Registered charity · Surrey
Smiling Faces International
Smiling Faces International is a registered charity (number 1216934) based in Surrey, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Marib Attique Shaikh since 2022. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as SFI (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- The Gambia, Senegal
- Website
- WWW.SMILING-FACES.ORG.UK (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Smiling Faces International
- Registered
- 2026
Charitable objects
5.1 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR IN GAMBIA AND SENEGAL SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:5.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGHTHE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND RUNNING OF MOSQUES AND ISLAMIC SCHOOLS, AND TO CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED;5.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND FACILITIES WHICH SUPPORTTHE GENERAL EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT MOSQUES, ISLAMIC SCHOOLS AND ORPHANAGES;5.1.3 THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE ORPHANED OR WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF ORPHANAGES.
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
- Marib Attique Shaikh Chair since 2022
- Ballal Zahoor Qureshi since 2022
- Brunel Ibrahim Yusuf Johnson since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Marib Attique Shaikh Chair since 2022
- Ballal Zahoor Qureshi since 2022
- Brunel Ibrahim Yusuf Johnson since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1216934
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 OCT 2024AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 OCT 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 FEB 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 11912107 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07946754974 · hello@smiling-faces.org.uk
- 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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