DOWN SYNDROME DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1155830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DSDT

Enrichment activities for children and young people with Down syndrome such as sports music, training for parents and school staff based around the specific learning profile of children with Down syndrome. Consultations for parents and into schools. reading interventions and resources.

Objects

THE COMPANY’S OBJECT (“THE OBJECTS”) IS THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME BY THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE BORN WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £36,237, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £20,000. The charity reported a net income increase to £27,166, driven by strong grant funding, while total expenditure rose to £338,104. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were properly prepared and gave no cause for concern.

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 6 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
• 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 Annette Duvollet Trust — “The Annette Duvollet Trust” (source page)
• The Bailey Thomas Trust — “The Bailey Thomas Trust” (source page)
• BBC Children in Need — “BBC Children in Need” (source page)
• The Boshier-Hinton Foundation — “The Boshier-Hinton Foundation” (source page)
• Brighton & Hove City Council — “Brighton & Hove City Council” (source page)
• Brighton Rotary Club — “Brighton Rotary Club” (source page)
• The Chalk Cliff Trust — “The Chalk Cliff Trust” (source page)
• The CLA Charitable Trust — “The CLA Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW SMALLWOOD
• Guy Passey
• JOANNA PIKE
• SENAY SMALLWOOD

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · Kent · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• DOWN SYNDROME EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL income £287k
• DOWNRIGHT EXCELLENT income £224k
• DOWN SYNDROME UK income £455k
• DOWN SYNDROME TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED income £161k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £68k
• OUR HIDDEN TREASURE income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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