RAINBOW SURPRISE CIO

Registered charity 1165007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of recreational & leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare,designed to improve their conditions of life, Providing support & activities which develop their skills, capacities & capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature & responsible individuals.The relief of those in need,by reason age,ill-health,disability, financial hardship or other.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: · THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;· PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.(C) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £16,242 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £322,380 and total expenditure of £306,138. The trustees confirm that free unrestricted reserves stood at £113,781, which is above their stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.” (source page)
• Our Manchester Voluntary & Community Sector Fund — “Funded by Our Manchester Voluntary & Community Sector Fund.” (source page)
• National Community Fund — “Lottery funded via the National Community Fund.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SHAKAR HUSSAINchair
• Dr Sayed Aisha Batool Malik
• Joanne Carroll
• Noel John Hulse
• sugra akbar · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bury · Manchester City · Salford City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• RAINBOW LIVING SW income £313k
• RAINBOW COMMUNITIES CIO income £61k
• RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
• RAINBOW MIGRATION income £988k
• RAINBOW CHORUS income £62k
• RAINBOWS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GB income £93k

Side by side with its peers

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