DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1061474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOWNS SYNDROME ASSOCIATION, DSA

Latest income

£2.7m

Latest spending

£2.4m

Registered

1997

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.7m

Total spending

£2.4m

Cost of raising funds

£399k

Reserves (reported)

£1.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (18/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (27/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

DARREN WARKCUP
Dr JOHN GERARD COGHLAN
Professor Anthony J Holland
ROBERT STIRLING
SARAH LEGGAT
TREVOR PEARCY

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.7m	£2.4m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£2.3m
31/03/2023	£2.0m	£2.1m
31/03/2022	£2.1m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£2.9m	£2.0m

Common questions

Who funds DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION, JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE CADOGAN CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k
THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION	FY2023	£28k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2023	£7k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£7k
THE SANDHU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	FY2023	£5k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND	FY2022	£1k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2019	£149k	"50th Year Memories and Stories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/06/2015	£85k	"Normansfield: Protecting a Theatrical Past"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/12/2011	£46k	"Pullen: Ships of Reality and the Imagination"