The Rainbow Centre (Marham)

Analysis

The Rainbow Centre (Marham) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in King's Lynn. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06580163). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Rainbow Centre (Marham) reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.9m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.0m (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Rainbow Centre (Marham) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Michael Cowan Foundation (£2.0m), Arise Education (£2.0m) and Local Information Unit Limited (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51% and donations and legacies 49%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £533k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 63 people.