UPS AND DOWNS SOUTH WEST

Registered charity 1116381 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of families and carers of children who have Down Syndrome exclusively, by providing face to face support as well as any information necessary to enable these children to reach their full potential both educationally and socially and so that their conditions of life may be improved.

Objects

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE:THE RELIEF OF FAMILIES AND CARERS OF CHILDREN* WHO HAVE DOWN SYNDROME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FACE TO FACE SUPPORT AS WELL AS ANY INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ENABLE THESE CHILDREN TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BOTH EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. *(THESE PEOPLE ARE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE 'CLIENTS').

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £124,753 and free unrestricted reserves of £43,952, which meets the stated policy of three months of unrestricted spending. Although income decreased and costs increased, the trustees report a strong financial position supported by prudent stewardship and multiple grants.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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 — Ups and Downs Southwest (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Dohertychair
• Emma Hildesley
• James Foyle

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 THE UPS OF DOWNS.

• THE UPS OF DOWNS income £41k
• UP & DOWNS income £28k
• PSDS - PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES income £206k
• DOWN SYNDROME UK income £455k
• DOWN SYNDROME INTERNATIONAL income £389k
• UPS AND DOWNS income £78k

Side by side with its peers

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