Rays of Sunshine

Analysis

Rays of Sunshine is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04860607). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rays of Sunshine reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.1m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.6m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 190%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rays of Sunshine sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start HOST (£2.5m), Oasis Community Hub : Waterloo (£2.6m) and The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £99k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.