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GUIDING CHIIDKEN & YOUNG PEOPLET14ROUGH LIFE'S STORMS
RAINBOWS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GB
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year Ended 319t August 2023
Company Reg18tratlon Number 03231375
Charlty Number 1058476
e princlpal objertlves and actlvltle5 QA Rainbows Bereovement Support Great 8rltt71n."
Raising awarene55 of the impact of bereovement and loss on children. young people ond adults
Providing high quality education and tn7ining in bereavement and10ss which is bosed on current reseorch and
upports best proctice. (Current Govt. recommendation5 and Of5ted guideline5)
Offering prL7Cticol, realistic and sensitive guidance to help schools ensure they hove approprlate bereovement
policies and procedures.
Nurturing and developing the emotiont71 health, resilience and well-being of children, young people ond adults
who have experienced o significont loss through deoth, relationship breakdown or otherAdver5e Childhood
Experience5 (ACE)
Providing strurtured. developmentolly appropriote peer support progromme5for grieving children and young
people aged 4 to 19

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr AUGUST 2023
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RAINBOWS BEREAVEMEKf SUPPORT GB
REFERENCE AND ADMENISTRATION INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr AUGUST 2023
Re9tstered Charity name
Ralnbows Bereavement Supp)rt Great Brftain
Charity number
1058476
Company reglstsation number
03231375
Rainbows Resource Centre
Hall Lane
Maghull
verpx)I
L31 3DZ
Trustees
Jan OW911 (Thair)
PaL%I Cronin IWiTr Chair & Hon Treasurer)
Sue Wass (Company Secretary)
Anne Daw
Dr Sue Kay-Flowers
Stephen Philip Harrison
Chri4 Hall
Rachel Molyneux
Tony Leonard
Mad( T3￿Or
Company Secre
Sue Wass
National Director
Sharon Melia~Craven
National Manag8meht ComFnittee
Sharon Mella Craven
Sue Wass
Denise H￿arty
Theresa March
Sheila Kelly
Sandra Ferrfs
Derek Kelly
Brigida Martino
Emity Stather
Independent Examiner
RA. Pr￿￿, FCCA FaE, DChA
W.H. Pri(
Chartered Certif*d Accountsnts
Railway Court,
Doncaster
DN4 5FB
Bankers
HSBC Bank plc
High Street
Rushden
Northamptonshi
NNIO ONP
Solicltors
Brabners Chaffe Street
l Dale Street
Lwerpool
L2 2Et
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGusf 2023
The trusteos, who are also directors of the charlty for the purooses of the Companles Act 2006, present their rep)rt with
the financtal ststements of the chanty for the yeèr ended 31st August 2023. The trustees have a(bpted the provislons of
the Charits'es SORP {FRS 102)'Accounting arKI Reporting by Chartties".
Reference and Administrative details
Reference and ￿lmIniStrative detalls ore shown in the sthedule of refe￿￿ and admlnlstration Information cffl page 2 of
the financial staternents.
Trusta•s
trustees wF¥) served the charlty durlng the ￿0d and as at the date (A thls rep)rt were as follows:_
Jan Oweill (thalrl
Paul Cronln Ivlce Chabr & Hon Treasurer)
Sue Wass (Company Secretsryl
Anne Dawe5
Stephen Phi1Sp Harrison
Chrls Hall
Dr Sue Kay-FIowws
Rachel Molyneux
Tony Leaonard
Mark Taybr
srRUCTURE, GOVERNAPICE AND MANAGtMENT
Governlng d0￿ment
The Oryanisation is a chartsble company Ilmlted by guarantee, Incorporated on 30th July 1996 as arnended by Special
resolutlon dated 14th March 1998, 24th February 2010 and nh Othjber 2011 and registered as a charlty on 4th Ottober
1996. The company was establlshed under a Memorandum of Assoclatlon whkh estsblished the objects and powers of
the cheritsble COTppany and Is govemed under Its Articles of Assoclatton. In the event of the company being wouTrd up
members are requlred to contrlbute an arnount not ex￿eding £1.
Recruftm•rt •nd appolntment of new trustees
Recrultment of trustees Is by advertlslng by exIS￿ng Trustees, Members of the Na￿onal Management Commlttee and the
wlder Rainbows famlly and frorn those with stratsgk eX￿rtiSe and exwrfents.
Inductlon and tralnlng of n•w trugtees
All TrllSt￿ receive an Indurtlon programme whlch cons15t5 of meetln9s wlth the Chalr of Trustees, the NaOonal Dlrector
and stsff at the Natlonal ReSl￿rCe Centre covering.."
- duties of trustees,.
familiarlty wlth the charity's Memorandum & Arfjcles and appropriate gUIdan￿ from the Charlty Commiss10n;
- background to the organlsatlon and Its development in Gwt BrStaln,'
- the curyent ath"vitie5 of the charfty and how it is organlsed, Structu￿ and stsffed, and the cuttent and projected
finandal p)sltlon'
- evaluation of the impact of Ralnbows materkils currently used in schooLs and other 5ettlngs.
Rlsk manY4gement
The trustees actively review the major risks whKh the charfty faw on a regular basis, Where appropriate, SYSten￿ or
pr(Kedures have tEen estsblished to mitwate the risks the charity faces and a fom￿1 risk reglsier has been established.
Intemal control rFsks are mlnlmised by the iM￿eMentation of procedure5 for authorisation of all transartk)ns and
projects. Procedures are in place to ensure compISan￿ wrth health and safety of staff, volunteers, cllents and vlsltors
and systems are in place to ensu￿ that relevant check5 have been carried out on any persons working with children
Ory•nls&tlonal st￿thrn
The Board of Trustees manages the buslness of the Company and where necessary de￿gate theSr sy)wers to cornm6ttee5
for specific ts*s to ￿ carried out. The Board of Trust￿ meets regula￿ to oversee the work of the Management
Committee arKI Anan￿ Committee who also meet regularfy with 5peclffc ￿eM￿rS re5w)nslble for trainingi finance,
fundraising and resources. There are a growing numter of knal geographical support groups responsSble to and
supported by the National Director.
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REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2023
Connected Parties
The Company i5 a Con￿l￿d party of RaintQAS US4 whKti Iws similar ￿jeCtiVeS to ts Company.
The Resource Centre of Raint0￿S Bw¥*rT*rt ￿p[￿rt GB SUFf4ies sites vAth a range of materiaLs In C>eat Britsln.
Oblectives and *£tiviti¢s
The prirnary aim ￿ Raintx)ws &w)rt GB is b) crffer suFy)rt for thildren. rwbe and aL*Jifs who
have extErienced beieavement and h)s& We trainI￿j ba￿ on ojrrent re5earth and govemment
reCOmn*ndati￿￿ to enable xhoob to structhred. devekwr￿taIty appr¢¥￿ate peer gJPPK)rt interyents'ons for
thihjren and young p8)p￿.
Our am ￿ to the emob.onal trth. reskn and ￿￿1-beir0 rf ywng ha¥e eYpene￿8j signtficant
loss and other adv￿ ChlldtKxx1 Evi￿5 (ACE) and to to Cf&lte *fe Spa￿ and to wovide
Psychological First Akl.
Psychol(wJi(al Fi￿t Ahj are cha￿￿ iry (T&its"rvJ a sw where can.
• Feel s*, wnrEcted to clhers, 13lm and hoFeful.
• Hève ￿(esS to social, physc31 and en￿￿(Y￿1 w)rL
• Regain a sense of iv te"TrJ abte to Prlp ther1￿￿ts.
We our aims and (tyctiNEs ￿ year to ensure rernin fcoJ*d fm wr stabj Our revlew tskes note
ofthe Charity Commi￿10n￿ gUth￿e on wblK aThJ relevarKe in the Ivjht of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We agree a Strategic Plan a thre&￿r cyde set ourSe￿e5 annual tar￿.
We cary wt wr aims by wovhthng m*1* tranltyj to to ￿%￿ll￿dY
Founded in 1992, RaintM)ws BereaVe￿￿t &Jpwt GB has W0VK￿l tsainiThJ io overl,500 xhooL£ In En*nd, Scodand,
and wa￿5. We have byorw in pattretshi) ￿th dfKers fr(xn a l¢xa authth in a 4Eofic kYoJ"ett tt) e5tablsh RAinbDWS
training in fvir sttVJo￿.
Our wsk)n is qufte for e￿ thlkl arKI young in e￿ in Great Britsin. grie*iThJ a signifTh)t and
often devaststing in their INes. tD IE aThl
Rainbows Offevs
HI￿ quality trdining in kreavemart ￿ kGS LBsed on rwrth and offthl gubjelw￿S relatiw to
bEreavemert and10s5 arKI the rrAe of ￿J￿15 in 9JPFth"ffj Y￿ng rn￿&1 health.
5￿fiC for knlitators and c¢y)r(fI￿3t￿5 of ts ￿nb)￿S d￿)￿lty
Orwing cont* and ￿P[￿t for al rè>tw&J
Annual CPD fv all Reglstered Directors {RD5)
Rainbows pr(yJrdmmes wovxle an th)i￿naty safe spKe for d)iklren. yO￿g and alufG to guide them through a
significant loss in their lfves iv IMp￿entir￿J a structured, ￿C￿￿)￿llY appropriate 5￿P￿)rt programme
facilitrdted by trained staff. The pa￿d￿Ants me& in gn&l WFS for lyth to fourt￿ weekty sessk)ns where they are
suprx)rted to exprtss ￿ share their fe￿[r￿.

RAINBOWS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GB
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR ThE VtAR E14DED 31sr AUGusf 2023
Research and Evaluation al)out thè poslUv¢ Impact of Ralnbows
A professional and independent sbJdy xross 93 sCh￿IS In 2011, found strong evldence that Rainbows makes
trernendous differen￿ to children and young people who are grieving a significant Ir65. Participants wère ftsund to
beneflt by havlng a tralned, tnJ#ed adult who fadlrtates kEer group worf( In a safe, comrnunlty settyng.
A un4ue feature of the Rainbows wograrnme is that the participants are supported by specifically trained mem￿r5 of
their own communlty I schod. This offers the p0555bllity of on-going SUPPOrt after the programme has finish&l a
demonstrates the sch(KJl's continued support and comrnitrnent to those who have experienced a significant loss in their
Our Internal evaluation5 and feedback from children and young people, familles and schools in 2019 indicate we are
havlng a very posIt￿e impacL 91% of young people of all ages who have partldpated In the Ralnbows told us It was
helpful.
Parents and carers C(￿515￿nt1Y spoke of the p0s￿ve Impact, and all sald fry would recommend the prograrnrne to
other families. School staff ￿ptsrted that significant p￿resS was made in the develoFYnent of personal skllls such as
self-esteem, confidence, empathy, communlcauon skills, soa3J Interaction and anger management. Staff also reported
an Incwse In yourrtJ peoples, academk ￿rforma￿e and classroom partklpatlon.
ocumeiit5J.
Volunteers
The Company is pardally flrfkndent on the use of volunteers to asslst In provldlng the tralnlng to sch(M)Is. The tralnlw of
ltr￿ volurnteers Is provlded by Ralnt%)ws GB,
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The work of Rainbows BereaVen￿nt Supp)rt G8 conUnues to be consolld*ed In scho)Is that have fad14tatsd the
programmes for many years,. feedback from chSldren, young people, thelr parents and ca￿r5, and siaff In sd￿￿1$ Ls
always extremely positlve.
However, many schcK)Is report very slgnlflcant negative Impacts relating to fundbng Issues, wlth the need some ca5e5
for staff redundancles.
Desplte these difficl)￿es we are plea*d to report an increase In the number of new sch¢)Jls reglstere(l and tralned
during the period covered in thLs report. Tralnlng took pla￿ In 63 new schools whlch Indlcates a 23% increase.
The Charlty Is grateful to all ￿se commltted IndI￿{lua15 at nattonal, ￿lonal and local leveLs who do so much to asslst
the development of Ralnbows Bereavement Support G6 and therefore asslst chlldren and young people gTievSng
slgnificant and often devaswng bss In their lives.
Achievements
The trustees approved a Three-year Strategic Development Han (2021-2024) coverlng flve dl%xete areas for the further
con501idation and development of OUT work..
Govemance
Finance
Managernent
Profile
Evaluation, Research and Development
Copies of the Strategic Development Plan for 2021 - 2024 may be obtained from our Natio￿1 Dlrector ,Sharon Mella
Craven at
btco
SPECIFIC PLANS FOR 2022-2023
ke many Charit￿s we have felt the ongolng Impxt of the finarKial conditions in Great Brftain and the.cost of liwng
crisis. This has afferted our ability to rnise funds thrn￿h donati￿)5. ContlnL¢ing funding issues In education have also
had a negative impaLt
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REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2023
fjovernanc•
Agree pro￿55 for archivirrfJ of all electronic data- Achieved, Microsoft 365 now used for storage of all dectronic
data
. Appolnt new tru5tee- Aclii?i(p.d, Mark Ta￿or appointed
Agree new pr(Ke55 for em￿oyee annual r￿ew_ K.,, lili b )Lli process agreed and undertaken for all employees
Skllls audit of trustee5- Ai, 11-
.11, Letter of InvIta￿On submltted to number of dlfferent organisations.
. Revlew earLK)n footprfnt- Ongoing, Inlual report comFleted, to go on our webs
. Revth Sucte5slon ￿annIng - Ongoir¥J
Managem•nt
Revlew logo and strap Ilne- Ongolngi work In place wlth webslte deslgner
Project to promote sales of Journals - Ongoing
Development of Management Committee its Roles- Achieved, new chalr and vlce chalr agreed
Fln•nc• and FundrnlsSng
• Project wlth Academy Trusts (MATS) regarding funding for schoc4s- Oryoing with 5pedflc project worf( In
the North East Region
• Prolert to intrease funding achleved vla direct deblt. Ongolng
SubmSt kn'd for fundlng for development roles In Southern reglon - &'d submltted but unsuccessfijl
Revlew our finandaVopwatln9 m(**l- Ongolng, meedngs held wlth stakeholders and partrers
Profi
Develop ￿uthern reglon- RD mee￿ng$ - rit lili'vi￿lI
. Develop reciwocal sign p05ting on website wlth other charib'es- Ongolng
Explordtion of part time post ￿ marketing and media role - IlLITriL'ved- not seen as priorfty after dIScL￿￿On
Set Yargets" for new sites and Retraining
Develop plans to re-lnlroduce Rainbows to Scotland - Achiewi{I, Rainbows now actSve In Scodand
lvaluatlon, Re%•arch and Development
Develop and deliver training on for RD5- Arhipitrpd, trnlnlrg I￿￿ered at annual CPD event
Develop ongolng data and syn@s of relevant researthi govt documents etc whkh support Ralntr*)wsGB-
,1, now on our website
Review and develop our intemal evaluatlon pro￿$$ for the lrnpact of Raintows- Achievd, new process
agreed th ￿anS for ￿10t study

REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
FOR THE YEAR EMDED 31ST AUGUST 2023
Trnnsacdons and Nn•n¢i•l Pq*tion
The operatlng defidt for the year vrds £28.273 (2022- thfiat £7,014). The ddKIt Is Mt ure￿(thd and Is very dose to
the bu¢SJet deftit fOr￿ast The trustees conts.nue to I￿1￿¥ th2 ￿rrUIt fina￿14 s￿￿tiOn of the charty.
Charity's funds have bew 9JcCes￿Ity apFdied to wowde SUFP)rt aThJ assIstar￿ to WXbrvJ pwpk and adults who
have lost a dose relative or h)ved c￿e throLwJh death, thM)rce or other •Jverse arcurthrKe.
It is the pxjly of the tharity to moiniain unres1rirt￿ fuThJs not C￿Mitt￿j (Y invetsj in taThJible fixèj assets or str￿k of
publlcafjons (whlch are t•Jth Integrdl aTrJ Thjt realisatle). to a whth ￿uat¢s to 9 n￿nths. unrestrfcted
expenditure Sn order to provlde gjffldent cashfl(M for the d)artys waU(ns, arn1 Its contrthl (A)Ibya￿on5 to
Prlnclpal fundlng sourc
The prlncipal fvnding sources the charlty are frcTh ￿ sale of matrrfaL%,' tralnlrKJ fees from schoots and o
institutiorts,. donations from Insbtirte of L&T of l•acy irKliwthJa15 through a Var￿ of hJndrnLsing acbvitles
and by monthty stsnding ¢xders.
PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS
Trusiees Cont+n￿ to rwrously waluate arvj nv)nllLV Jll or*albnal acvvlties wthln the tharlty to ￿9J￿ the nTr)St
effective and efficient Oryanisati￿al therth engJriTrJ the mc6t k>)stive tsutc￿￿.
Supk>yYrrfJ the work of tr* charSty In ts regbxs ar#J In tre 1,500+ traln&l and reglstered, Is ahyays an
exlremety Imp)rtant dirn￿￿¢￿ of ￿Jr anrwal pknnlw espeoalty in ne*•fy ￿￿￿aPed r4Ms.
Tralning In bereavement aThl Ic6s for rw memters of staff and In pa￿C￿lar for to kadershlp ro￿ In
registered schools is essentkil ar*J is offered regularly. Cm4JTh'ng effedwe a)mTThJnKatson is uuoal.
AJ plan5 and tsrgets relate dlreclty to the fiNE seLjJC￿ kn our Th[￿ye￿ Strate9K D￿ert pkn.
SPECIFIC PLANS FOR 2023-2023 (septem1￿10 Aiigust) tsr¥•Tht
Governance
*4pFolnt Chaor
App)lrt Treasurer
App)irt PAlmn)istrator for MItrcLwft 365
Emw MNJfJsoft 365 sofvwe for all electronlc dala
4)polnt r￿W tru*ee
Review Patron role
Revlew (ark￿ fwtynt

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR EMDED 31ST AUGusf 2023
Management
ApFoint Regh)nal &Trer for ScrAl•Yl
Or*n bank &tourt for Scoknj and tiverFo
Appoint vice Cha* to NMC
Esiab115h sub committee to devd(y fW6AI kyJ) arK1 str4) line
D￿e￿[Thent ofTOR in relation to MaroJement Commtt
Devek)p nKMleL£ F￿1$rator C(thinatrJr SU1¥￿ mentoriThJ (Work￿[6 CPD)
Hnanc• and FundAi•ng
Proj¥t wrth MATS in North Eas¢ East Mkjknts arnl HuthTee5
Estsblish swft to increase via dIr￿t ￿lt
Estsbltsh and eydluate use of Xero
Profile
Develop reaprcol S*JnF￿gJrvj on ￿lte Mth otr*r d*ri
D￿ek1P use ofour ktyo by sth(ds arKI ots communibes
Increase nuMtr￿ of RD5
Increase numter of r￿W sites
Evaluat10￿ R￿rch and Development
Deliver traini￿ aD for all RDS
EsWli5h re￿vant 9)vemment ￿ research ¢knffi￿nts cw wtt)￿e and Ukxdate this annual
Cornplete a￿1 evBluate our irtemal ￿uatic￿ Imp￿Of RaÈrknws
Survey v41 RDS re their rde and thlis

IIAINBOWS BEREAVEMEKr suppoKr GB
REPORT OF THE TRLisfEES
RESPOMSIBILMES OF ThE TRiISTEES
The trust*s are also dlrert(xs L* Rairknws Suwxyt Gr&it Briiain for the wr[￿Se5 of company
lawl are responsit4e for prqwring the TrLLStee5 Annual Re￿ arKI fina￿la1 ststemwts in ￿r￿an￿ wth ap￿thble
law and un￿ed Kingdom kcountin9 {United GerheTrlty knepbj AC￿JntitvJ P￿￿￿). Company law
requi￿5 the trustees to prepare fina￿al statements for eath finarthl year whjch glve a true and fair view of the stste
of affairs of ￿ Charitsb￿ company and of the irKomw rEs<KJrwfj ano aFw1ca¢￿ of resour￿5, Induding the Income
and ex￿ndi￿re. of the Charits￿e company for that FWi(Kl. In weparing these finanoal $tstem￿ts, the tr￿SteeS are
required to:
Sel￿t stJttatAe acoxmtirrtj ￿lIoeS aThJ then appty t￿n corts￿te￿.
observe the rnet￿jd$ and prlnapks In ts char￿ ￿)RP.
make I￿gernents and estsm&es thjt are rea5￿aLle prlm1￿.
stste whether appllcoble UK kcouniirKJ have beffi fdb*vJ. gJWt to any material deparbJres
dlscl(wt explained In the fina￿al statemgts..
prepare the fironcial statements cm ￿ goirvJ corKwn LN15Ls (￿lesS Inapprokylate to presume that the
Charitab￿ company will continue in c*watton.
The trustees are responslbk for keeKlrg proper aco)Lmtsry that d￿)Se wth reaxnatAe acojw at any tlme
the finan¢lal of the chariiaLle company enth tD er6ure that the finanaal statements o)mply wth the
Companles kt 2006. The trustees ale Iso res[(￿1b￿ for saf¥Juardlrg the assets of the tharIta￿e company and hen
for taknrrfj reoscrfHt4e steps for the ye*éntlon and detecti(￿ ￿fra￿l and other IrTegukrld
This re￿rt ha5 LEen prepared In Kcordano ¥eckil of Part 15 of the cryan￿s 2006 retstlng to
small companies.
OM BEHALF OF THE OOARD:
Jan O'Neill
15th Marth 2024

INDEPENDE1￿ EXAMINER'S REPORTTO ThE TRiISfEES OF
RAINBOWS BEREAVEMV4T SUPPORT GB
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the Kcounts (* the Company for the year a)d&
31st August 2023.
As the charitys trustees land its dIrert0￿ for the cimnpany k3w) y(xJ are reSp￿61￿e for ￿ Fyeparntyon
of the accounts in ￿cordan￿ with the Nuiramts ofthe CJ)mpanits P£t 2(￿ 2006 tw).
Hawng satisfied mysew that the XCo￿ts of the Company are requirèy to be auditEd under Part 16 of the 20(
Att and are eliglt4e for independent examination, I re￿rt in res￿ of my exarninatK)n (rf your chanvs wjunts as
carried Olrt under Section 145 of the Charlt*s kt 2011 fthe 2011 P£f). In carrying wt my ￿nina￿"r￿ I havè
fdlOW￿ the tA'recti(rn giv￿ ty the Charity Commssion under seC￿n 145(5Hbl of the 2011 f4
Independent Examinerfs slatement
I have cornpleted my examination. I cOnfi￿Tr that ￿ mattd5 have a)me to my att￿tt￿ in eonwjion the
examinats'on gMn9 me caLtse to t4*ve'.
accounting records were not kew in rwct ofthe comp￿ as wuwed ￿ sectth 386 ofthe 2006 Art,. or
the ¥counts th) not accord with t1￿ r￿(ts. (
the &counts do not comth with the xcwnbng ￿Ul￿r￿ of 396 of the 21))6 Act othw tha) any
requirement that the a£[￿nts give a true and fair view whKh is a maLter consKleral as part of
independent examinat*)n,' or
the accounts have not been PTepared in accordarKe the mettK*ts and Pri￿[￿e5 of the Statement of
Recommended Practice for accwntt"tvJ and ￿[Xm￿.ng by dwritres lapplicab￿ to Charity￿ preparing thelr
accounts in ￿)rdan￿ wih the fiw)ckil RepJrbNJ Standard apF4icat4e in the UK atvj RepublK of LrelarKI
{FRS102}.
be drawn in thi5 ￿￿)rt iri (thr to enable a unts*an(fmg of tt* awounts tD frE reth.
RA. Prior. FCC4 FCIE, tthA
WHPrior
a)arteretJ Certified Accountants
Raihmay Court
Doncaster
DN4 5FB
Date.. IP Maffh 2024
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RAINBOWS BEREAVEMENf SUPPORT GB
sTATEMETr￿ OF FINANaAL ACtivrTIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr AUGUST 2023
2023
Unrestrfcted
funds
2022
Totsl
fvnds
Note5
Income
Donatlon$
Voluntary income
14,737
28,519
Investmont Income
Charitable Artlvltles.. Publlcatlons and tralnlng
46,173
44,846
Totsl Income
60,910
73,366
Expendlturn
Charltable activities
Publicallons and tr￿nIng
89,183
80,380
Tot•1 Expendltsr•
89,183
80,380
NEf INCOMEI(EXPEMDIfuRE)
{28,273)
17,014)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
119,507
126,521
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
IL9 507
The results for the year derive from conUnulng athwtles and there are no ￿1n5 or losses other than those shown above.
These notes fomi part of these financial statements
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BALANCE SHEEr
AT 31sr AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
Total
fvnds
fvnds
FIXED ASSErs
Tangl￿e assets
CURREprr ASSErs
stocks
Debt￿5
Cash at bank and In hand
33,533
1,921
31,256
8,012
101309
128,826
CREDrroRS
Mounts falllng due withkn one ye¥
(11,075)
(9,319}
NET CURRENT ASSETS
119 507
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT UABILrn£S
91,134
119.507
NEf Asstrs
119 507
FUNDS
Unre5trfLted fvnds
li
119 507
TOTAL FUNDS
119507
The chartsbk cornpany Ls ￿title￿ to exemF*knI frcmn urKltr seJYJC￿ 477 of tr* Cunpanks Prt 2CI]6 for the year
ended 31st August 2023.
The rnemters have Thjt requlr•J the charStable cornpany to obtsin an audit of b flnathi #atements for the year ended
31st August 2023 In accordance wth Sectk)n 476 of the Conwies P£t 2C¥)6.
The trust￿ ac*nowledge re$r￿￿t411tteS for:_
(a} ensurfng that the ¢haritst4e company keeps aCc￿ntIng rectyts ljwt COm￿Y with *tions 386 and 387 of the
Companits Act 2006; and
(b) preparirrfj fina￿￿?1 statern￿ts whth gINE a true a)J falr view crf the state of affairs of the CharIta￿e cornpany as
at the et*1 of each fina￿rdI year and d ts Sur￿[￿ iy defiot for e￿h finanoal year Sn accordance with the
requlrements d Secu0r￿ 394 aThJ 39S and whKh otlwJwise compty ¥￿th Ihe wud￿ments ￿ the Compan*5 Att
2IN)6 relatiThJ to finarKial staiements, so far as ap￿table to the dKIritsb￿ company.
These fmanckal state￿￿ts W been prepared li ac£(¥da￿ with *tat4e to thaT￿b￿ cclnpanies
subject to the small CoMpa￿e$ regme.
The finanaal statenw5 were aFyr(Ned by the &wd of TrLStce5 15th Mawth 2024 and wtre 9gn&l on Its behalf by:
o'he//l
J. O'Neill
P. Cronln
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGU￿ 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A¢countiny convention
The finanaal statements of the charltable company have been prepared In accordante with the Charities SORP
IFRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporbng by Charities '. Statement of RecomnEnded Practice arplicable to charities
pre￿rIng their aecounts in accordan￿ with the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic
of Ireland (FRS102)(effeci(ve January 20191", ￿nanCIal Rep￿J￿r￿j Stsndard 102 Yhe Flnèndal Rewrtlng
Standard ap￿Itable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. and the Conyanies Act 2006. The flnanclal ststements
have txen prepar&l under the hlstodcal cost convention.
Incom•
All income is recognlsed in the Statement of Flnanclal ActiV￿e$ On￿ the d￿rIty has en￿￿efflent tt> the funds and
the amount can be q￿n￿fied wth reasonalje a￿UraLy.
EXpendIt￿re
Uabilities are recognlsed as expendthre as soon as there Is a legal or construct6ve obIlga￿On ￿MmIttIng the
charity to that expenditure, It is probable that a transfer of economlc trtnefits wlll be required In seiuement and
the amount of the obligation can be measured ￿lIablY. Expenditu￿ is accounted for on an accruals basis and has
been das51fled under headbngs that a99￿98￿ all cost related lo the cakgory. Where costs cannot be dlreclly
attrlbuled to Par￿CUlar headlngs they have been allocated to actlvltyes on a basls conslstent wSth the use of
re9)Ur￿$.
Tanglble flxed agsets
Fixed assets at a cost of In excess of £1,000 are capltsllsed. Deprech*ion Is p￿￿ded at the folk)wOng annual
rates In order to write off each asset over Its esdmated useful Ilfe.
Equipment- over 4 years
Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realls*)le value, after maklng due all￿ance for obsoth and slow
movlng Items.
Taxatlon
The charity is exempt from corWra￿0n trx on its Charits￿e actwlb"es,
Fund •c¢ountlng
Unrestncted funds can be used In accordan￿ wlth the charftsble oblectbves at the dtscretton ol the trustees.
Designated funds a￿ unrestrlrted funds earma￿ed by the trustees for a parucular purpose.
Restdcted fijnds can onty be used for partlcular restrfcted purFoses wlthln the objects of the charfty. Re9￿ctIonS
arlse when speclfled by the donor or when funds are ralsed for partbcular restrlcted pu￿.
Further explana￿On of the natsjre and purpose of each fund b Induded in the note5 to the finanoal statements.
Hlrn purchase and l•islng comfftltments
Rentsls pakl under operatlng leases are charged to the ststement of flnanclal act￿￿e$ on a 5tralght Ilne basls
over the Feri¢)d of the lease.
Penslon costg and other post-retirement b•nellts
The charbtable company operates a deflned contributlon pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held
separately from those of t￿ charity. Contributions payable to the charitsble companys pension scheme are
charged to the Statement of Financyal Activitles in the peri(x1 to whlch they relate.
VOLUNTARY INCOME
2023
2022
Donations (including Gift Tax reCoVera￿e)
t*)naUon from 51sters of Mer
11,737
25,519
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTs - CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr AUGusf 2023
INVESTMENT INCOME
2023
2022
Bank interest receivable
NEf INCOMING RESOURCES
Net resour￿ are stated after Char￿n9..
2023
2022
Other operating leases
TRLisfEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Travel expenses of £121 were relmbursed to one trustee durlng the year e￿Ied 311t August 202312022 . £421.
No remuneration or other expenses has been paid to trustees.
STAFF cosrs
2023
2022
Salarles
Nyrnber of staff
No emph)yee receJved remuneratyon of rn0￿ than £60,000 durfng the year12022- None)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGusf 2023
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs
Equlpment
COST
At 1st Septemter 2022 and 31st A(NJust 2023
DEPRECIATION
At 1st SeptemteT 2022
Charge for year
17,996
Al 31# August 2023
MET BOOK VALUE
At 31st Augusi 2023
At 31st August 2022
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wmiIN OME YEAR
2023
2022
Trade debtots
Gift Aid Tax debtor
VAT Debtor
Prepayments
908
742
5,872
1,431
271
225
CREDrroRS: AMOUlffs FALLING DUE wrrHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Trade Credltors
VAT Credltor
Accrua15
7,967
6,400
11,075
9,319
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpirs- coitriNUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUG￿ 2023
10. RELATED PARTY TRANSAcfioNS
The Company is uThJer the control c* the tnjste
ii.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
mov¢n*nt In
funds
At 1.9.22
At 31.8.23
General fund
R￿Urce Ewek)k￿ent Furyl
40,921
47000
(21507)
18,414
47000
t*signated Funds:.
Ralnbow5 North West
Rainbows Scotland
Ralnbows South Yorkshke
Rainbows West Yorkshire
Rainbows Humberifees
RJlnbows North East
Rabnbows South West
Ralntrjws East Midlands
091
1787
5,971
4,394
526
4,441
1,366
L210
(1,574)
6,517
2,787
5,434
4A33
(537)
{IM80)
116
{1,190)
(1,140)
4.557
176
70
TOTAL FUNDS
119,507
(28,273)
9&234
Net moveDRnt In fiff￿s, I￿[Kk￿ In the ab)NE r as fc4M:
General fund
Resour￿ C*￿1¢¢)￿￿nt
54,961
(74,168)
(3.300)
Designated funds:_
Raintr￿￿ North West
Rabnbows Scodand
R￿ntI]WS &)uth Yor*shlre
Ralntrfjws West YorkshSre
RaIn￿)￿S Humi*rffees
RainLx)ws Noth East
RaintM)ws South West
Raint¥)ws East MidlaThts
1928
(4,802)
31x1
(1419)
500
39
(3,030)
(2,434)
(1,190)
(1,140)
I,sso
950
TOTAL FUNDS
The Re9)}r￿S Developm￿1 repr￿ts fund5 thsgrwtei1 by the Tn&ees tt> be used to finarte stc(k and the
The fund5 hdd for each Raintthys Regk)n, whibt remair#ng unre5bKted, have been desFgnated for U￿ in of
the &blshed regions ftjr the same chankNe purFX)ses a% Ihe Genernl but in that bolty.
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DEfAILED STATEMEKf OF FINAIICIAL ACTivmES
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31sr AUGiisf 2023
2023
2022
INCOME
Voluntsry Income
Don&ty'ons
14,737
28,519
Inve5tmnt Income
Bank interest rereivable
Income from ¢harltsbh acllvltles
pU￿￿tIorS and tralnlng
46,173
44,846
Totsl Incom•
EXPENDMIRE
Charltabk a¢tl¥ltl¢•
Salar￿5
Penslon eontributtons
Site fee5
PuNication costs
Repalrs, rnalntenan￿ & deanlrwj
Travel ex4)enses
Insuran
Rent
R¢)om Hlre
Prernlse5 0)sts- Heat & LWL & Water etc
Advertising & Badges
other cc6ts
Telethone
Tralning and confeonces
PrIn￿ng, stAtic￿ery & ￿ costs
Bank Charge5
Payroll lees
Independert ExamIn￿S fees ￿ kayjntsiy
Other Professlcffial fee5- Perskn c￿￿17r￿ylAut￿Enffjlment
39,242
129
1,950
24,437
1,549
1056
439
36,801
123
1,550
22,912
1,581
401
6,OC(J
28
12,250}
1,339
456
1,403
161
5,601
1,235
1,125
1,119
1706
199S
570
1,072
1,945
ziso
Total Ewndlture
Net (ExpeFKlliure)
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