RAINBOW STARS DISABILITY GROUP SLEAFORD

Registered charity 1186118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINBOW STARS

Rainbow Stars is a volunteer led Lincolnshire based support group for families with members with additional needs, specialising in, but not limited to, Autistic Spectrum Disorder. It operates via a Facebook group and also runs a Disability Hub in the Lincolnshire town of Sleaford. It organises play meets, days out and social events along with a program of events at the Hub

Objects

TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PARENTS, CAREERS AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH AUTISM AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS LIVING IN LINCOLNSHIRE, THROUGH ADVICE, ADVOCACY, AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CARE FOR SUCH CHILDREN LIVING IN LINCOLNSHIRE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES.

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 · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves increased to £28,275, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £12,000 per year (twelve months' gross operating costs). The charity reports no long-term investments and holds its cash reserves in a deposit account.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sandra Jane Peckchair
• ALAN THOMAS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Adrian Peck
• Ann-Marie Watson
• Hannah Owen
• SAMANTHA BRYANT · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tara Ward

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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Government & lottery funding

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