Causes
 X
Resources
 X
User Services
 X
home >> charity search >> smiling families
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

SMILING FAMILIES

Providing support and friendship to families with a member affected by serious/terminal illness or disability,through activities,group sessions,financial support and wish granting. Specialising is Christmas visits to families unable to travel to Lapland or a local grotto due to their health issue,by bringing a mobile grotto to their homes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Find similar charities within: miles

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
01/01/24£55£43£12n/a
01/01/23£69£62£7n/a
01/01/22£34£32£2n/a
01/01/21£45£33£12n/a
01/01/20£19£17£2n/a
Download accounts
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.smilingfamiliescharity.co.uk

smile@smilingfamilies.co.uk

01675442761

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Solihull,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Clothworkers Foundation£8,000
Sport England£6,850
True Colours Trust£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,362
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Smiling Families Charity
£8,000 01/07/2022
purchase a vehicle for a charity supporting people with disabilties in the West Midlands
True Colours Trust - Toy library for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions
£5,000 21/12/2021
Towards a toy library for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£6,850 14/12/2021
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Smiling Families Charity
£2,362 23/10/2021
We are working on building a workshop for online group sessions and putting boxes of activities together for those shielding at home.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • MARK LOVELAND Appointed: 2021
  • OWEN MARTIN-BEADES Appointed: 2019
  • PAUL MARTIN-BEADES Appointed: 2016
  • KERRY MARTIN-BEADES (Chair) Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2019, number: 1183860
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

4 Peace Court
Hampton-in-Arden
SOLIHULL
B92 0AW

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE AFFECTED BY SERIOUS / TERMINAL ILLNESS THROUGH ACTIVITIES, DAYS OUT, SHORT BREAKS, RESPITE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
 The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
 Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
 In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Watch Inspiring Videos

Save the upside down forest
Change the ending - the pain of Alzheimers
Help Dads in prison stay in touch with their children
Giving is Great
Share
Copy Link
×