COPE CHILDRENS TRUST
Registered charity 1014051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINBOWS, RAINBOWS CHILDRENS HOSPICE
Rainbows Hospice for Children & Young People is a purpose built 14 bedded unit in Loughborough, Leics serving life threatened & life limited children, young people & their families in the East Midlands & South Yorkshire. We aim to provide the highest quality of family centred care. We provide a research based, holistic approach to respite & terminal care, symptom control & bereavement support.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income grew by 10.7% to £10,569,258, while total expenditure increased by 20.7% to £10,987,065, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this operational loss, the charity maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £9,331,023, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £3,843,400. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 33.1% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Expenditure on fundraising activities has increased to £3,503,000 from £2,784,000 in the previous year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £3,843,400 (held: £9.3m)
“The Trustees consider the level of required reserves to be £3,843,400 (2024 - £3,543,100)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jane Burns — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Julie Taylor — Director of Clinical Operations (source)
- Julia Bates — Director of People (source)
- Josie Lee — Director of Finance (source)
- Sally Benton — Director of Income Generation & Marketing (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SCARLE, David — director, appointed 19/09/2025on trustee list
- LINGARD, Jason Robert — director, appointed 19/09/2025on trustee list
- HALSE, Jennifer Louise — director, appointed 13/03/2025on trustee list
- BHALLA, Ruchira, Dr — director, appointed 14/12/2023on trustee list
- WALSH, Daniel — director, appointed 21/09/2023on trustee list
- RIETVELD, Lotte Imke Dorien — director, appointed 23/02/2023on trustee list
- BARRY, Peter Walter, Dr — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
- BROWNING, Angela Jane — director, appointed 08/08/2018on trustee list
- STOTHARD, Paul Robert — director, appointed 14/12/2017on trustee list
- KATARIA, Chandrakant — director, appointed 27/09/2017not on trustee list
- KARAVADRA, Vipal Laxman — director, appointed 27/09/2017on trustee list
- SHARMA, Vijay — director, appointed 27/09/2017on trustee list
- LEE, Josephine Claire — secretary, appointed 29/04/2024
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £418k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Cope Children's Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 02/06/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£3.5m
Reported reserves equal ~9.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- PAUL STOTHARDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- ANGELA BROWNING
- DANIEL WALSH
- David Scarle
- Dr Peter Walter Barry
- Dr Ruchira Bhalla
- Emma Louise Radley · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jason Robert Lingard
- Jennifer Louise Halse
- Lotte Imke Dorien Rietveld
- Louis Peter Requena · trustee of 1 other charity
- Robert John Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ruth Ingman
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Nottinghamshire · Rutland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COPE CHILDRENS TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income grew by 10.7% to £10,569,258, while total expenditure increased by 20.7% to £10,987,065, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this operational loss, the charity maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £9,331,023, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £3,843,400. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds COPE CHILDRENS TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COPE CHILDRENS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION, THE HARAMEAD TRUST, Mercer Family Charitable Foundation, THE DROMINTEE TRUST.
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