SMILE KENYA

Registered charity 1211938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Smile Kenya raises funds and provides financial resources to its partner Climate Care CBO in Kinango, Kenya, who through a Model Farm approach train local farmers to adopt modern agricultural practices and resource management, so that crop yields and animal husbandry is improved to provide food security, health benefits and increased income in order that their families are lifted out of poverty.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS:(1) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN KENYA BY:(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS."(2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN KENYA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £11,777 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £16,027. The trustees report that these reserves exceed the stated policy target of £3,000 to £5,000 and are considered adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL CHARLES FOX · trustee of 3 other charities
• Matthew charles Band
• Rebecca Kate Band

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

Operates in: Kenya

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