RAINBOW CORNER DAY NURSERY

Registered charity 1041396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide care & education for children aged 0-5yrs with wrap around care to children over 5yrs-8yrs. In a warm friendly family environment so parents can work-rest or play. We provide training for staff and help parents to be a part of their childrens care & education with us.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY (SEE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£712k

Latest spending

£653k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £255,156 from £196,830 in the prior year, reflecting a net incoming resource of £58,326 against total expenditure of £653,267. The trustees report highlights financial pressures from minimum wage increases and government funding changes, noting that fee increases may be necessary to maintain viability. Despite these challenges, the charity remains in a strong financial position with significant unrestricted reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Committee will continue to monitor the budget and forecasts very closely over the coming months and it may be necessary for further increases in September particularly when the final phase of funding comes into force.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rainbow Corner Day Nursery (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£712k

Total spending

£653k

Cost of raising funds

£430

Reserves (reported)

£255k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Belinda O'Dellchair
Bruce Thompson
Deborah Hemmins
Emily Darlington
Gillian Morris
Isla Woodcock
Rebecca Spicer
Sandra Hope
Sara Sheppard
TIM ANDERS
TIM JONES · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£712k	£653k
31/12/2023	£596k	£594k
31/12/2022	£569k	£557k
31/12/2021	£533k	£521k
31/12/2020	£434k	£437k

Common questions

Is RAINBOW CORNER DAY NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £255,156 from £196,830 in the prior year, reflecting a net incoming resource of £58,326 against total expenditure of £653,267. The trustees report highlights financial pressures from minimum wage increases and government funding changes, noting that fee increases may be necessary to maintain viability. Despite these challenges, the charity remains in a strong financial position with significant unrestricted reserves. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/11/2010	£2k	Welcoming Wonderful Wildlife Into Our Nursery Garden

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY.

RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
RAINBOW CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED income £432k
ST AGNES DAY NURSERY income £232k
RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (WALLINGFORD) income £295k
ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY TRUST income £1.1m
THE RAINBOW CENTRE (MARHAM) income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RAINBOW CORNER DAY NURSERY	£712k	—	unclear	—	noted
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£807k	—	below	—	no doubt
RAINBOW CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED FY2025	£432k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST AGNES DAY NURSERY FY2025	£232k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (WALLINGFORD) FY2025	£295k	—	below	—	no doubt
ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.