Rainbow Pre-School & Extended Services

Analysis

Rainbow Pre-School & Extended Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Biggleswade. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rainbow Pre-School & Extended Services reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £673k to £1.2m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 & Extended Services 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (£1.2m), Ghyll Royd School (£1.2m) and Red Balloon Learner Centre Cambridge (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £81k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.