CORNWALL DOWNS SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1123858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To create and develop the conditions which will enable people with Down's syndrome to attain their full potential and to undertake any other charitable activities in connection with Down's syndrome in the Cornwall area.

Objects

TO CREATE AND DEVELOP THE CONDITIONS WHICH WILL ENABLE PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME IN THE CORNWALL AREA.TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES, HELPERS AND CARERS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 16).

Area of benefit: CORNWALL

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: Coventry, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £3,597 for the year, with total funds increasing to £68,034. The accounts are unaudited and subject to independent examination, which found no matters requiring attention. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves relative to its annual expenditure.

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery (Awards for All) — “The National Lottery (Awards for All) are funding the continuation of CDSSG’s legacy dance project. They also fund our Weekly Youth Chats wh…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bonnie Davies
• Claire Pearne
• Dan Burbridge
• Jason Lyne
• Sara Truelove
• Stephen Richards

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

Operates in: Cornwall

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 DOWN SYNDROME UK.

• DOWN SYNDROME UK income £455k
• DOWN SYNDROME INTERNATIONAL income £389k
• DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION income £2.7m
• SWINDON DOWN'S SYNDROME GROUP income £55k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £68k
• SUNDOWNS income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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