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BLUE SMILE PROJECT

Registered charity 1139279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLUE SMILE

Blue Smile provides early-intervention, arts-based mental health support and therapy for children aged 3 -13 in schools across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and surrounding areas.

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Latest income
£504k
Latest spending
£559k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £54,953 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £367,265. The trustees consider the optimal reserves level to be £298,000, representing six months' running costs, and note that unrestricted free reserves of £325,095 are sufficient to continue as a going concern despite a budgeted deficit for the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months' running costs (held: £325k)
“The trustees consider the optimal amount for reserves is 6 months' running costs. This equates, on the basis of the budget agreed by trustees for the 25/26 year, to £298,000.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BLUE SMILE PROJECT (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£504k
Total spending
£559k
Cost of raising funds
£123k
Reserves (reported)
£325k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Peterborough City · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£504k£559k
31/07/2024£552k£530k
31/07/2023£470k£470k
31/07/2022£500k£401k
31/07/2021£494k£381k

Common questions

Is BLUE SMILE PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £54,953 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £367,265. The trustees consider the optimal reserves level to be £298,000, representing six months' running costs, and note that unrestricted free reserves of £325,095 are sufficient to continue as a going concern despite a budgeted deficit for the following year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BLUE SMILE PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLUE SMILE PROJECT as a grant recipient include The Leathersellers' Foundation, THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION, THE NETHERBY TRUST, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2023£50kRecreational & Out of School Activities grant
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2024£20kCharity Main Grants
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kSponsored Grant
THE NETHERBY TRUSTFY2023£14k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATIONFY2023£13kSponsored Grant
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£10kHealth
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2023£10kMount Fund - Mental Health
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kSponsored Grant
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE PIXEL FUNDFY2024£5k
THE PIXEL FUNDFY2025£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
TALLOW CHANDLERS BENEVOLENT FUND NO 2FY2026£4k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£4kMount Fund
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2021£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2022£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
THE TOY TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE TOY TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2025£2k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BENEDICTS, CAMBRIDGEFY2023£1kLocal UK charity support (30% tithe split equally)
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kChildren and Youth
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£0
The Rathbones Group FoundationFY2024£0Grant making by Hub

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery01/11/2023£17kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2020£10kCovid-19 Community Telephone Support and Webpage Project