SMILE MALAWI

Registered charity 1106225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To relieve children in need by establishing and maintaining an orphanage in Malawi.2. To advance education by establishing a nursery school for children in the area of benefit.3. To provide facilities for recreation with the object of improving the conditions of life.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£107k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the period were £107,218 against total payments of £96,696, resulting in a net surplus of £10,522. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £10,522 at the end of the period. The trustees report that costs in Malawi had escalated but were contained due to generous donors.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Smile Malawi (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ELSPETH BAECKEchair
GAVIN BAECKE
JANE HILL

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

Operates in: Kent · Malawi

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£107k	£97k
31/03/2024	£105k	£88k
31/03/2023	£121k	£110k
31/03/2022	£133k	£105k
31/03/2021	£91k	£89k

Common questions

Is SMILE MALAWI financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the period were £107,218 against total payments of £96,696, resulting in a net surplus of £10,522. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £10,522 at the end of the period. The trustees report that costs in Malawi had escalated but were contained due to generous donors.

Who funds SMILE MALAWI?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SMILE MALAWI as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN BURES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN BURES	FY2023	£631

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£16k
ISSA FOUNDATION	1	£4.2m
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£49k
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£47k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation	1	£41k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	1	£22k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION	1	£11k

Charities like this

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

MYMALAWI income £212k
Support Malawi income £1.4m
MALAIKA KIDS UK income £149k
MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK income £2.9m
MALAWI COMMUNITY HUBS income £397k
MALAWI ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN SUPPORT CIO income £110k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SMILE MALAWI	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MYMALAWI FY2025	£212k	—	below	—	no doubt
Support Malawi FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MALAIKA KIDS UK FY2025	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK FY2024	£2.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MALAWI COMMUNITY HUBS FY2024	£397k	—	above	0.0%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.