Overall GiG Score: -4 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4

    RAINBOW CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRE 

    The Charity�s objects (�Objects�) are to:- (1) Enhance the development and education of children under the age of fourteen years by: (i) offering appropriate play facilities, providing a comfortable and safe learning environment, so that children will develop their potential naturally and normally, and ensuring that the Charity offers opportunities for all children regardless of religion, culture, race or means; (ii) offering appropriate professional childcare facilities creating opportunities to enable children and parents who are experiencing social exclusion as a result of deprivation, disadvantage or disability to access education, training or employment. (iii) advancing the education and training of persons in the provision of such care, recreational and educational facilities and establishing and maintaining standards of excellence in playgroup practice. (2) Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Galliagh and its environs (the �area of benefit�) without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, or political, religious or other opinion by associating with the statutory authorities, voluntary and community organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to: (i) promote community development by providing facilities for community and voluntary groups and organisations; (ii) provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said residents; (iii) relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage; (iv) advance education, health and well-being; (v) promote good community relations and social cohesion, racial harmony and equality and diversity.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • Income has been volatile recently
    Established: 8 years

    rainbowcfc@btinternet.com

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Year end 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/23
    Income £373,744 £553,292 £387,261 £418,891 £641,387
    Spending £337,535 £383,859 £409,826 £366,961 £530,507
    Surplus/deficit £36,209 £169,433 -£22,565 £51,930 £110,880
    What it does
    • The prevention or relief of poverty, The advancement of education, The advancement of health or the saving of lives, The advancement of citizenship or community development, Other charitable purposes
    Who works here?
    • 28 employees
    • 12 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Adult training, Children (5-13 year olds), Community safety/crime prevention, Men, Mental health, Older people, Parents, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Specific areas of deprivation, Unemployed/low income, Volunteers, Women, Youth (14-25 year olds)
    How it operates
    • Community development, Education/training, Playgroup/after schools, Sport/recreation, Volunteer development, Youth development
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland£9,000
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland£5,500
    CAF£3,000
    BBC Children in Need£3,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    CAF - Grant to Rainbow Child and family Centre
    £3,000 08/07/2020
    3
    Grant to Rainbow Child and family Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rainbow Child and Family Centre Ltd
    £3,000 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund facilitators, manager costs, equipment and activity packs to provide fun socially distanced opportunities to small groups of children living in an area of multiple ....more
    Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland - Response to Covid19
    £9,000 27/04/2020
    5
    towards costs for distribution of activity and food packs to vulnerable families and older residents
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Rainbows Res ponce to the Corvid-19
    £5,500 13/04/2020
    Rainbows Res ponce to the Covid-19
    Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
    £150,000 05/10/2018
    Outdoor community recreational space. Including pleasant seating/meeting area for all ages to use, outdoor classroom, ball games area, playzone, imaginative area and a growing/allotment space. This ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rainbow Child and Family Centre Ltd
    £76,080 27/06/2018
    36
    This peer mentoring and youth woth project provides a range of physical play and drop in opportunities for children living in an area of multiple deprivation, promoting healthy lifestyle choices and ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 03/11/2015, number: NIC103745
    Main office

    Rainbow Child & Family Centre, 104 Bracken Park, Londonderry, BT48 8AZ

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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