THE DOWNRIGHT SPECIAL NETWORK

Registered charity 1175863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOWNRIGHT SPECIAL

We provide pastoral support to families of children with Down syndrome. We run a weekly group session which provides education, fun and play for babies and children with Down syndrome. School-age children attend fortnightly with their teaching assistants. We provide training for parents, teachers and other professionals. We provide consultancy work within schools to ensure effective inclusion.

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 SYNDROME IN THE HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE REGION {AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT).

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

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

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves remain slightly below the charity's stated policy target of nine months of unrestricted expenditure, despite ending the year with a small surplus. The trustees note that significant work is required in the coming months to address the deficit and ensure the continued funding of services. While grant income provided welcome stability, community fundraising and training income have decreased compared to previous years.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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 — Downright Special Network (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Huw Llewelyn Joneschair
• Emily Lauren Barnett
• Emma Louise M Tudor
• Lizann Lowson
• Michelle Marie
• Neil William George Findlay

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

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 DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• DOWN SYNDROME DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £365k
• DORCHESTER OPPORTUNITY PRESCHOOL GROUP LTD income £118k
• UPWARDS WITH DOWNS income £25k
• DOWN SYNDROME TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED income £161k
• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP income £68k
• FELIXSTOWE OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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