Deliver a Smile

Analysis

Deliver a Smile is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11610802). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Deliver a Smile reported income of £689k and spending of £576k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £704 to £689k (+97752%), an average of +459% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 11063000%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Deliver a Smile sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Burhan Foundation (£689k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's, St Albans (£689k) and Heath Evangelical Church Cardiff (£688k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £513k. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 61 months of spending at that rate.