Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

RAINBOW SERVICES (HARLOW)

Providing services directly into the community which support, enable, and develop people and organisations
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£554£505£49£0£305£2696.42160
31/03/22£493£491£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£426£419£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£371£373£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£292£301£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£229£263£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£287£320£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£334£339£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£416£357£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£300£306£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£314£273£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£292£270£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£356£351£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£346£365£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£347£314£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£245£279£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£249£248£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£227£203£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£198£200£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£184£174£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

www.rainbowservices.org.uk

info@rainbowservices.org.uk

01279308150

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£360,242
Essex Community Foundation£78,358
Postcode Places Trust£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Rainbow Services (Harlow)
£5,000 01/02/2024
to deliver a Firebreak safety course and support a developmental Young People’s Community project for members of Rainbow Services Youth Programme
Postcode Places Trust - Millionaire Street 2023 12w2
£40,000 14/12/2023
Funding was used to support their Youth Project which works with young people who have disengaged from school.
Essex Community Foundation - Rainbow Services (Harlow)
£9,580 09/11/2023
to pay for the continued delivery of their Rainbow Family Contact Centre, which supports separated families with children across Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services (Harlow)
£1,940 02/03/2023
to support a monthly social group for Neurodivergent Adults in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services (Harlow)
£4,475 20/10/2022
to subsidise fully accessible social canal trips for older people to aid mental and general wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Rainbow Contact Centre
£9,250 19/08/2022
This project will see the group take over the running of the provision of a Child Contact Centre operating in Harlow. The project will take over form the current charity provider and offer a neutral meeting place where children of separated families ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services (Harlow)
£9,250 18/08/2022
to support the costs of a child contact centre in Harlow
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 05/08/2022
Community Builder
National Lottery Community Fund - Community builder
£350,992 15/07/2022
The project is using funding to support older and vulnerable people in Harlow Essex to engage in regular social activities. This funding will build on the projects previous activity to continue and increase their capacity to run activities that help ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services (Harlow)
£20,000 29/07/2021
to continue a woodworking workshop which provides Gateway qualifications for vulnerable young people in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services
£10,000 18/03/2021
to continue development of a digital inclusion project in Harlow for older and vulnerable people and promote participation by men and BAME groups to alleviate isolation and loneliness
Essex Community Foundation - Harlow Time Credits
£5,000 13/08/2020
towards the Harlow Time Credits scheme which encourages and supports volunteering in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services
£10,643 02/04/2020
to provide a response scheme to the Harlow community during the COVID19 pandemic
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services
£2,470 27/03/2020
to help continue a woodworking and mentoring workshop for young people at risk of anti-social behaviour and disengagement from education
Essex Community Foundation - Refurbishment of training room
£2,252 18/07/2019
12
To provide furniture and equipment for a refurbished training room available for use by the Harlow community
National Lottery Community Fund - Rainbow Youth Workshop
£10,000 23/05/2019
12
The organisation will use funding continue delivering a woodworking and mentoring workshop for young people displaying risky behaviours. The project aims to engage them in positive activities, raise their aspirations and improve their future life ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Builders - West Essex
£124,570 28/02/2019
19
The project runs a programme which is designed to enable older people to create and maintain weekly social and activity hubs, social events and outings. The project will use funding to extend their reach to the areas of North Uttlesford and Epping ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Recycling Workshop
£4,949 08/02/2019
12
To support the cost of employing a part-time assistant in a re-cycling workshop in Harlow for adult offenders and young people at risk
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services
£174,000 18/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a 'Community Builder' project providing a social hub for isolated, older people in West Essex
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rainbow Services Harlow
£174,000 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Community Builder' project, providing a social hub for isolated, older people in Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Rainbow Workshop - we are requesting funding to take the positive effects of our Workshop for offenders to young people disengaging from education and help them to learn new skills and positive behaviours through focused, mentored activity
£5,308 14/02/2018
12
To extend a recycling workshop project in Harlow to young people at risk of exclusion from school to increase their skills and life chances
Essex Community Foundation - Recycling Workshop
£4,000 08/02/2018
12
To purchase new machinery and equipment for use in a recycling workshop project for offenders undertaking community service in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Senior Safe & Social
£9,000 24/10/2017
15
To help continue a Senior Safe and Social project for elderly people in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - CSR Harlow
£35,000 21/02/2017
23
To fund a business engagement project in partnership with the Harlow Chamber of Commerce to broker support to the Harlow voluntary and community sector
National Lottery Community Fund - Senior Safe & Social
£183,313 23/03/2016
36
Following an 18 month successful pilot, the project will be rolled out to ten further locations to reduce loneliness and social isolation for older people living in and around Harlow. Through social hubs, a range of activities will be offered ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Rainbow Services (Harlow)
£27,500 27/01/2012
the salary of the Mobile Community Worker for the Outreach Bus Programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-72
  • ALAN BROOKING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: General Manager
  • CHRISTOPHER SPENCER GREENHILL Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Marketing & Communication Cons
  • FIONA MARY SINNOTT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing And Business Development Consultant
  • NISHALL GARALA BCAC Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Seo Content Writer
  • PAULA ROBINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/1999, number: 1077228
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/08/1999, number: 03826440
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 148 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FRESHWATERS CONTACT CENTRE on 05/05/2023
  • Asset transfer in from FRESHWATERS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP on 12/09/2024
Main office

The Rainbow Centre
2 Wych Elm
Harlow
Essex
CM20 1QP

Objectives

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF HARLOW AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARLOW AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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