RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1070532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7284729 · Wikipedia

When serious illness affects a child, family life is turned upside down and time becomes more precious than ever. Rainbow Trust pairs each family with a dedicated expert Family Support Worker to help them face and make the most of each new day.

Objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PAIN AND SUFFERING AMONG CHRONICALLY OR TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN (2) TO RELIEVE DESPAIR AMONG THE FAMILIES OF CHRONICALLY OR TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN AND AMONG BEREAVED FAMILIES OF THOSE CHILDREN; AND (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY AMONG NURSES IN THE CARE OF SICK CHILDREN.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£5.3m

Latest spending

£5.3m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £119k for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income rising to £5.3 million. Unrestricted general reserves stood at £2.38 million, representing five months of operating costs, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy range of three to five months. The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 6

“This year, six employees had remuneration of more than £60,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to five months of operating costs (held: £2.4m)

“The trustees are satisfied that the general reserve target level of three to five months of operating costs is sufficient to cover the risks identified in the review.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 20

“The aggregate donations received from the Trustees in the year was £27,880 (2024: £163,104).” — page 42

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Rainbow Trust Trading Limited

“The charity has one wholly owned trading subsidiary, Rainbow Trust Trading Limited.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (FY2024) → 6 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

Volunteers: 252
Government income: £22,440 — grants £22,440 (1); under 1% of the £5,328,601 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

Volunteers: 300
Government income: £64,145 — grants £64,145 (2); 1% of the £4,906,273 total gross income on the same return
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

Volunteers: 200
Government income: £31,768 — grants £31,768 (1); under 1% of the £4,809,217 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: RAINBOW TRUST TRADING LIMITED Companies House 02361243
Registered company of the charity Companies House 03585123

RAINBOW TRUST TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £29k
Profit before tax: £26k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £26k
Creditors: amounts owed to group undertakings were £25,419 (2024: £33,863).

“Gift aid donation to parent entity”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rainbow Trust Children's Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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.

HUTTON, Mark John — director, appointed 27/01/2026on trustee list
MANCAIS, Penny, Dr — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
VAUGHAN, Laura Marie — director, appointed 02/11/2023on trustee list
SERMON, Charles Edward — director, appointed 25/01/2022on trustee list
SMITHSON, Jennifer — director, appointed 23/10/2019on trustee list
HONNOR, Andrew David — director, appointed 21/07/2016on trustee list
CUNNINGHAM, Mark Victor — director, appointed 20/01/2010on trustee list
STEELE, Jayne Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 25/01/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £13k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Rainbow Trust Children's Charity — Registered, 19 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/03/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£5.3m

Total spending

£5.3m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£2.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Rainbow Trust Offices at Church Farm: Good (09/12/2021) · CQC record
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity 7: Good (02/08/2018) · CQC record
Rainbow Trust Childrens Charity 1: Good (07/09/2023) · CQC record
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity 5: Good (08/03/2019) · CQC record
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity 3: Outstanding (15/08/2019) · CQC record
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity 6: Good (17/01/2020) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARK VICTOR CUNNINGHAMchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Honnor Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
Charles Edward Sermon
Dr Penny Mancais
Jennifer Smithson
Laura Vaughan
Mark Hutton

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£5.3m	£5.3m
30/06/2024	£4.9m	£4.9m
30/06/2023	£4.8m	£4.2m
30/06/2022	£5.3m	£3.7m
30/06/2021	£4.7m	£3.2m

Common questions

Is RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £119k for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income rising to £5.3 million. Unrestricted general reserves stood at £2.38 million, representing five months of operating costs, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy range of three to five months. The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE CHARIS TRUST, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, The Aurelia Foundation, PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

MARK VICTOR CUNNINGHAM — trustee here and at The Aurelia Foundation

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION	FY2022	Unverified read£6.6m	Operating costs of a new Care Team in Liverpool
THE CHARIS TRUST	FY2023	£1.3m	provide emotional suuport to help families
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£78k
The Aurelia Foundation	FY2025	£63k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	FY2024	£50k	Good Health and Well-Being
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2021	£50k
ONE FOOTSTEP	FY2025	£42k
ONE FOOTSTEP	FY2024	£42k
ONE FOOTSTEP	FY2021	£42k
THE INVESCO CARES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£42k	Charity of the year
THE INVESCO CARES FOUNDATION	FY2025	£41k	Grants to Charity of the Year
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£35k
The Aurelia Foundation	FY2024	Unverified read£33k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£30k	Grant paid to institution
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£25k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£20k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2021	£20k
THE INGRAM TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Grants paid during the year
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£16k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k
THE INGRAM TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE INGRAM TRUST	FY2022	£15k
THE INGRAM TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION	FY2022	£15k	Posts to support adults and children with a range of conditions
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
The Aurelia Foundation	FY2022	£10k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	FY2021	£10k
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£10k
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2024	£10k	Other grants
THE ANNABEL ARBIB FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k	Children’s welfare
THE ELSIE DAVIS TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2025	£10k
THE EARLEY CHARITY	FY2025	£5k	Applications
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
The Aurelia Foundation	FY2023	£5k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2023	£5k	Health
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2022	£5k
BROMLEY & DISTRICT REFORM SYNAGOGUE LIMITED	FY2021	£4k	Grants Made
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE CHARIS TRUST	FY2024	£3k	provide emotional support to help families
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Youth and Employment
THE ADFAL TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	10/02/2023	£5k	Grant to Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
Community Foundation North East	26/08/2021	£3k	A grant to Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/09/2014	£9k	Increasing services for families in neonatal units with an infant with
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/08/2012	£306k	Supporting Sibling Young Carers of Children
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/07/2012	£10k	increasing services - for teminally ill childrent/families
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/08/2007	£5k	People Carrier

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
YOUNG MANCHESTER	1	£61k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST	1	£4k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£2k
ST. JAMES TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

HARRYS RAINBOW income £420k
RAINBOWS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GB income £93k
RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (HANDFORTH) income £172k
RAINBOW EARLY YEARS income £189k
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
RAINBOW HOUSE GROUP income £553k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY	£5.3m	—	6	within	—	no doubt
HARRYS RAINBOW FY2025	£420k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
RAINBOWS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GB FY2025	£93k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (HANDFORTH) FY2026	£172k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW EARLY YEARS FY2025	£189k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£807k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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