UP ON DOWNS ( HERTFORDSHIRE)

Registered charity 1126111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Family support services for families in Hertfordshire with children or young adults with Down's syndrome.

Objects

TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES, HELPERS AND CARERS WITHIN HERTFORDSHIRE.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 HERTFORDSHIRE AREA.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £66,632.57, which is well above the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining a balance of around £20,000. The charity reports a solid financial position despite a drop in income, noting that several significant income streams were one-off events.

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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• LAUREN HARTLEYchair
• ARRON HOPCROFT
• Alisande Nuttall
• Dilu Chowdhury
• Frances Gerber-Hawkins
• John Clark
• Sarah Stockley

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).