What CoramBAAF does

CoramBAAF (legally Coram Academy Ltd) is the UK's leading membership organisation for children's social-care professionals working in adoption, fostering and kinship care. Operating as a registered charity (No. 312278) and company limited by guarantee (no. 9697712) within the Coram Group, the organisation serves more than 300 member organisations — including local authorities, NHS trusts, voluntary adoption agencies and fostering agencies across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales — alongside individual practitioner members, foster carers, adopters and kinship carers.

Its core product surface spans four interlocking lines: (i) a tiered membership programme (organisational and individual) that unlocks journal access, free events and training discounts; (ii) a training and events programme — including open courses, commissioned (bespoke) training, conferences, webinars and free member events — reaching more than 4,500 professionals annually; (iii) a publication business built around the Adoption & Fostering academic journal (continuous since 1977), 125+ bookshop titles covering Practice Notes, the Parenting Matters and Nutmeg children's series, and a digital book subscription scheme via the eBookstore; and (iv) jurisdictional forms licensing (CPR, Form F, Form K, ASP) maintained separately for each UK nation and used as the standardised assessment documents across the sector. Adjacent services include consultancy, advisory committees, practice forums and the CoramBAAF Conversations podcast.

Revenue is generated across three streams: recurring membership subscriptions; one-time book and publication sales (including the new digital subscription scheme); and fees-for-service from open and commissioned training and events. Pricing on open training courses ranges from £144 to £264 (incl. VAT) depending on member status. The technology stack is non-existent — CoramBAAF does not sell software and core technology is 'not applicable'; delivery runs on standard e-commerce (bookshop/eBookstore), a members' portal, Zoom-based training and in-person delivery at the Coram Campus in London. Forward signals include a March 2026 partnership with the Archives and Records Association to build a records-access platform for adopted and care-experienced people, plus deeper integration into England's National Adoption Strategy via Adoption England.

Name

CoramBAAF

Legal name

Coram Academy Ltd

Website

https://corambaaf.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CoramBAAF is the UK's leading membership organisation for adoption, fostering and kinship-care professionals, serving 300+ member organisations and 4,500+ trainees annually through membership, publications, training, and licensed assessment forms.

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Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: CoramBAAF operates as a membership organisation offering organisational membership (associate and full) and individual membership (standard and student). Members receive access to resources, publications, free events, and discounts on training courses and books.
2. Book and publication sales: Sale of books, practice guides, children's books, training materials, and eBooks through the CoramBAAF bookshop. Publications cover topics including adoption, fostering, kinship care, assessment guides, and practice notes for professionals and carers.
3. Training and events: Revenue from open training courses, commissioned training for organisations, and paid events. Training covers adoption, fostering, kinship care, panel processes, and other children's social care topics. Pricing varies by membership status.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CoramBAAF is the UK's leading membership organisation for professionals working in adoption, fostering and kinship care. It sells organisational and individual memberships, delivers specialist training courses and conferences, publishes an extensive catalogue of over 125 books and the Adoption & Fostering academic journal, licenses standardised assessment forms, and runs advisory committees and practice forums that connect practitioners across the four UK nations.

Product overview

CoramBAAF is the UK's leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care. The organisation operates as a unified platform offering membership services combined with an extensive product portfolio including the CoramBAAF Training & Events Programme (reaching 4,500+ professionals annually), the CoramBAAF Bookshop & eBookstore (125+ titles), the Adoption & Fostering academic journal, the CoramBAAF Conversations podcast series, and licensed assessment forms (CPR, Form F, Form K, ASP). Additional offerings include Practice Notes, the Parenting Matters book series, the Nutmeg children's book series, Good Practice Guides, and networking/advisory committees. Products serve social workers, practitioners, adopters, foster carers, kinship carers, and organisations across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Adoption & Fostering Journal: Academic journal covering adoption, fostering and kinship care research and practice
• CoramBAAF Conversations
• CoramBAAF Bookshop
• Parenting Matters Series
• Nutmeg Series
• Dennis Duckling Series

Products and services

• CoramBAAF Membership Programme

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Archives and Records Association (ARA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026Partnership to make it easier for adopted and care-experienced people to find and access records relating to their adoption and time in care. CoramBAAF and ARA announced the partnership on March 9, 2026, to create a new platform for record access.
• New Family SocialcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHost of LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week, bringing together adoption and fostering agencies from across the UK with LGBTQ+ potential applicants. New Family Social is the UK's peer support charity for LGBTQ+ adopters, foster carers, and special guardians.
• British Association of Social WorkersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership in delivering the 'Shades of Bias' training exploring discrimination, oppression and racism in social work. Partners in professional development for social workers.
• University of ExetercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored guidance on support planning for kinship families with CoramBAAF. Research was co-produced with the university, kinship organisations and kinship carers.
• KinshipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored guidance on support planning for kinship families. Network of kinship carers supported the research project throughout.
• Racial Justice Family WorkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with British Association of Social Workers and CoramBAAF for 'Shades of Bias' training exploring discrimination and racism in social work.
• Adoption UKcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAdoption UK's Adoption Barometer is the UK's only annual stocktake of the impact of policy and practice on adoptees and adoptive families. CoramBAAF hosts learning events presenting Barometer findings.
• Adoption EnglandcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoramBAAF delivers diversity webinars on behalf of Adoption England, exploring promising practice in adoption work in relation to issues of diversity as part of the National Adoption Strategy.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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