Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CHICHESTER AND ARUN DOWN SYNDROME GROUP 

Supports individuals with Down's Syndrome and their families in the Chichester and Arun districts
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 21 years

https://chichesterdownsyndrome.org.uk/

cdssgsecretary@gmail.com

07970450052

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£10£24£-14n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£35£20£15n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£46£23£23n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£14£19£-6n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£25£17£8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£9£16£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£9£20£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£35£15£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£9£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£1£11£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£18£15£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£16£6£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£4£11£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£4£12£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£6£13£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£40£18£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sussex Community Foundation£11,500
DCMS£11,292
The Foyle Foundation£7,500
National Lottery Community Fund£2,500
Co-Operative Group£2,380
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 28/11/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester & Arun Down Syndrome Group
£5,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards a programme of trips for the families they support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chichester Down Syndrome Support Group
£2,380 23/10/2021
Our dance classes keep members fit, healthy and puts a smile on their face. We have supported our children with equipment to do the dance classes virtually throughout the outbreak of Covid-19.
National Lottery Community Fund - Chichester Down Syndrome Support Group Activity Day
£2,500 17/08/2021
The funding is to provide an activity day to reconnect members and their families after having experienced loneliness and isolation due to shielding during the pandemic. It will enable families to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester Down Syndrome Support group
£1,500 12/03/2021
Funding was provided to increase online activities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£11,292 09/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester Down Syndrome Support group
£5,000 15/06/2020
This charity supports around 70 families in providing speech therapy. The children they support have had nearly eight weeks away from school and this will have a huge impact on their speech and also ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Speech and language skills for children with Down's Syndrome
£10,000 13/12/2018
12
The project will support the development and infrastructure of a charity providing social and after school learning therapy activities for children with Downs Syndrome and their parents and carers.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2003, number: 1099317
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

7 Castlereagh Green
BOGNOR REGIS
PO22 8HU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PEOPLE OF FACILITIES, SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL MAXIMISE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE CHICHESTER AND ARUN DISTRICTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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