Folkestone Rainbow Centre

Analysis

Folkestone Rainbow Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04318070). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Folkestone Rainbow Centre reported income of £624k and spending of £559k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £465k to £624k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Folkestone Rainbow Centre sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camden Chinese Community Centre (£624k), British Nuclear Medicine Society (£625k) and UK Research Integrity Office Limited (£624k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 49%, charitable activities 39%, investments 8.5% and trading 2.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £196k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.