JOSEPH'S SMILE

Registered charity 1199979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of need of families with children (under 25) who have a chronic or life-limiting illnesses by providing grants, items and support to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to relieve the need of families of children (under 25) with chronic or life-limiting illnesses.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF NEED OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN (UNDER 25) WHO HAVE A CHRONIC OR LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF FAMILIES OF CHILDREN (UNDER 25) WITH CHRONIC OR LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES.

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

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Carmarthenshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£169k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £169,257.24 against total expenditure of £113,869.01, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds £2,510.84 in free reserves, while the majority of its funds (£98,349.76) are designated or restricted for specific charitable purposes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £17,360.02 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The total wage paid for the CEO role during this financial period was £17,360.02” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Tom Rawlins is a related party to a trustee and made a donation of £490.00.

“The value of the charity’s single highest donation received from an individual during the financial period of this return was £490.00 from Tom Rawlins on the 16th of December. Tom Rawlins is also a related party to a trustee.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/08/2025

Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/08/2024

Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/08/2023

Volunteers: 15
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Mair Williamschair
Andrew Griffiths
Katrina Poole
Lisa Jayne Williams
Louise Griffiths
Mark Jones
Sian Eryl Thomas
Victoria Jones

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
04/08/2025	£169k	£114k
04/08/2024	£135k	£119k
04/08/2023	£60k	£30k

Common questions

Is JOSEPH'S SMILE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £169,257.24 against total expenditure of £113,869.01, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds £2,510.84 in free reserves, while the majority of its funds (£98,349.76) are designated or restricted for specific charitable purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of JOSEPH'S SMILE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £17,360.02 band.

Who funds JOSEPH'S SMILE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JOSEPH'S SMILE as a grant recipient include THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£500

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	23/09/2025	£20k	Bells for Heaven
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/09/2023	£9k	Elf Experience

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	2	£43k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£9k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	2	£3k
THE RAINFORD TRUST	2	£2k
CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK	1	£375k
Flat Iron Trust	1	£110k
THE BAND TRUST	1	£93k
CANARY WHARF CONTRACTORS FUND	1	£86k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPREAD A SMILE.

SPREAD A SMILE income £2.2m
MAKE THEM SMILE income £483k
CHRISTOPHER'S SMILE income £88k
SMILE FOR JOEL income £85k
SMILE GROUP income £281k
ONCE UPON A SMILE LIMITED income £531k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JOSEPH'S SMILE	£169k	£17,360.02	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPREAD A SMILE FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MAKE THEM SMILE FY2026	£483k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTOPHER'S SMILE FY2026	£88k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SMILE FOR JOEL FY2025	£85k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SMILE GROUP FY2025	£281k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.