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Operation Smile United Kingdom

The objects of the charity are, for the public benefit: To preserve and protect the physical, mental and emotional health in particular but not exclusively of people with facial and functional conditions throughout the world; By providing support to...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £7.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
Where
Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India and more
Website
www.operationsmile.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Operation Smile United Kingdom
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.5m£7.2m
  • 2024£7.1m£7.8m
  • 2023£7.5m£7.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.7m£5.9m
  • 2021£6.2m£5.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the charity are, for the public benefit: To preserve and protect the physical, mental and emotional health in particular but not exclusively of people with facial and functional conditions throughout the world; By providing support to strengthen healthcare systems for the delivery of safe and effective surgery and comprehensive care through initiatives including, but not limited to, education and training of the public, medical personnel and support staff, investment in and advancement of infrastructure for healthcare systems, and campaigning to improve healthcare policy to the extent permitted by law; and To implement research to advance the understanding of conditions including but not limited to facial and functional conditions, the barriers to care, and the best methods of providing care for patients with such conditions.

Grants received

3 grants · £8,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

6.4y median 2y
average tenure
25y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Professional services 4Property 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.9 in 2021

27 from 18 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1091316
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/01/2012 as amended on 23 Jan 2024
Companies House
Company number 04317039 · Active
Contact on the register
02034755126 · info.uk@operationsmile.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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