HARRYS RAINBOW

Registered charity 1194917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Harry's Rainbow support children, young people and young adults 0-25 years, bereaved of a parent or sibling. We provide resources, books, memory boxes, therapeutic mentoring, a range of facilitated groups activities and trips and short breaks.

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE (UP TO THE AGE OF 25 YEARS) AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN BEREAVED THROUGH THE LOSS OF A PARENT OR SIBLING BY:3.1 PROVIDING MENTORING, EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING SUPPORT AND ADVICE THROUGH FACILITATED INTERNAL AND PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT GROUPS, PROVISION OF BOOKS, RESOURCES AND VIA OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;3.2 PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND REDUCE THE ISOLATION FELT DURING BEREAVEMENT BY FACILITATING CONTACT WITH OTHER CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES;3.3 RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT COPING WITH BEREAVEMENT;3.4 THE OBJECTS SHALL FOCUS ON, BUT ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO, BENEFICIARIES IN MILTON KEYNES.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £11,993 for the year, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £108,383. The trustees state an intention to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to three months of operating expenditure to ensure financial stability and support cashflow. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters requiring attention.

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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• A Greener Padbury — “On a bright, chilly Saturday, some of our beneficiary families had a wonderful time connecting with nature at a Go Wild in the Woods session…” (source page)
• Personal Group — “Personal Group kindly donated £10,000 for a project to support our young people.” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carolyn Washington
• Jane T Leggatt
• Mark Jenkins
• Michael Paul Hewitt
• Nicole Marie Dunn
• Paul Swales
• Samuel Ancliff

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• COPE CHILDRENS TRUST income £10.6m
• HARRY'S PALS income £132k
• RAINBOW CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED income £432k
• Child Bereavement UK income £2.7m
• RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (HANDFORTH) income £172k
• RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k

Side by side with its peers

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