SMILING FAMILIES

Charity Number: 1183860
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 01 January 2024

Total income: £54,600
Total expenditure: £42,700

People

4 Trustee(s)

6 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Birmingham City
  • Coventry City
  • Solihull

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 June 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
kerry martin-Beades Chair 01 November 2016
None on record
Mark Loveland Trustee 01 September 2021
None on record
Owen Martin-Beades Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Paul Martin-Beades Trustee 01 November 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 01/01/2020 01/01/2021 01/01/2022 01/01/2023 01/01/2024
Total gross income £19.16k £44.69k £34.30k £68.99k £54.60k
Total expenditure £16.88k £32.94k £32.00k £61.50k £42.70k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 01 January 2024 22 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 January 2024 22 October 2024 On Time
Annual return 01 January 2023 24 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 January 2023 24 October 2023 On Time
Annual return 01 January 2022 27 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 January 2022 27 October 2022 On Time
Annual return 01 January 2021 25 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 January 2021 25 October 2021 On Time
Annual return 01 January 2020 26 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 January 2020 26 October 2020 On Time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Jun 2019

Charitable objects

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.

Contact information

Address:
4 Peace Court
Hampton-in-Arden
SOLIHULL
B92 0AW
Phone:
01675442761
Email:
smile@smilingfamilies.co.uk
Website:

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