SUNDOWNS

Registered charity 1089679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOWNS SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES. TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOWNS SYNDROME MAKE TO SOCIETY.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:-TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY DOWNS SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES IN WIRRAL AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND TO CREATE AND DEVELOP THE CONDITIONS WHICH WILL ENABLE PEOPLE WITH DOWNS SYNDROME TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH DOWNS SYNDROME.

Area of benefit: WIRRAL AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

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Registered contact address: Wirral, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remained financially stable with total income of £27,398 and total expenditure of £26,216 for the year ended 30 September 2025. The charity held £22,143 in cash at year-end, comprising £13,080 in unrestricted funds and £9,063 in restricted funds. The trustees confirmed that appropriate financial controls are in place to safeguard assets.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sundowns (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK BRIDGEchair
• Ana Harrison-McCormack
• Kim Page
• Tony Jones

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNWALL DOWNS SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP.

• CORNWALL DOWNS SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £30k
• DOWN SYNDROME UK income £455k
• DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION income £2.7m
• SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK TRUST income £2.3m
• SWINDON DOWN'S SYNDROME GROUP income £55k
• EAST LANCASHIRE DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £74k

Side by side with its peers

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