THE RAINBOW CENTRE SRI LANKA

Registered charity 1114933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINBOW CENTRE

The Charity funds the activities of the Rainbow Centre in Sri Lanka. The Rainbow Centre provides daily care, education, healthcare and food to up to 160 children from deprived families.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS, SICKNESS AND SUFFERING; THE PROVISION OF SHELTER, CARE, CLOTHING AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND TREATMENT; THE PROVISION OF AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS; PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SRI LANKA.

Area of benefit: SRI LANKA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£124k

Latest spending

£282k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £510,811, which the trustees state is in line with their policy of holding one to three years' operating expenditure. However, the accounts note that the Rainbow Centre in Sri Lanka, which receives the majority of the charity's funds, would cease operations without this funding, indicating a significant dependency on the charity's continued financial support.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: typically to hold between one and three years’ operating expenditure in reserves (reserves figure: £511k)

“The charity's policy is typically to hold between one and three years’ operating expenditure in reserves.” — page 7

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity represents the principal source of funding of the Rainbow Centre in Sri Lanka and the operations of the Rainbow Centre would cease without this funding.” — page 6

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/03/2026

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON DUNHAM NADEL NAGLEchair
ALASDAIR GORDON NAGLE
Ajanta Hilton

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£124k	£282k
31/03/2025	£58k	£230k
31/03/2024	£80k	£208k
31/03/2023	£99k	£103k
31/03/2022	£77k	£140k

Common questions

Is THE RAINBOW CENTRE SRI LANKA financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £510,811, which the trustees state is in line with their policy of holding one to three years' operating expenditure. However, the accounts note that the Rainbow Centre in Sri Lanka, which receives the majority of the charity's funds, would cease operations without this funding, indicating a significant dependency on the charity's continued financial support. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE RAINBOW CENTRE SRI LANKA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RAINBOW CENTRE SRI LANKA as a grant recipient include THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	FY2021	£3k	Furnished a classroom block

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
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£1.3m
ONE FOOTSTEP	1	£127k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£105k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£90k
THE INVESCO CARES FOUNDATION	1	£83k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£81k
The Aurelia Foundation	1	£78k
THE INGRAM TRUST	1	£65k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY.

RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £5.3m
EXTRA COVER SRI LANKA income £95k
HARRYS RAINBOW income £420k
THE RAINBOW FOUNDATION, WREXHAM income £2.0m
SERENDIP CHILDREN'S HOME income £167k
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
THE RAINBOW CENTRE SRI LANKA	£124k	—	0	above	—	noted
RAINBOW TRUST CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025	£5.3m	—	6	within	—	no doubt
EXTRA COVER SRI LANKA FY2025	£95k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HARRYS RAINBOW FY2025	£420k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE RAINBOW FOUNDATION, WREXHAM FY2025	£2.0m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	within	—	no doubt
SERENDIP CHILDREN'S HOME FY2025	£167k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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