RAINBOW HOME NORTH

Registered charity 1173782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINBOW HOME (NORTH EAST ENGLAND)

We work with LGBTQ plus people seeking asylum and those who have been granted leave to remain but are unsettled. Based in Newcastle, we cover the North East region. We provide social opportunities where members can meet safely and enjoy each other's company. We work one-to-one with each member helping to provide detailed case information.

Objects

TO PROVIDE RELIEF, ASSISTANCE AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION TO THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM; THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND ANY OTHER MIGRANTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS, AND IN PARTICULAR SUCH OF THOSE SAID PERSONS WHO IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL OR TRANSGENDER, BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THIS PURPOSE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" REFERS TO “THOSE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: ILL-HEALTH; DISABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; RACE; NATIONALITY OR ETHNIC ORIGIN; LANGUAGE; GENDER; SEXUALITY; POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; BEING WITHIN OR HAVING EXPERIENCE OF THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM, DETENTION OR PRISON).

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

Causes: Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £76,538, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining free reserves equivalent to at least eight months of working expenditure. The trustees report that the charity is dependent on grant funding and is currently expanding reserves above planned amounts to mitigate the risk of funding ceasing.

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rainbow Home North (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Douglas Rhodeschair
• Dr Jinrui Pan
• JACQUELINE JOBSON
• Jeannie Fraser
• Patrick Ngabonziza
• Shervin Khademi Nouri

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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