MILLY'S SMILES

Registered charity 1198503 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a Milly Bag to all new families whose child has been diagnosed with cancer and admitted into one of the 8 Principal Treatment Centres we currently support. These centres are Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Nottingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Newcastle and Cardiff. The Milly Bag contains essential items that will help and support families during the first few weeks on the ward and beyond.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£207k

Latest spending

£147k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £60,227 for the year ended March 2025, bringing total revenue reserves to £343,247. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is maintained at twelve months' expenditure to protect against income fluctuations and ensure future stability. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve-month’s expenditure (held: £343k)

“The trustees consider that reserves should be maintained at a level equivalent to twelve-month’s expenditure.” — page 12

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 — Milly's Smiles (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

GEMMA MARY DYSONchair
Carrie Ann Wright
David Sears
KATHRYN THOMAS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£207k	£147k
31/03/2024	£107k	£85k
31/03/2023	£162k	£63k

Common questions

Is MILLY'S SMILES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £60,227 for the year ended March 2025, bringing total revenue reserves to £343,247. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is maintained at twelve months' expenditure to protect against income fluctuations and ensure future stability. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	08/12/2023	£20k	SOULS Bereavement Support
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/08/2018	£10k	Building a Sustainable Charity