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Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospital)

Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Formerly Foundling Hospital) is a registered charity (number 312278) based in London, governed by 17 trustees and chaired by Sir Ivor Crewe since 2024. Latest income £28m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Coram (Charity Commission)

  • 17 trustees
  • Income £28m (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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 2 more
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.coram.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£28m£28m
  • 2024£26m£25m
  • 2023£22m£22m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£21m
  • 2021£21m£20m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 32% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

37 grants · £6,769,930 total

360Giving 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

  • Pears Foundation · £2,779,902 (10 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,394,777 (3 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £410,600 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £321,090 (3 grants)
  • Home Office · £279,755 (4 grants)

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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.

17 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
312278
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER DATED 17TH OCTOBER 1739 AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT OF 1740, 1885 AND 1936.
Contact on the register
02075200300 · caitlin.kennedy@coram.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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