MILES FOR SMILES

Registered charity 1203923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MFS

We raise money to enable us to support people in our local community with life limiting , life changing circumstances and disabilities through organised events such as music events and family fun days .

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LIFE LIMITING OR LIFE CHANGING HEALTH CONDITIONS, OR WHO ARE DISABLED, LIVING IN SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, NORTHWEST LEICESTERSHIRE OR EAST STAFFORDSHIRE BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED TO ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, CHARITIES AND OTHER VOLUNTARY, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS WHO SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED AND WHOSE CHARITABLE PURPOSES ARE IN LINE WITH THOSE OF MILES FOR SMILES.

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

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

Latest income
£195k
Latest spending
£117k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £71,973 at the end of the period, with total incoming resources of £194,543 against resources expended of £116,570. The trustees report that the charity is an unincorporated entity controlled by a deed of trust and has no stated reserves policy target. The financial statements are described as unaudited.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary income (50% of income)
“Voluntary income 97,431” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Miles For Smiles (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£195k£117k

Common questions

Is MILES FOR SMILES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £71,973 at the end of the period, with total incoming resources of £194,543 against resources expended of £116,570. The trustees report that the charity is an unincorporated entity controlled by a deed of trust and has no stated reserves policy target. The financial statements are described as unaudited. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILES FOR MEN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MILES FOR SMILES£195k—0unclear—no doubt
MILES FOR MEN FY2024£124k—0unclear—no doubt
GIFT A SMILE FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
MILESTONES CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2026£390k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION FY2025£235k——within—no doubt
SMILE FOR LIFE CHILDRENS CHARITY FY2025£657k—0unclear—no doubt

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