DOWN SYNDROME EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1062823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOWNSED, THE DOWN SYNDROME EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Down Syndrome Education International delivers evidence-led improvements in early intervention and education for children with Down syndrome globally by investing in scientific research and deliver a comprehensive range of information, advice, training and consulting services.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DOWNS SYNDROME: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £13,430 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £56,097 against total expenditure of £42,667. The trustees report that free reserves stood at £132,235, which exceeds their stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Down Syndrome Education International (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Smith
• Samuel Brenton
• Sandra Jane Redman

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

Operates in: Algeria · American Samoa · Andorra · Angola · Anguilla · Antarctica · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia · Aruba · Australia · Austria

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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