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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

PORTSMOUTH DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION

Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association provides support, advice and educational services for children and their families in South Hampshire. We offer an extensive range of services including early development sessions for preschool children, communication therapy, parent and professional training days and a school outreach service. We also hold social events, drama groups and seasonal parties.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/03/24£251£396£-144n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£197£280£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£208£194£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£131£120£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£430£241£189n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£230£172£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£244£121£122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£132£87£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£85£59£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£75£34£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£42£17£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.portsmouthdsa.org

rachaelross@portsmouthdsa.org

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Portsmouth City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
The Michael And Betty Little Trust£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£8,982
Wates Foundation£7,000
Co-Operative Group£3,304
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/10/2023
Funding for the purchase of new furniture and equipment for Portsmouth DSA's new charity centre
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 17/02/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Wates Foundation - School Advisory Service - RWF 2021
£7,000 20/05/2021
School Advisory Service
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association
£3,304 24/10/2020
We aim to provide early intervention sessions, to teach children with Down Syndrome the skills they need to reach their full potential.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 20/03/2020
New Charity Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Social Communication Groups
£8,982 23/01/2020
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The funding will be used to run monthly social communication groups for young people living with Down syndrome. The project aims to improve social, educational and employment opportunities.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Portsmouth Down Syndrome
£10,000 19/01/2020
Provides support, advice and educational services for children and their families in South Hampshire
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association
£4,409 15/11/2019
We want to use our early intervention groups to provide specialist support to babies and pre-school children with Down Syndrome.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association
£4,629 19/11/2018
We want to help improve speech, language and communication skills for children with Down syndrome in the local community.
Wates Foundation - Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association
£10,000 13/09/2018
Funding towards the costs of a specialist School Advisory Service which currently supports the successful inclusion of children in 81 schools across the South East.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALICE OSBORNE Appointed: 2023
  • HELEN NELSON Appointed: 2020
  • KEN ROSS Appointed: 2015
  • RACHAEL ROSS MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2012
  • SIMON CHRISTOPHER BROCK Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/05/2012, number: 1147355
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 1
Aspen House
Airport Service Road
PORTSMOUTH
HAMPSHIRE
PO3 5RA

Objectives

(1)TO OFFER SUPPORT AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDRENWITH DOWN SYNDROME OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS, LIVING IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF PORTSMOUTH OR SURROUNDING AREAS. (2)PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF PORTSMOUTH OR SURROUNDING AREAS. (3)ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND GENERAL PUBLIC WHEN POSSIBLE ON THE SUBJECT OF CHILDHOOD DISABILITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FAMILY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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