Registered charity · Sittingbourne
Smile Malawi
- 3 trustees
- Income £107k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Kent, Malawi
- Website
- www.smilemalawi.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£107k£97k
- 2024£105k£88k
- 2023£121k£110k
Earlier years
- 2022£133k£105k
- 2021£91k£89k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO RELIEVE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN ORPHANAGE IN MALAWI, AFRICA (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT) FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGE OF 3 TO 16.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A NURSERY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN RESIDING AT THE ORPHANAGE AND CHILDREN LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.3. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE OCCUPATION FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Elspeth Baecke Chair since 2004
- Gavin Baecke since 2013
- Jane Hill
Trustees past 6 years
- Elspeth Baecke Chair since 2004
- Gavin Baecke since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Elspeth Baecke Chair since 2004
- Gavin Baecke since 2013
- Jane Hill
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106225
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 25 JULY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 15 SEPTEMBER 2004
- Contact on the register
- 01634379162 · enquiries@smilemalawi.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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