African Rainbow Family

Analysis

African Rainbow Family is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, 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 makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, African Rainbow Family reported income of £336k and spending of £332k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £242k to £336k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, African Rainbow Family sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% 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 The Serth and Gates Charity (£336k), Barefoot College International UK (£336k) and The Dorothy Parkes Centre (£335k).