SWINDON DOWN'S SYNDROME GROUP

Registered charity 1158449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWINDON DS GROUP

The Swindon Down's Syndrome Group is a parent-led charity supporting people with Down's syndrome and their families in Swindon and the surrounding area.We are here to help people with Down's syndrome to have the same opportunities as everyone else and raise awareness of Down's syndrome in the local community.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are to relieve the charitable needs of people with Down’sSyndrome, and their families, helpers and carers in particular but not exclusively by theprovision of support and information and speech and language therapy so that they areable to attain their full potential and to undertake any other charitable activities inconnection with the relief of Down’s Syndrome in the SN postcode and the surroundingarea. (Area of Benefit).“Surrounding area” defined as – post code areas associated to Fairford, Malmesbury,Hungerford, Pewsey, Marlborough, Hullavington, Chippenham, Devizes, Calne, AshtonKeynes, Cirencester, Aldbourne, Bromham, Melksham and Cheltenham.

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: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted cash funds of £106,089 at the end of the period, an increase from the previous year's £102,455. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts. The charity's total funds increased from £49,808 to £54,883 in receipts, with total payments of £35,707 against total receipts of £54,883.

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 3 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 — Swindon Down's Syndrome Group (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KIM WESTchair
• Claire Elizabeth North
• JOANNA MESSENGER
• JOHN STOW
• Samantha Harding · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria McGuire

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNWALL DOWNS SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP.

• CORNWALL DOWNS SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £30k
• Down's Syndrome Manchester income £188k
• DOWN SYNDROME UK income £455k
• EAST LANCASHIRE DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £74k
• SUNDOWNS income £27k
• DOWN SYNDROME DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £365k

Side by side with its peers

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