SMILE CHILD SPONSORSHIP

Registered charity 1209998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We relieve poverty, in particular, but not exclusively, those who are orphans residing at Smile Childrens Charity Village in Uganda and other children and young people in the surrounding area, through providing or assisting in the provision of education and training, educational facilities and such other ways as the trustees may determine. Many of the orphans are South Sudanese refugees.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE ORPHANS RESIDING AT SMILE CHILDREN’S CHARITY VILLAGE IN KITIMBWA UGANDA AND OTHER CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is limited to an independent examiner's report and does not contain financial statements, income, expenditure, or reserve figures. Consequently, no assessment of financial health can be derived from the text.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£36k£28k
31/03/2025£7k£3k

Common questions

Is SMILE CHILD SPONSORSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The provided document is limited to an independent examiner's report and does not contain financial statements, income, expenditure, or reserve figures. Consequently, no assessment of financial health can be derived from the text. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SMILE CHILD SPONSORSHIP£36k——unclear—no doubt
SMILE MALAWI FY2026£95k——unclear—no doubt
SHINES CHILDREN (UGANDA) UK SUPPORTERS FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
OPPORTUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILD OF HOPE FY2025£288k——above—no doubt
GIVE A CHILD A HOPE FY2026£77k—0unclear—no doubt

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