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT OF 1740, 1885 AND 1936.

Trustees (17)

17trustees
60median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (11)

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