The Rainbow Centre (Scarborough) CIO

Analysis

The Rainbow Centre (Scarborough) CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rainbow Centre (Scarborough) CIO reported income of £449k and spending of £395k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £363k to £449k (+24%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Rainbow Centre (Scarborough) CIO sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South East Asian Islamic Council UK (£449k), Plato Trust (£449k) and Wizz Kids Pre-School (£448k).