THE CYBERSMILE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1147576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CYBERSMILE

THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE EFFECTS OF CYBER-BULLYING, EXPLOITATION AND/OR EXPOSURE TO INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT THROUGH THE INTERNET, SOCIAL NETWORK SITES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE DANGERS OF SOCIAL NETWORK SITES, CYBER-BULLYING AND OTHER FORMS OF EXPLOITATION

Objects

THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE EFFECTS OF CYBER-BULLYING, EXPLOITATION AND/OR EXPOSURE TO INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT THROUGH THE INTERNET, SOCIAL NETWORK SITES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE DANGERS OF SOCIAL NETWORK SITES, CYBER-BULLYING AND OTHER FORMS OF EXPLOITATION.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased from £73,294 to £28,389 due to total expenses exceeding total income. The trustees' report indicates that essential operations are safeguarded by ensuring costs are covered for 12 to 24 months, and the charity received £380,000 in donated services. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chistopher Dugmore
• Dale Robert Shears
• Suzanne El-Haffar

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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