Rainbow Surprise CIO

Analysis

Rainbow Surprise CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rainbow Surprise CIO reported income of £322k and spending of £306k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £147k to £322k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rainbow Surprise CIO sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rays of Hope (£322k), The Earthsong Foundation (£323k) and National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline (£322k).