SMILE GROUP

Registered charity 1168751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide relief to those affected by Perinatal Mental Illness via peer support / advice as well as sign posting to other services that complement the statutory services. We offer advice for the health and education to the public in relation to Perinatal Mental Illness and particularly new parents/families enabling them support.

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE AFFECTED BY PERINATAL MENTAL ILLNESS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY MEANS OF SUPPORT, ADVICE AND SERVICES COMPLEMENTARY TO THOSE PROVIDED BY STATUTORY SERVICES.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO PERINATAL MENTAL ILLNESS.3) TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR NEW PARENTS, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT PARENTHOOD.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,875 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income rising to £280,788. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £53,765 are maintained in line with the stated policy of holding three to six months of annual operating costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Elizabeth Helen Maddoxchair
• Alison Jane Parr
• Cheryl Anne Haywood
• James Nicholas Bannon
• Neil Stewart McPherson
• Tom Shirley

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SPREAD A SMILE income £2.2m
• JOSEPH'S SMILE income £169k
• SMILE AID income £230k
• ONCE UPON A SMILE LIMITED income £531k
• SMILE MEDIATION LTD income £218k
• MAKE THEM SMILE income £483k

Side by side with its peers

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