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Cope Childrens Trust

4. Objects4.1. The Charity's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to promoting the relief of illness and suffering for young persons by the provision of palliative care and in such ways as the Charity shall from time to time see fit, and...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £11m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and more
Website
www.rainbows.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cope Children's Trust
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11m£11m
  • 2024£9.5m£9.1m
  • 2023£8.2m£7.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.0m£6.6m
  • 2021£7.2m£6.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3% · Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4. Objects4.1. The Charity's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to promoting the relief of illness and suffering for young persons by the provision of palliative care and in such ways as the Charity shall from time to time see fit, and in particular in the East Midlands Counties of England and adjacent areas and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality whether geographical or otherwise of such object) by:4.1.1. establishing, maintaining and conducting hospices, residential nursing or convalescent homes for the reception of young persons, as defined by the Charity from time to time, of any sex and without regard to race or creed or any other personal criteria other than such medical criteria as may be defined by the Charity from time to time;4.1.2. providing and promoting the provision of palliative care, or any other relevant medical care, treatments or therapies either at a hospice or at another location to such young persons as meet the medical criteria determined by the Charity; 4.1.3. providing support and care and facilities to the members of the family of the young person being cared for by the Charity whether adult or otherwise at hospices, nursing and convalescent homes, at their own homes or any other location. 4.1.4. conducting or promoting or encouraging research into the care and treatment of persons suffering from any such illness, disability, disease or infirmity as aforesaid and particularly into the care and treatment of persons suffering from terminal illness and the care of the families of such persons and by providing for the dissemination of the results of such research;4.1.5. promoting or encouraging or assisting in the teaching or training of any persons engaged in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursery or allied services and in the teaching or training of students in any branch of medicine, surgery, nursing, allied or other complementary services; 4.1.6. by providing or assisting or encouraging the provision of spiritual help and guidance for any persons referred to in Articles 4.1.2 and 4.1.3, whether patients or families of patients or otherwise; and4.1.7. by working in partnership with other organisations to provide, and to advance and promote, palliative care of young persons.

Grants received

16 grants · £3,666,365 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • The Grocers' Charity £2,4442025-06-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £326,8762023-06-29
  • Department of Health and Social Care £1,393,9152023-04-04
  • Department of Health and Social Care £1,168,9162022-06-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Utilities 69Health and social care 11Business services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 14.1 in 2021

207 from 165 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
19%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1014051
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 AUGUST 1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 FEBRUARY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 17 MAY 2002 AND 18TH JANUARY 2006 as amended on 10 Jan 2019 as amended on 04 Aug 2022
Companies House
Company number 02743297 · Active
Contact on the register
01509638000 · administration@rainbows.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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