DOWN SYNDROME INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1091843 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing support networks and assistance to people with Down syndrome and those who live and work with them throughout the world. Committed to ensuring quality of life and human rights for all people with Down syndrome worldwide.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE WITH DOWN SYNDROME THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH THEM WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; AND2) TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND OTHER LEARNING DISABILITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £16,836, bringing total unrestricted funds to £61,097. However, the trustees report that this level of free reserves is below their stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of annual costs, as the current reserves cover only approximately 2 months of expenditure. The charity relies on an overdraft facility with the Down's Syndrome Association to manage cash flow and notes that it must develop stronger fundraising strategies to improve its financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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)

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ana Lucia Arellano Barba
• Angus Graham
• BRIDGET SNEDDEN
• CAROL BOYS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr RHONDA FARAGHER
• JESSAMY TANG
• Janet Charchuk

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

Operates in: Albania · Argentina · Bangladesh · Brazil · Indonesia · Kenya · Nigeria · Rwanda · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOWN SYNDROME UK.

• DOWN SYNDROME UK income £455k
• DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION income £2.7m
• CORNWALL DOWNS SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £30k
• DOWN SYNDROME EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL income £287k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £68k
• DOWNS SYNDROME RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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