Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE RAINBOW CENTRE FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION LTD

Centre provides conductive education for people with motor disorders - mainly those who have cerebral palsey but also now offering support for adults affected by strokes or Parkinsons.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/08/23		£835	£1,049	£-215	£371	£1,134	£996	11.4	28	40
31/08/22		£960	£788	£172	£250	£1,349	£1,124	17.1	25	41
31/08/21		£727	£681	£46	£86	£1,177	£1,138	20.1	33	41
31/08/20		£786	£653	£133	£207	£1,130	£1,100	20.2	27	41
31/08/19?		£926	£1,045	£-120	£338	£997	£959	11	31	41
30/06/18	*	£839	£876	£-37	£283	£1,117	£1,010	13.8	27	0
30/06/17		£913	£813	£100	£310	£1,154	£1,078	15.9	28	0
30/06/16		£704	£790	£-86	£247	£1,059	£63	1	22	0
30/06/15		£758	£678	£80	£259	£1,136	£1,108	19.6	20	0
30/06/14		£728	£646	£81	£234	£1,055	£1,011	18.8	18	0
30/06/13		£543	£605	£-62	£267	£974	£947	18.8	18	0
30/06/12		£513	£627	£-114	£212	£1,036	£1,015	19.4	18	0
30/06/11		£604	£556	£48	£179	£1,150	£1,150	24.8	19	0
30/06/10		£563	£579	£-16	£182	£1,102	£1,086	22.5	19	0
30/06/09		£548	£526	£22	£143	£1,119	£1,073	24.5	19	0
30/06/08		£586	£541	£45	£104	£1,097	£1,076	23.9	18	0
30/06/07		£430	£426	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/06		£751	£335	£416	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/05		£738	£203	£536	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/04	*	£267	£216	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 70%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 11.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 22 years

www.rainbowcentre.org

inigoc@rainbowcentre.org

01329289500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hampshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£50,000
DCMS	£37,458
BBC Children in Need	£32,876
National Lottery Community Fund	£27,040

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Families Living With Disability
£27,040	27/01/2023	This grant will be used to provide mental health support for parents whose children have a neurological condition. A range of drop-ins will be available for individuals to access immediate advice and intervention primarily around mental health.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rainbow Centre For Conductive Education
£500	20/10/2022 0	‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Rainbow Centre - 04/02/22
£1,250	22/02/2022	Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	03/12/2021	Conductive Education for children and adults with neurological disabilities
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,458	29/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	19/06/2020	Conductive Education at The Rainbow Centre
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rainbow Centre For Conductive Education
£2,406	17/06/2020	COVID19 - This grant will fund additional computer software and hardware to provide online support to disabled children and young people isolated due to Covid-19. Young people will feel less isolated.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rainbow Centre For Conductive Education
£29,970	28/05/2020 36	This project will deliver term-time weekly Saturday club sessions for disabled children and young people with a range of complex needs. The sessions will increase their mobility, develop better communication skills and improve their confidence.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Rainbow Centre
£5,718	15/11/2019	We want to run day trips for the children, giving them amazing experiences that they might not get otherwise.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education
£6,528	19/11/2018	The Rainbow Centre need four All-in-one Eye Gaze Touch PCs, to give children and adults we support a voice and the ability to communicate.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Rainbow Centre
£40,000	07/12/2017	Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education
£4,406	04/08/2017	We need communication aids such as PCs to help children with cerebral palsy develop language skills, make friends and express their needs.
Dunhill Medical Trust - Staffing Grant
£59,243	03/03/2017 36	Staffing costs to support the expansion of the services for adults affected by long-term neurological conditions
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education
£90,000	09/06/2016 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing conductive education to children with cerebral palsy and disabled adults across south-east England

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-81

IAIN GRANT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee

JOANNA LOUISE SYVRET Appointed: 2020, Occupation: N/A

JOHN ROBERT NATT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

KEVIN BRISCOE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee

MATTHEW TAYLOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant / Company Director

PAUL DAVID SAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor

SUSAN MARIE BAYFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Councillor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2003, number: 1096603
Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2002, number: 04465743

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
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; AR18: 2 days late, AR04: 11 days late,

Main office

THE BRADBURY BUILDING
PALMERSTON DRIVE
FAREHAM
HAMPSHIRE
PO14 1BJ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION OF CARE, TREATMENT AND ASSISTANCE OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH MOTOR DISORDERS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO ENABLE THEM TO BENEFIT FROM CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION TECHNIQUES BY ANDRAS PETO

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

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