BRINGING BACK A SMILE

Registered charity 1171419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Activities such as fun days music concerts etc

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Latest income

£62k

Latest spending

£61k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £69,020 in income and incurred £67,290 in payments for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a net increase in cash funds of £1,730. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with those records. The trustees declared that they have approved the trustees' report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations & Fundraisers

“Donations & Fundraisers 61,604” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: Aim is to give out the funds received after the admin costs of the charity (held: £6k)

“Aim is to give out the funds received after the admin costs of the charity” — page 5

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 — Bringing Back a Smile (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Kevin Hillchair
DIONNE BOUGHEN
JOANNE CROOK
Katie Armstrong
VICKY TERRELL
shirley hill

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Hartlepool · Leeds City · Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£62k	£61k
31/01/2024	£65k	£65k
31/01/2023	£83k	£79k
31/01/2022	£48k	£86k
31/01/2021	£80k	£44k

Common questions

Is BRINGING BACK A SMILE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received £69,020 in income and incurred £67,290 in payments for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a net increase in cash funds of £1,730. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with those records. The trustees declared that they have approved the trustees' report. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRINGING BACK A SMILE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRINGING BACK A SMILE as a grant recipient include HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2023	£4k	Caravan Appeal
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/01/2021	£10k	Covid-19 Community food support
UK government	16/07/2020	£9k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund