# SMILING FAMILIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1183860
- **Other names:** vibe 25 Radio
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 12, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1183860


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 Peace Court, Hampton-in-Arden, SOLIHULL
- **Postcode:** B92 0AW
- **Phone:** 01675442761
- **Email:** smile@smilingfamilies.co.uk
- **Website:** www.smilingfamiliescharity.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE AFFECTED BY SERIOUS / TERMINAL ILLNESS THROUGH ACTIVITIES, DAYS OUT, SHORT BREAKS, RESPITE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP.

**Activities:** Providing support and friendship to families with a member affected by serious/terminal illness or disability,through activities,group sessions,financial support and wish granting. Specialising is Christmas visits to families unable to travel to Lapland or a local grotto due to their health issue,by bringing a mobile grotto to their homes.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Coventry City
- Solihull



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1, 2025 | £23800 | £21500 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2024 | £54600 | £42700 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2023 | £68989 | £61500 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2022 | £34300 | £32000 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2021 | £44686 | £32936 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **kerry martin-Beades** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 1, 2016
- Mark Loveland — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Owen Martin-Beades — appointed Jan. 1, 2019
- Paul Martin-Beades — appointed Nov. 1, 2016