MICRO RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1169868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MRIF

The promotion of: - social inclusion amongst LGBTI people by preventing them from becoming socially excluded and relieving the needs of those who are- equality and diversity by the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status;and advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BYA) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR INTERSEX STATUS;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; ANDC) CONDUCTING AND COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES IN RELATION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) PEOPLE AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC.2) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST LGBTI PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING LGBTI PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, DUE TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR INTERSEX STATUS.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£366k
Latest spending
£477k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £110,888 for the year, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £801,714 to £690,826. Free reserves stood at £469,493, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of covering three months of running costs. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of running cost (held: £469k)
“The trustees agreed to build reserves to cover three months of running cost. At 31 December 2025 the free reserves of the charity amounted to £469,493” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Micro Rainbow CIC for services
“During the year to 31 December 2025, the charity paid for services amounting to £62,302. (2024 £31,712) to Micro Rainbow CIC, a Community Interest Company (Company Registration Number 08098816) of which one of the directors, Sebastian Rocca, is also a trustee of Micro Rainbow International Foundation.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Micro Rainbow International Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£671k
Total spending
£276k
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£338k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~14.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Brazil · Cambodia · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£366k£477k
31/12/2024£671k£276k
31/12/2023£249k£188k
31/12/2022£275k£132k
31/12/2021£283k£176k

Common questions

Is MICRO RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net loss of £110,888 for the year, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £801,714 to £690,826. Free reserves stood at £469,493, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of covering three months of running costs. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MICRO RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MICRO RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include SMALLWOOD TRUST, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2025£18k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kCommunity project for LGBTQ+ and migrant communities

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 CHORUS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MICRO RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION£366k——above—no doubt
RAINBOW CHORUS FY2025£62k—0above—no doubt
RAINBOW MIGRATION FY2025£988k—0unclear—no doubt
RAINBOW SURPRISE CIO FY2025£322k—0above—no doubt
MAKING MIRACLES FY2025£301k—0unclear—no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITIES CIO FY2025£61k—0above—no doubt

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