RAINBOW CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED

Registered charity 1078643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides full and sessional day care for children aged 4 months to preschoolers. Provides holiday club child care for children 4 to 6 years old.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A NURSERY BUT ALSO OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS

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.

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Latest income
£432k
Latest spending
£380k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £52,223 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. Free reserves stood at £73,750, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £63,000 (two months of operating expenditure). The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of operating expenditure, amounting to approximately £63,000 (held: £74k)
“It is the intention of the Trustees to build up a level of reserves to enable the charitable Company to meet operating expenditure for 2 months, amounting to approximately £63,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£432k£380k
31/08/2024£350k£375k
31/08/2023£347k£347k
31/08/2022£353k£352k
31/08/2021£313k£310k

Common questions

Is RAINBOW CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £52,223 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a deficit in the prior year. Free reserves stood at £73,750, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £63,000 (two months of operating expenditure). The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2008£8kChildrens Physical Play Facility

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RAINBOW CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED£432k—0above—no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£807k—0below—no doubt
RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (HANDFORTH) FY2025£172k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RAINBOW CENTRE (MARHAM) FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (WALLINGFORD) FY2025£295k—0below—no doubt
RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL & EXTENDED SERVICES FY2025£1.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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