Smile for Life Childrens Charity

Registered charity 1129935 Registered since 2009

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4 trustees on the board

1y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

12.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

Nigel Coates

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

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

Other services 3Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

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2025

incomespending£657k 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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.8 in 2021

17 from 15 in 2024

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Tuberous Sclerosis Association Similar size; both Disability
Wales Mobility Driving Assessment Service Similar size; both Disability
Crawley Community Action Similar size; both Disability
The Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society Similar size; both Disability
Walkabout Foundation UK Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.smileforlife.org.uk
Email	info@smileforlife.org.uk
Phone	01912844166
Address	Cafe Beam, Old Fire Station, 234-236 High Street, Gosforth, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1HH

Finances

£657,142 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£280,446	£164,858
2022	£282,202	£274,978
2023	£375,182	£377,285
2024	£579,103	£651,188
2025	£657,142	£631,122

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS ANDDISTRESS WHETHER PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR OTHERWISE OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE REGIONS OF THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND, SCOTTISH BORDERS AND OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS DECIDED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/05/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/05/2011

Trustees (4)

4trustees

68median age

1aged 70+

Margery Gledsonage band 65-69 Chair
Dr Dillon Robson since 2025
Dr JAN Welburyage band 70-74
Nigel Coatesage band 65-69

Linked company (Companies House)

Smile for Life Children's Charity · 06913129 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/05/2009

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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