RAINBOWS4CHILDREN (UK) TRUST

Registered charity 1116387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sponsorship of disadvantaged students in Ethiopia.Construction of the Nicolas Robinson School in Mekele, Ethiopia. Provision of books and equipment for the School. Construction and operation of a pilot technical training centre: Nicolas College.During the on-going civil war in the country, providing humanitarian support to staff, students and their families.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SUFFERING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) ETHIOPIA (THE "REGION") THROUGH THE SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF AID FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PROJECTS RELATING TO HEALTHCARE (INCLUDING THE EQUIPPING OF HEALTH FACILITIES SUCH AS HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS), AND SELF-HELP PROJECTS SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES (SUCH AS SECURING WATER SUPPLIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS), BUT EXCLUDING SUPPORT FOR ANY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OR PROJECTS WHICH ARE OF A PURELY POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR PACIFIST NATURE;2) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE REGION IN PARTICULAR THROUGH PROJECTS SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, AND THE PROVISION OF TEACHING AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;3) TO RELIEF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG BENEFICIARIES IN THE REGION, BY PROVIDING OR PROCURING, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE WELFARE AND HEALTH OF BENEFICIARIES, WHO BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE IN NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE.

Area of benefit: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) ETHIOPIA

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sutton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£120k

Latest spending

£163k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £493,768, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover one year's running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or the keeping of accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one years’ running cost of the school (reserves figure: £494k)

“As a small charity, the policy agreed by the trustees is to keep the equivalent of one years’ running cost of the school available (in the bank accounts) at all times”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“If peace is not sustained in the region, there is a danger that donors lose confidence in the use of their funds, and it becomes difficult to fundraise and/or maintain the running of the school.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Max Robinsonchair
Alison Henderson
George David Potts
Kathryn Warburton Robinson
Philip Raymond Stockbridge
Walter Brown

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

Operates in: Ethiopia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£120k	£163k
31/12/2024	£150k	£120k
31/12/2023	£172k	£20k
31/12/2022	£134k	£39k
31/12/2021	£154k	£40k

Common questions

Is RAINBOWS4CHILDREN (UK) TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £493,768, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover one year's running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or the keeping of accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 LORD COCKFIELD MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£35k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	1	£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST	1	£7k
COVENANT LIFE CHURCH LEICESTER	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS LIGHTWATER	1	£3k
GREEN STREET GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AUGUSTINE'S WITH ST LUKE’S , BROMLEY COMMON	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

RAINBOW TRUST AFRICA income £247k
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £111k
PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD income £175k
EDUCATION EAST AFRICA income £54k
THE RAHELI TRUST income £47k
NSUMBI TRUST income £79k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RAINBOWS4CHILDREN (UK) TRUST	£120k	—	unclear	—	noted
RAINBOW TRUST AFRICA FY2025	£247k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD FY2025	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EDUCATION EAST AFRICA FY2025	£54k	£18,500	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAHELI TRUST FY2025	£47k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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