Rainbow Playgroup

Analysis

Rainbow Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Rainbow Playgroup reported income of £26k and spending of £29k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2023, income fell from £44k to £26k (-41%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rainbow Playgroup sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Alton College Foundation (£26k), Coates Educational Foundation (£26k) and 4th East Grinstead (St Lukes) Scout Group (£26k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.