Smile Aid

Analysis

Smile Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10669697). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Smile Aid reported income of £230k and spending of £289k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £489k to £230k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Smile Aid sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keynsham & District Dial-A-Ride (£230k), Lap Research (£230k) and The Sandhu Charitable Foundation (£230k).