01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 8 March 2004
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04860607
- Financial period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Latest income
- £2,552,955
- Latest expenditure
- £2,063,754
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 4th Floor, Berkeley House, 304 Regents Park Road, LONDON, N3 2JY
Website recorded by the regulator: www.raysofsunshine.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Granting wishes for seriously and terminally ill children between the ages of 3-18 throughout the United Kingdom
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 April 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £2,552,955
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,063,754
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 April 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 April 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,069,146
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,460,965
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 February 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,290,330
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,365,014
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 April 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 March 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,317,909
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,730,636
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 July 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 July 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £1,490,471
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,659,155
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 April 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £2,552,955
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,063,754
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 127
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 25 April 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,069,146
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,460,965
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 68
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 16 February 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,290,330
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,365,014
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 58
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 29 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,317,909
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,730,636
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £2,416
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 27
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 28 July 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £1,490,471
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,659,155
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 27
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 April 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2240035
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 46070
- Income Other
- 266850
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2552955
- Income Legacies
- 98810
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £528,650
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,535,104
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2063754
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 315383
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 9324
- Gain Loss Investment
- 640654
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,380,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3147275
- Assets Own Use
- 9260
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3138015
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £699,622
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £381,489
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,465,408
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 381489
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £403,721
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3378759
- Funds Restricted
- 86649
- Funds Total
- 3465408
- Count Employees
- 16
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 25 April 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1070019
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 15678
- Income Other
- 983449
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2069146
- Income Legacies
- 69735
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £661,144
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,799,821
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3460965
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 40644
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 382582
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 14493
- Gain Loss Investment
- -890717
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -4414
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,790,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3080605
- Assets Own Use
- 14930
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3065675
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £297,151
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £553,002
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,824,754
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 553002
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £132,003
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2729217
- Funds Restricted
- 95537
- Funds Total
- 2824754
- Count Employees
- 26
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 16 February 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1657413
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 53775
- Income Charitable Activities
- 567790
- Income Investments
- 11325
- Income Other
- 27
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2290330
- Income Legacies
- 13153
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £947,501
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,417,513
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3365014
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 6054
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 18479
- Expenditure Governance
- 86686
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 536377
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 13547
- Gain Loss Investment
- -43913
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,921,754
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3971322
- Assets Own Use
- 19344
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3951978
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £711,733
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £664,922
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,018,133
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 664922
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £448,628
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3941098
- Funds Restricted
- 77035
- Funds Total
- 4018133
- Count Employees
- 24
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 April 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 29 March 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4072062
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 87949
- Income Charitable Activities
- 152519
- Income Investments
- 2963
- Income Other
- 2416
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4317909
- Income Legacies
- 2500
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £641,195
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,089,441
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2730636
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 20000
- Expenditure Governance
- 29880
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 253673
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 39000
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,035,168
- Assets Total Fixed
- 25359
- Assets Own Use
- 25358
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,674,733
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £563,362
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,136,730
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 563362
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £5,493,687
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5060526
- Funds Restricted
- 76204
- Funds Total
- 5136730
- Count Employees
- 19
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 28 July 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1003432
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 93139
- Income Charitable Activities
- 266274
- Income Investments
- 10653
- Income Other
- 116973
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1490471
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £526,399
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,132,756
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1659155
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 23330
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 92755
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 26162
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,447,366
- Assets Total Fixed
- 35688
- Assets Own Use
- 35687
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,194,928
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £681,159
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,549,457
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 681159
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,223,364
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3447366
- Funds Restricted
- 102091
- Funds Total
- 3549457
- Count Employees
- 24
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- RAYS OF SUNSHINE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2004-03-08T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/08/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/2011
- Charitable Objects
- TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE ILLNESSES OR DISABILITIES CAUSING LIMITED LIFE EXPECTANCY OR WHO SUFFER FROM LONG TERM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITIES (INCLUDING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES).
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures