ROSIE'S RAINBOW FUND

Registered charity 1105243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing music therapy and expression through music, art and play for sick or disabled children and teenagers in hospital, school or wherever needed. To support sick or disabled children, young people and their families providing special requirements as necessary to alleviate the trauma, stress and suffering of the whole family unit.

Objects

IN FURTHERING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE NEW JOHN RADCLIFFE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN OXFORDSHIRE FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) PROVIDING BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING TO PARENTS AND SIBLINGS DURING A CHILD'S STAY IN HOSPITAL.2) FURNISHING AND MAINTAINING A PARENTS' ROOM ON THE RESPIRATORY WARD.3) PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES BOTH IN HOSPITAL OR AT HOME; AND4) PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE INTO CHILDHOOD DISEASES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC DISEASES.

Area of benefit: OXFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Windsor and Maidenhead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £23,288 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing to £116,024. Per the trustees' report, the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under the Charities Act 2011, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

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.

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 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 22/05/2024, 52 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rosie's Rainbow Fund (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£76k£84k
31/05/2024£64k£103k
31/05/2023£86k£82k
31/05/2022£40k£59k
31/05/2021£52k£40k

Common questions

Is ROSIE'S RAINBOW FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £23,288 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing to £116,024. Per the trustees' report, the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under the Charities Act 2011, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ROSIE'S RAINBOW FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROSIE'S RAINBOW FUND as a grant recipient include THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2026£20kMaking music: Supporting sick children and their families
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2011£10kMusic Therapy for Seriously Ill Children, Stoke Mandeville Hospital

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAINBOW'S END (ROSELAND).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROSIE'S RAINBOW FUND£76k—0unclear—no doubt
RAINBOW'S END (ROSELAND) FY2025£73k—0below—no doubt
KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY FY2025£276k—0unclear—no doubt
RAINBOW CHORUS FY2025£62k—0above—no doubt
RAINBOW LIVING SW FY2026£313k—0unclear—no doubt
RAINBOW SURPRISE CIO FY2025£322k—0above—no doubt

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