FOLKESTONE RAINBOW CENTRE

Registered charity 1096570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINBOW CENTRE

Supporting individuals and families in need through a crisis. Investing in the wellbeing of children in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£561k

Latest spending

£531k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £29,409 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £560,566 against total expenditure of £531,157. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were stable and sufficient, with cash at bank and in hand of £1,032,432, representing approximately three months of total monthly expenditure and around six months of expenditure from unrestricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% of income)

“Total Income 319,143 241,423 560,566” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £138k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)

“After allowing for liabilities of £17,628 the remaining balance stands at £138,013 which represents about three months of total monthly expenditure and around six months expenditure from unrestricted funds.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rainbow Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Total income

£561k

Total spending

£531k

Reserves (reported)

£138k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr PETER LE FEUVREchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Ada Foreman
Andrew Galloway Ferguson
DOROTHY DOUSE · trustee of 1 other charity
ELIZABETH JANE PETTERSEN · trustee of 3 other charities
Gareth Ian Webber · trustee of 3 other charities
Jeremy Colin Russell · trustee of 1 other charity
NICHOLAS JOHN BUCKLEY
Sharon Paine

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£561k	£531k
31/12/2023	£531k	£508k
31/12/2022	£653k	£419k
31/12/2021	£465k	£347k
31/12/2020	£349k	£318k

Common questions

Is FOLKESTONE RAINBOW CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £29,409 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £560,566 against total expenditure of £531,157. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were stable and sufficient, with cash at bank and in hand of £1,032,432, representing approximately three months of total monthly expenditure and around six months of expenditure from unrestricted funds. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FOLKESTONE RAINBOW CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOLKESTONE RAINBOW CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, FOLKESTONE MUNICIPAL CHARITY, THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2025	£25k	Core funding (Anna de Pulford valedictory grant)
FOLKESTONE MUNICIPAL CHARITY	FY2026	£20k	refurbishment project of the recently acquired Hamlet House
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£9k	Community Development
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£600	Community Development

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	08/12/2025	£40k	Millionaire Street 2025 12w5
UK government	24/05/2024	£71k	Transformation Fund
UK government	01/04/2023	£57k	Transformation Fund
UK government	01/04/2023	£64k	Transformation Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/09/2018	£10k	Folkestone Churches Winter Shelter