Colourful Dreams Foundation

Analysis

Colourful Dreams Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in March 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colourful Dreams Foundation reported income of £11k and spending of £7,813, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £6,636 to £11k (+63%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Colourful Dreams Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God Mercy Seat Birmingham (£11k), Somali Womens Group (£11k) and Sikh Welfare Awareness Team Youth (£11k).