DELIVER A SMILE

Registered charity 1187840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Deliver a Smile is a UK based grant making charity supporting local communities through funding for new or improved mosques, education and community centres, as well as youth and women's initiatives, summer programs, retreats, and community building activities across the UK.

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY, WHICH ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH;1.1.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORGOING TO PROVIDE SUCH AID AND ASSISTANCE AS SHALL RELIEVE FINANCIAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE NEED OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM NATURAL DISASTERS;1.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH PROJECTS WHICH ARE INTENDED TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS;1.1.4 SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES) AS SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,934 against a policy to build sufficient reserves for continued operations. Total net assets are £2,401,494, primarily consisting of investment properties valued at £2,401,127. The charity received £862,023 in incoming resources, largely from the Kuwait Humanitarian Society, and expended £110,502 on charitable activities and governance.

Automated summary of the FY2023 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £238k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~61.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HUMAYUN SALEEMchair
• Mohammed Hamood Hussein Ameen Alyafeai
• SAKIEN TAJ · trustee of 1 other charity
• SOHAIL ARSHAD

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

Operates in: Kuwait · Throughout England And Wales

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