Registered charity (CIO) · North Yorkshire
The Rainbow Centre (Scarborough) CIO
The Rainbow Centre (Scarborough) CIO is a registered charity (number 1183490) based in North Yorkshire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Howard Bernard Newton since 2019. Latest income £449k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
For the public benefit, to relieve poverty and financial hardship and to relieve those in need by reason of homelessness or other disadvantage in Scarborough, Filey and the surrounding area, in particular (but not exclusively) by providing advice,...
- 6 trustees
- Income £449k (2025)
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- East Riding Of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Website
- www.therainbowcentre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£449k£395k
- 2024£514k£332k
- 2023£393k£303k
Earlier years
- 2022£347k£360k
- 2021£363k£396k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 8% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
For the public benefit, to relieve poverty and financial hardship and to relieve those in need by reason of homelessness or other disadvantage in Scarborough, Filey and the surrounding area, in particular (but not exclusively) by providing advice, support and practical assistance including the provision of food, clothing, bedding, domestic appliances and debt counselling.
Grants received
10 grants · £64,522 total360Giving 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
- Postcode Community Trust · £30,000
- Two Ridings Community Foundation · £13,000 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
- Leeds Community Foundation · £7,412
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £2,500
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Howard Bernard Newton Chair since 2019
- Dr David John Knowelden since 2019
- Elizabeth Caroline Pindar since 2025
- Emma Brady since 2024
- Eric John Smart since 2019
- Janet Helen Jefferson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Howard Bernard Newton Chair since 2019
- Dr David John Knowelden since 2019
- Eric John Smart since 2019
- Janet Helen Jefferson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Howard Bernard Newton Chair since 2019
- Emma Brady since 2024
- Eric John Smart since 2019
Portfolio (3)
- Dr David John Knowelden since 2019
- Elizabeth Caroline Pindar since 2025
- Janet Helen Jefferson since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1183490
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 May 2019 as amended on 23 Feb 2024 as amended on 10 Sept 2025 as amended on 19 Sept 2025 as amended on 17 Mar 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01723500663 · jo@rainbowcentre.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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