The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Rainbow Trust Children's Charity

Registered charity 1070532 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 7Health and social care 6Retail and trade 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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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£5.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.0 in 2021

98 from 75 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rainbowtrust.org.uk
Emailenquiries@rainbowtrust.org.uk
Phone01372363438
AddressCASSINI COURT, RANDALL'S WAY, LEATHERHEAD, SURREY, KT22 7TW

Finances

£5,328,601 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,718,314£3,195,564
2022£5,294,402£3,724,717
2023£4,809,217£4,191,318
2024£4,906,273£4,890,341
2025£5,328,601£5,272,859

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PAIN AND SUFFERING AMONG CHRONICALLY OR TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN (2) TO RELIEVE DESPAIR AMONG THE FAMILIES OF CHRONICALLY OR TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN AND AMONG BEREAVED FAMILIES OF THOSE CHILDREN; AND (3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY AMONG NURSES IN THE CARE OF SICK CHILDREN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND JUNE 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 23RD APRIL 2002, 4 MARCH 2003, 20 APRIL 2004 AND 21 APRIL 2010 as amended on 24 Jul 2013 as amended on 02 May 2019 as amended on 20 Jan 2021 as amended on 25 Jan 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Rainbow Trust Children's Charity · 03585123 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/06/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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