Rainbow Pre- School

Analysis

Rainbow Pre- School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rainbow Pre- School reported income of £222k and spending of £234k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £107k to £222k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rainbow Pre- School sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Work Unit - (Yorkshire and the Humber) CIO (£222k), Shilbottle Friendly Frogs Ltd (£222k) and Ladybird Pre-School Playgroup (£222k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.