ONCE UPON A SMILE LIMITED

Registered charity 1170975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ONCE UPON A SMILE

Latest income

£531k

Latest spending

£387k

Registered

2017

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£531k

Total spending

£387k

Cost of raising funds

£123k

Reserves (reported)

£269k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

PAUL CHEETHAM-KARCZchair
DANIEL MILLER
Emma Louise Knighton
Laura Jillings
Robert Anthony Barlow
Victoria Maley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£531k	£387k
31/08/2024	£311k	£344k
31/08/2023	£286k	£289k
31/08/2022	£331k	£321k
31/08/2021	£272k	£227k

Common questions

Who funds ONCE UPON A SMILE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ONCE UPON A SMILE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE JD FOUNDATION, THE GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUST, THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RAINFORD TRUST, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE JD FOUNDATION	FY2023	£561k
THE GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUST	FY2024	£4k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE RAINFORD TRUST	FY2023	£1k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2024	—