Hey Smile Foundation

Analysis

Hey Smile Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06455490). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hey Smile Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £2.1m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.7m (+5.2%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hey Smile Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Longridge and District Young Farmers' Club (£1.7m), Blackwell Adventure (£1.7m) and Heathrow School of Gymnastics & Dance Ltd (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63% and donations and legacies 36%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £871k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.