SMILE MEDIATION LTD

Registered charity 1092212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPECIALIST MEDIATION IN LANCASHIRE EAST (SMILE) LIMITED

Smile Mediation Ltd (formerly known as Specialist Mediation in Lancashire East (SMILE) Ltd) provides community, family (non legal matters) & workplace mediation, restorative approaches, conflict coaching, group facilitation, training and workshops in communities across the UK.

Objects

“The Company is restricted to the following objects for the benefit of the public in the United Kingdom:(a) To facilitate the administration of the law by the promotion of arbitration, mediation and conciliation services to settle civil disputes. (b) To promote the preservation of public order through the provision of services for mediation and conciliation between people, organisations and groups who are involved in disputes or interpersonal conflicts. (c) To promote the preservation of public order through the provision of services for mediation and conciliation between victims of crime and offenders and for the preservation and protection of the well-being of such victims and the rehabilitation of such offenders. (d) To promote the protection of people and property from, and the prevention of, criminal acts in partnership with the police. (e) To advance the education of the public in the causes and effects of disputes and the skills of mediation, conflict prevention, management and resolution through the development of community initiatives and training and by such other means as the board of trustees may from time to time decide.(f) To develop the capacity and skills of people who are members of socially disadvantaged communities through the provision of community initiatives relating to mediation, conflict prevention, management and resolution such that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.”

Area of benefit: BURNLEY, PENDLE, ROSSENDALE, HYNDBURN, RIBBLE VALLEY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Burnley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £3,457 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total incoming resources of £217,944 against resources expended of £214,487. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £57,716, while restricted reserves were £23,358. The charity is classified as a small company and is not required to have its accounts audited.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Wrigley
• Catherine Dobson
• Elizabeth Smith
• Joanne Swift
• Peter Kenyon · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

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• Peter Kenyon — trustee here and at BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SMILE GROUP.

• SMILE GROUP income £281k
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• ASHFORD MEDIATION SERVICE income £52k
• CALM MEDIATION income £589k
• PORTSMOUTH MEDIATION SERVICE income £223k
• LAMBETH MEDIATION SERVICE income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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