21 PLUS

Registered charity 1194335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

21 Plus is a charity which supports, nurtures and empowers children and young people with Downs Syndrome and their families.Our activities focus on building the communication skills of our children and young people, providing opportunities to develop friendships and independence and ensuring that families have the necessary information and support to ensure their child reaches their potential.

Objects

TO ENABLE PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND LIVE FULFILLED AND ACTIVE LIVES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARENTS AND CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DS, AND PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THEIR CARE AND EDUCATION, IN THE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WITH DS.

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: Blaenau Gwent, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is an independent examiner's report for the charity '21 Plus' for the year ended 1st January 2026. The examiner confirms that no material matters have come to their attention regarding the accounting records, their accord with the accounts, or compliance with the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. The report does not contain financial data, reserves figures, or narrative on financial health.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 01/01/2022 (received 20/01/2023, 80 days after the 01/11/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/09/2026) — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gabrielle Preecechair
• Bridgid Corr
• Dr Carolyn Pennington
• Emma Mellor
• Jane Williams
• Lucinda James
• Nikki Davies
• Rachel Champken

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Cardiff · Herefordshire · Monmouthshire · Powys · Torfaen

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 21 TOGETHER.

• 21 TOGETHER income £249k
• PROJECT 21 income £489k
• T21 income £228k
• DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION income £2.7m
• SHINE21 income £122k
• Raising Twenty1 income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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