MAKE A SMILE CHARITY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 14 January 2022
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
Latest income: £14,289
Latest expenditure: £12,152
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 139 Carisbrooke Way, CARDIFF, CF23 9HU

Website recorded by the regulator: www.makeasmile.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Make a Smile is a charity whereby volunteers provide enrichment activities to children across the UK facing disadvantage, such as disability, illness and deprivation. Our primary activities include character visits but also offer various other opportunities such as arts and crafts, stories and games.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 23 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £14,289
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,152

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 4 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £9,493
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,183

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £19,688
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,033

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £18,245
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,277

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2026
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2027
Ar Received Date: 23 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £14,289
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,152
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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
Count Volunteers: 300

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £19,688
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,033
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
Count Volunteers: 559

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £18,245
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,277
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
Count Volunteers: 147

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: MAKE A SMILE CHARITY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2022-01-14T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED ON 09 DEC 2021 as amended on 25 Jun 2022 as amended on 11 May 2023
Charitable Objects: THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE THE RELIEF OF NEED OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF VISITS TO SUCH CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS, SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS TO FOSTER CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, FRIENDSHIP, AND SELF-CONFIDENCE.[NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

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Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

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Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures