Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

DOWN'S SOUTH LONDON

The principal activity of the Charity is to provide specialist speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy services to children with Down's Syndrome, living in South London. The group is open to all children with Down's Syndrome and their parents or carers who live locally. There are no formal membership criteria or fees.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£154£92£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£70£88£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£114£73£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£102£90£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£88£92£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£123£100£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£80£97£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£111£97£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£134£78£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£58£107£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£146£119£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£62£88£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£90£59£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£89£72£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£74£60£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

http://www.downssouthlondon.org/

contact@downssouthlondon.org

02077019521

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-64
  • AELENE ELIZABETH THORNE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • ANDREW AYLWIN Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Director
  • ANGELA AIMEE GOUGH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Actuary
  • GUN AKYUZ Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Journalist
  • GEORGE JOSEPH JAMES HAMPSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director
  • LIVIA CAMPELLO LANG Appointed: 2023
  • NATALIA BEATRIZ PIAGGIO Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Marketing Executive
  • RUTH ALEXANDRA CRAWFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/03/2008, number: 1123045
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/09/2007, number: 06381649
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR17: 5 days late,
Main office

59 LYNDHURST GROVE
LONDON
SE15 5AW

Objectives

1 TO PROVIDE A LOCAL INFORMATION AND SUPPORT NETWORK FOR PEOPLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED BY DOWN'S SYNDROME AND IN PARTICULAR FOR CHILDREN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME, THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER CARERS, AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO COME ITO REGULAR CONTACT WITH THEM;2 TO PROVIDE OR SECURE THE PROVISION OF SERVICES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY) FOR PEOPLE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME, TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND ABILITIES; AND3 TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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