BEDFORDSHIRE DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1102599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide regular speech therapy sessions for some of our members. We organise educational workshops for parents, teachers and other educational support staff from local schools. We organise and run an Early Development Group, a Teen Club and a Young Adults Group for some of our members. We hold social activities for families to meet and get to know each other.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PEOPLE OF FACILITIES, SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL MAXIMISE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT ("THE OBJECTS").

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: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised approximately £29,000 in fundraising activities during the year, exceeding its £25,000 target. The Independent Examiner confirmed that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act and that the accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters causing concern.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• TERESA HURLEYchair
• Aimee Leconte
• CATHERINE JUDITH BIANCO
• Jenna Ruth Bradshaw
• KAREN FORRESTER
• LINDA SMITH
• Leanne Forrester
• TRACEY JANE JOHNSON

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

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