Mrs Smiley's Second Charity Trust

Analysis

Mrs Smiley's Second Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Mrs Smiley's Second Charity Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £7,180, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,021 to £17k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mrs Smiley's Second Charity Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surf Life Saving Devon (£17k), Amparai District Vipulananda Rehabilitation Organisation (£17k) and Dewode, Uganda (Dedicated Women in Development) (£17k).