The Rainbow Covenant Trust

Analysis

The Rainbow Covenant Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rainbow Covenant Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £20k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £23k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Rainbow Covenant Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Philip Metcalfe's Almshouses (£23k), The Jennie Marsh Trust (£23k) and St Pauls Mission House Trust (£23k).