SMILE AID

Registered charity 1178216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS BY PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 2. SMILE AID PROVIDES RELIEF OF POVERTY INTERNATIONALLY WITH DEDICATED PROGRAMS TO HELP THE POOR AND NEEDY WITH FOOD & WATER SUPPLY, EDUCATION & TRAINING, MEDICAL AID, AMBULANCE SERVICE, CLOTHING, & DELIVER EMERGENCY AID.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN THE UK, PAKISTAN, OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE: - THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE RELIEF OF NEEDS AND SUFFERING AMONG POOR PEOPLE OR THE VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER BY PROVIDING AID, INCLUDING MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY AID, IN THE FORM OF GRANTS, ITEMS, AMENITIES (SUCH AS WATER FACILITIES), ACCOMMODATION, OR SERVICES (INCLUDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING) TO SUCH INDIVIDUALS, OR TO ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE SUCH CHARITABLE NEEDS.- THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE IN NEED BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.”

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £58,833 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £459,398 to £400,565. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Unrestricted reserves stood at £318,303, which the trustees noted would be utilized where most needy.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10669697

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SALEEM, Wasim — director, appointed 20/01/2018on trustee list
• SARWAR, Mohammed Abubakar — director, appointed 14/03/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~10.4 months of spending — above the median 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR SARWARchair
• Ian Carey
• WASIM SALEEM

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Bolton · Lancashire · Manchester City · Oldham · Pakistan · Rochdale · Yemen

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AID THE NEEDY.

• AID THE NEEDY income £104k
• AID HUMANITY income £1.7m
• NOOR AID income £632k
• SMILESTAR income £286k
• Food Bank Aid income £775k
• CHILDREN'S AID income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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