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Coram Impact Report 2024/25

Coram is the UK's oldest children's charity, working across adoption, legal rights, literacy, advocacy and creative therapies. Their 2024/25 Impact Report records 198,447 direct beneficiaries, a landmark High Court ruling on school exclusions legal aid, a fifth consecutive Outstanding Ofsted rating for adoption services, and the 50th anniversary of Coram Voice.

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About

Adoption services, children's legal centre, school exclusions clinic, advocacy (Coram Voice), literacy through reading volunteers (Coram Beanstalk), creative therapies, international consultancy

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 198,447 direct beneficiaries; 641,082 children in schools; 127,542 professionals reached
Key Metric 2 70 children placed with adoptive families; 37% of newly approved adopters from diverse backgrounds
Key Metric 3 13,477 callers advised by Child Law Advice Service; 1.2 million users of the service online

Key Outcomes

  • Landmark High Court ruling opened pathway to legal aid for school exclusion cases, benefiting thousands of families
  • Coram Adoption awarded fifth consecutive Outstanding Ofsted rating; 50th anniversary of Coram Voice
  • 3 million online visits to Coram resources; Coram Institute for Children launched October 2025

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
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Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2
Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3
Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni