DOWNRIGHT J7Special Hull and East Yorkshire Down Syndrome Support ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS ST I NOV 2024 TO 31"OCT 2025 Downright Special Bodrnin Road Church Office, Pad5tow C105e, Bodrnin Road, Bran5holm8, Hull HU7 4HE Tel.. 01482 420160 E-m￿1.. enquirS0s@downrlghtspe¢ial.¢o.uk Registered Charity Nufflb8r'. 1175863 FR www.downrightspecial.co.uk FUNDRAI&Mi HEOULATOR ## **Contents** Foreword from the Chair ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Background ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Our Pledge ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Safeguarding Statement ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Meet the Team ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Our Trustees ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Our Staff ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Our Volunteers ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Our Families ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Review of our Activities of the Year ................................................................................................................................ 8 Education .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Downright Special Fridays: Early Development Groups ......................................................................................... 8 Downright Special Education Outreach Work with Schools ................................................................................... 9 Support to Families ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Social Events .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Downright Dance .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Other Support ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Downright Special Health .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Advocacy ................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Awareness Week / World Down Syndrome Day .................................................................................................. 15 New Parent Packs .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Networking ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 Communication with parents and carers .............................................................................................................. 17 Training ..................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Fundraising ................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Financial Review ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 Income ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Expenditure ............................................................................................................................................................... 22 Looking to the future .................................................................................................................................................... 23 Declaration .................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Appendix: Unaudited Financial Statements .................................................................................................................. 24 Page **2** of **24** ## **Foreword from the Chair** Over the past year, Downright Special has continued to strengthen and expand its support for children and young people with Down syndrome and their families, responding to growing need with care and expertise. Our work remains grounded – in partnership listening to families, working collaboratively with schools and health services, and advocating for systems that enable children and young people to thrive. Education continues to be a central focus for the charity, with particular emphasis on increasing our support to mainstream secondary schools and strengthening practice across key stages. Our specialist team has worked closely with schools, families and local authorities to promote effective inclusion, provide tailored advice and resources, and build understanding of the learning profile of children and young people with Down syndrome. This work has been especially important as more of our young people continue their education in mainstream secondary settings. Our Friday early development groups have continued to provide a vital foundation for young children, combining evidence-based learning approaches with opportunities for play, communication and social development. Just as importantly, these sessions offer parents and carers a welcoming space to connect with others, share experiences and build supportive relationships that are so central to family wellbeing. Supporting families remains at the heart of everything we do. This year we have seen increasing pressures on families navigating the SEND system, and we have responded by dedicating additional capacity to provide advice, advocacy and practical support around EHCPs, school placements and access to services. Alongside this, our health work has continued to develop, with a strong focus on improving understanding of the Down Syndrome Care Pathway, supporting families with complex health needs, and working collaboratively with NHS partners to improve care and awareness. Our social and youth activities have continued to grow in both range and impact. Through inclusive family events, age-specific sessions and the continued success of Downright Dance, children and young people have had opportunities to build friendships, confidence and independence, while families have been able to connect and support one another within a strong and inclusive community. None of this work would be possible without the commitment of our staff, trustees and volunteers, or the generosity of our funders and supporters. Securing significant grant funding this year has provided welcome stability at a time of increasing demand, allowing us to continue delivering essential services while planning carefully for the future. As we reflect on the year, we are proud of the progress made and the impact achieved, but most of all of the relationships that underpin our work. Looking ahead, we remain committed to listening to families, responding to need and working collaboratively to build brighter futures for children and young people with Down syndrome. ## **Lizann Lowson** Chair of Trustees Page **3** of **24** ## **Background** The Downright Special Network was established in June 2007 to: - Provide and operate such support, materials and events so both parents/carers and professionals in health and education may be assisted in helping children with Down syndrome to achieve the best possible outcomes throughout their education, social, physical and emotional development. - Produce antenatal support and information to prospective parents and emotional and practical support to new parents. - Strive to build a brighter future for children with Down syndrome in our area. The work undertaken by staff, because of the fundraising and donations received, allows us to focus on our enduring priorities of: - Education - Support - Health - Advocacy - Training ## **Our Pledge** Downright Special recognises that each individual with Down syndrome is unique and that some may have more complex needs. We pledge to create an environment where all individuals and their families feel welcome and supported, regardless of diagnosis or ability. ## **Safeguarding Statement** Downright Special is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults with a care and support need, engaged in the breadth of its activities. Downright Special believes that everyone has the right to be safe from harm and should be able to live free from fear of abuse, neglect and exploitation. Downright Special takes its responsibilities for safeguarding children extremely seriously and we believe safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. We follow safer recruiting guidelines. All Downright Special posts are subject to enhanced DBS disclosure. All our staff and volunteers who have contact with families must attend Level 1 Safeguarding training as a minimum with several of our staff receiving further training including safer recruiting, vulnerable babies and Makaton safeguarding workshop. Our safeguarding policies can be found on our website - - - https://www.downrightspecial.co.uk/our story/about downright special/#policies Page **4** of **24** ## **Meet the Team** ## **Our Trustees** This year we said farewell to Angela Broekhuizen and Gavin Beresford who had both served as trustees for many – years. We were delighted to welcome three new trustees to the board this year Emily Barnett, Huw Jones and Emma Tudor. ||Lizann Lowson
Appointed October 2019
Chair since July 2020||Angela Broekhuizen
Appointed June 2016
Resigned February 2025| |---|---|---|---| ||Gavin Beresford
Appointed May 2017
Resigned October 2025||Michelle Marie
Appointed April 2022| ||Neil Findlay
Appointed October 2022||Emily Barnett
Appointed April 2025| ||Huw Jones
Appointed June 2025||Emma Tudor
Appointed September
2025| Page **5** of **24** ## **Our Staff** We have eight part-time members of staff who: ensure the smooth running of the charity; deliver our Friday education sessions; deliver outreach work in schools; deliver training courses for parents and professionals and who develop our work on health and wellbeing. ## The team members are: ||Gillian Bowlas
Charity Manager||Louise Smith
Charity Organiser| |---|---|---|---| ||Claire Chilton
Health Lead||Katie Bewell
Specialist Teacher (KS1) &
Designated Safeguarding
Lead| ||Laura Nichols
Early Years Advisor||Dr Nicola O’Riordan
Advisory Teacher (KS2 to
KS4)| ||Sarah Hyde
Toddler Group Leader||Susanne Townhill
Baby Group Leader &
New Parent Contact| Page **6** of **24** ## **Our Volunteers** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Lauren, Becky & Jess,
Friday Group Volunteers
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To keep our costs as low as possible, the Charity uses many volunteers, including several parents, and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to each one of them who helped us this year. These volunteers assisted with running Friday sessions, laminating resources, organising social and fundraising events, designing publications and resources, managing our website and IT systems, running our bookstall, charity tin collections and helping with our book-keeping. Many thanks to: Lisa Bell, Poppy Bell, Harry Bewell, Rose Bielby, Lisa Bloomer, Bob Bloomer, Rachel Bowlas, Angela Broekhuizen, Tone Broomfield, Louise Brown, Toni Bullock, Becky Constable, Neil Findlay, Jill Lambert, Jessica Ross, Jess Shields, Karl Svenson, Lauren Ward and all the amazing volunteers who helped at our Christmas and Awareness Week events this year. ## **Our Families** Over the years we have supported over 160 children and young people with Down syndrome. We currently have around 120 families registered with Downright Special and accessing our services. It is free to register with us, and we ensure our family activities are free or heavily subsidised as we do not want cost being a barrier to anyone receiving the support they need. Page **7** of **24** ## **Review of our Activities of the Year** ## **Education** _**OUR PRIORITY WAS TO INCREASE OUR SUPPORT TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT TRANSITION BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL STAGES IN PARTICULAR SECONDARY TO POST-16 COLLEGES.**_ ## **Downright Special Fridays: Early Development Groups** Our Downright Special early development groups run on a Friday during term time and continue to be a great success for children from birth to approximately five years old. In this year had around 15 children who attended Friday mornings and we delivered 37 sessions. These sessions are a chance for parents to get together, have a coffee, share experiences and provide mutual support. The children get the chance to play and make friends. Most importantly the sessions also incorporate ‘lesson time’ when the children are p ut in small groups to work on their speech, language and communication skills, numeracy and literacy in a way that is tailored to the specific learning profile of children with Down syndrome. We provide lots of bespoke visual resources to support the child ren’s learning and parents are given these to continue the work at home. We use Makaton sign language throughout the morning, helping parents and children learn the signs they need to communicate with each other and help with learning new words. We have established a tried and tested curriculum of activities which is reviewed annually to ensure the latest teaching methods are used. The curriculum also helps us to track progress and record milestones for each child. Our baby group continues to be incorporated into Friday mornings, with our youngest children enjoying a range of sensory activities and learning some of the early skills, such as taking turns and making early speech sounds in a relaxed and fun environment. It is also a chance for parents to see a demonstration of some the activities they can do at home to support their child’s development and for parents to learn some of the most useful sign language to help with their baby’s communication skills. Also, an aspect which is crucially important, Downright Special Fridays offer parents and carers the opportunity to chat over coffee, share their experiences and offer peer-to-peer support whilst the children play in a safe environment. However good a statutory agency may be, there are some things that only another parent will understand and be able to offer the mutual support which is so often needed. The Friday group is striking visual evidence that there is no “type” of parent who will have a child with Down syndrome, and we have a diversity of ages and cultures in the group. New dads can also be reassured it certainly isn’t a “mother and baby” group, as we have several fathers attending regularly. Page **8** of **24** ## **Downright Special Education Outreach Work with Schools** Downright Special Education aims to support effective inclusion in mainstream schools. Our three part-time members of staff provide support to 52 children in mainstream nurseries, pre-schools and schools. We have continued to increase our support to mainstream secondary schools as more of our children choose to continue their education this way. We supported nine children in mainstream secondary. The number of schools and nurseries receiving direct support from us is around 45. Our specialist teachers have visited schools to assess children and advise teaching staff, provided training for schools on the learning profile of children with Down syndrome, assisted with formulating effective Individual Education Plans (IEPs), written reports for the Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) process, and attended annual reviews and transition meetings. We also continue to provide Education Resource Packs for each child we support when they begin their formal education. “ [They have] gained confidence when interacting socially with other adults and peers at school. An increase in time engaged in activities and more understanding of the setting and routines which has ultimately improved self-regulation and behaviour throughout the day. Overall happiness and enthusiasm have improved for coming into school and the setting, as well as improvement with speech and communication in all aspects. ” Laura Nichols is our Early Years Advisor and, in addition to leading a Friday morning early interventi on group, Laura’s remit is to provide support and advice on inclusion of a child with Down syndrome in mainstream nursery or preschool settings. She ensures our children get the best start to their education before they even reach statutory school age. Laura had 11 children on her caseload. Katie Bewell is our Specialist Teacher, delivering groups on Friday mornings and afternoons with her outreach work focused on children in Key Stage 1. She supports school staff with differentiated resources and advice, modelling the evidence-based interventions recommended for each individual child. Katie had 13 children on her caseload this year. Dr Nicola O’Riordan is our K ey Stage 2-4 Advisory Teacher. Nicola has been instrumental in providing outreach support to our KS2-KS4 children and supporting the children, staff and parents in the transition to secondary school. Nicola had 25 children on her case load. This year Nicola has completed building a bank of science resources for secondary schools, with the content checked by qualified science teachers. We are now working with the national organisation DSUK on how this can be rolled out more widely across the UK, as well as working with them on other secondary resources. We also continued monthly groups for school-age children who have recently moved into KS2 and are ready to do some focused work on developing comprehension skills using a heavily scaffolded version of the ‘Language for Thinking’ speech and language programme. This year, we had 5 children attending these monthly afternoon sessions with their teaching assistant from school. Having the TAs attend means they can see a demonstration of how to practically apply the specific teaching techniques which ensure our ch ildren’s learning is maximised. They are given resources they can take away for use in the classroom and have plenty of opportunity to ask for advice on any issues they may be facing in the Page **9** of **24** classroom, or to get guidance on next steps. It is also useful for them to meet other TAs to share experiences and learn from each other. ## **Feedback from Teaching Assistants** _“ My overall confidence has improved to feel I am supporting the child in the best way I possibly can. Ensuring I am doing all to make sure that the child’s school life is giving what’s needed to help with progress in all aspects of the child’s life not just educational. And working to that child’s needs and specific goals rather than pushing a curriculum that doesn’t meet their needs. Just my overall understanding has greatly improved so as a TA I feel like I have the tools needed to give that child the most suitable support. ”_ _“ The whole team at Downright special have been amazing! The support and care they have given me, the child and the parents is first class. They have taught me so much and guided me in so many areas of how to ensure the child has all his needs met. I am truly grateful to each and every one of them for everything they have done for us all. Amazing, kind, hardworking and care so much for every child, parent and carer they come in contact with. Lovely, genuine people. ”_ Page **10** of **24** **Support to Families** _**Our priorities during the year were to offer a variety of social events including social event opportunities for older children/ young adults and to continue to offer support in all aspects of care, health and education**_ ## **Social Events** Parents told us how important it is to them to have social events and chances to meet up with other families. Social events allow our families to get together, share experiences, pass on tips, support each other, and celebrate their children’s achievements . The events also give the children a chance to make friends with other children with Down syndrome and develop what we hope will be lifelong friendships and support networks. These events are just as important as our formal activities and this year we made it a priority to offer as many social events as possible with a mixture of events for all ages and the whole family and age-specific events. We knew how much our older children valued events just for them where they could socialise with their peers of the same age. We organised 14 social events in total this year. For each event we have considered the suggestions from parents of children with complex needs to help make the events as inclusive as possible. We have: - Used a ‘complex needs checklist’ when assessing venues - for events - Planned some repeated events in safe/familiar places - with the same routine - Written social stories in advance of each event - Where possible chosen venues with quiet rooms or - spaces to cater for different needs. ## **Social Events for All Ages** - Christmas Crafts – 18 children attended - Christmas Party at Lazaat’s. 57 children plus their - families came along. - Bowling for 24 children at Hollywood Bowl - Easter Egg Hunt – 43 children and young people - Humber Llamas Outing – 16 enjoyed meeting the - animals, and having a picnic in the grounds Page **11** of **24** In addition to these whole-family events, we ran the following sessions for different age groups with over 70 of our children attending at least one event this year. ## **Pre-school/Primary age events:** - 2 dance sessions with Joanna from The Little Yorkshire Dance - Academy - Soft Play pizza party at Monkey Bizness - Adventure Play Town Role Play party ## **Youth Club Events (12-25)** - 2 Dance sessions with Joanna - Tie- Dye Workshop at Dinkie Pinkie’s - Summer Mocktail-making at Humber St Gallery - - Christmas Night Out at Humber St Gallery Cafe - ## **Downright Dance** Our weekly dance group for age 11-25 has been going from strength to strength with 11 young people attending every Monday evening. They all feedback every week how much they love it. It has been amazing to see the friendships develop, their confidence growing as well as seeing them learn new skills to build their fitness and strength. You can hear what the young people think about Downright Dance in this short video: https://vimeo.com/1117877834 Page **12** of **24** ## **Other Support New and Expectant Parents** We continued to support families new to parenting a baby with Down syndrome to offer support and information and this year welcomed seven new babies to our special family. Through the hospital and health visiting teams, families are usually put in contact with us within a week of the birth or if a parent knows antenatally then we provide support through the pregnancy. We set straight to work not as lone “advisors” but instead using the extensive network we have built up to put the new parents in touch with others. As our network has grown to over 160 local families, we can now go so far as to match new parents to those of similar ages, situations and with babies who have similar medical conditions. For a new parent, there is nothing better than speaking to somebody who knows exactly what they are going through and can give them a glimpse of easier times a couple of years down the road, and there is nothing that our families with older children like better than reaching out to give new parents support, reassurance, advice and hope for the future. Fantastically, our families are working together for mutual benefit, which was always our ambition. ## **Parent Feedback** _“Five months ago we knew nothing about Downright Special, and then in July all that changed. Downright Special has been a lifeline in a sea of misinformation and outdated stereotypes, of long hospital stays and bumps in the road. They’ve been with us every step of the way since day one. ”_ ## **SEND LAW – New Service** Sadly, we have been finding that families have increasingly been experiencing difficulties with the SEND system in both of our local authorities including issues such as poor quality and unlawful Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), lack of a suitable school/college placement and being incorrectly refused transport. This creates huge amounts of stress for families and has a negative effect on the children and young people’s education. 94% of our East Riding families who have a child age 4-11 have experience significant difficulties. As a result, this year we have dedicated extra hours within our team to support families to navigate the SEND system with over thirteen different families receiving support from general advice to intense support include writing letters, attending meetings and reviewing draft EHCPs. ## **Advice** Our team are on hand throughout the week to give advice on all aspects of the care and education of children and young people with Down syndrome. We have a closed Facebook group for parents, giving them a safe place to share useful information, ask questions and provide mutual support. We have been able to help seven families with their applications for claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or appealing against decisions. Page **13** of **24** **Downright Special Health** _**To continue to develop the health agenda with a focus on the care pathway, maternity services and understanding best practice around supporting children with dual diagnosis.**_ Our work to improve health and wellbeing outcomes continues to be an integral part of our work. This year we continued to fund the role of our Downright Special Health Lead. Downright Special has always had a strong focus on education, and the aim of the Health Lead role is to bring this same level of expertise and knowledge to the understanding of the health needs of children with Down syndrome. After Sam moved on from the role, we were delighted that Claire Chilton joined us in March to continue the work. Working with the local NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB)we remain the lead organisation for reviewing and updating the Hull and East Yorkshire Down Syndrome Care Pathway: - https://humberandnorthyorkshire.org.uk/our work/downsyndromepathway/. This year we chose to focus on widening awareness of the pathway with primary care and launched a short webinar for GPs to explain more about the pathway ,why it is important they are familiar with it, the difference it makes to children and adults with Down syndrome and the difference it will make to their practice. The webinar can be found here: https://www.downrightspecial.co.uk/knowledge-resources/health-resources/ We have been supporting our families with a range of issues this year including: - Advice on weaning, behaviour, sleep and feeding. - Signposting and advice about which health services do what, how referral is made and referral criteria. This includes support with referral forms. This also includes where families have found it problematic accessing services or who wish to feedback dissatisfaction with services. - Advice about specific health issues common to Down Syndrome with signposting to reputable sources of information. - Creation of social stories e.g. to prepare for appointments or about specific issues such as growing up. - Discussion with parents wondering about a possible additional diagnosis for example autism or ADHD. - A listening ear for any parent that needs space to talk in confidence. - Hospital passports – supported several families with completing a hospital passport as a ‘one - pager’ of information about their child that clinicians need to know including medical and communication needs In addition we have worked with the local Emergency Department Paediatric Consultant to add more families to the alert system within hospital records so that when a child with Down syndrome arrives at hospital there is a flag on their records that alerts doctors and nurses to the possible differences in how a child with Down syndrome might display symptoms of serious illness. Page **14** of **24** **Advocacy** _**Our priorities during the year were to work collaboratively with our NHS partners to review and communicate the Down Syndrome Care Pathway, to actively participate in Down Syndrome Awareness Week and to raise the profile of the charity.**_ ## **Awareness Week / World Down Syndrome Day** Part of our mission is to act as a voice for the children and parents we support. We aim to change perceptions and raise awareness of what it really means to have Down syndrome. For Awareness Week this year we had a successful social media campaign, along the theme of #SuperHero Supporters where we asked our families to nominate the peop le around them who they saw as their ‘Superhero Supporters’ and raise awareness of the importance of having good support systems to ensure children and young people with Down syndrome thrive. Page **15** of **24** We celebrated a range of superheroes from family members to teaching assistants and swim teachers. What was unexpected but very lovely was the fact that several of the nominees were Downright Special staff. _“Nicola and Laura from Downright special have been like superheroes. We needed someone and they were there in a flash every time we needed them. If it wasn't for their help and support standing by N we don't know what we would have done. All we ever wanted was for N to come home and tell us about school and how his day has been, and that's what he does. He's back to being our happy confident boy again thanks to Downright Special.”_ We also had several schools and other supporters wearing their #LotsofSocks on World Down Syndrome Day to raise awareness or hosting coffee morning and bakes sales. A group of local dance schools also “danced their socks off’ for us during awareness week , raising the profile of the charity with a wider range of people. Our charity manager delivered assemblies to three secondary schools this year and a session to the Health & Social Care students at a local sixth form college. Page **16** of **24** ## **New Parent Packs** Our new parent packs continue to be available on the maternity and neonatal wards. Midwives can give these packs out to parents knowing they are receiving up-to-date information on parenting a child with Down syndrome. A version of these packs is also available for those with an antenatal diagnosis. The packs available to download from our website: - https://www.downrightspecial.co.uk/knowledge - - resources/expectant parent pack/ - - https://www.downrightspecial.co.uk/knowledge resources/new - parent pack/ ## **Networking** We have continued to build networks with groups nationwide, through the DSUK-led Facebook group for those running parent support groups with the aim of making a difference by sharing support, services, knowledge and expertise, making sure we are delivering the best service possible to our families and running our groups as efficiently as possible. We attended the annual DSUK parent support group leaders conference. We continue to be affiliated to the Down’s Syndrome Association and attend the affiliated groups monthly meetings. We work with the local Parent Carer Forums to feedback views from parents of key issues affecting them and build connections with other local charities to share experiences locally. Through the Matthew Good Foundation, we also meet regularly with the leaders of other local charities working in the SEND community to share experiences, ideas and look for ways to collaborate on local projects. Katie, our Safeguarding Lead is an active participant in the local Safeguarding Network. ## **Communication with parents and carers** Making sure we hear the issues facing parents so that we can properly represent their voices is very important to us. We regularly review and update communications and engagement action plan, and we have two parents on our board of trustees, ensuring that we are continuing to deliver services that maximise the benefit to the families we support. We send regular emails to parents, send a half-termly update newsletter to parents and communicate frequently via our social media channels and closed Facebook group. Page **17** of **24** ## **Training** _**Our priority during the year has been to continue to offer a range of training for parents, schools and health professionals.**_ One of our aims is to promote the awareness of Down syndrome and support successful inclusion. One of the ways we do this is providing training which is accessible to schools, parents and professionals working with our children. We minimise how much we charge for these courses to ensure no child is disadvantaged. We have had a successful year delivering a comprehensive programme of training to professionals in education and health and to parents. This year we have noticed a decrease in the numbers of schools able to release staff for training but despite this around 170 parents and professionals attended training either online or in person. We delivered 8 training courses for schools this year including: Introduction to Working with Children with Down Syndrome; Sensory Integration, Colourful Semantics, Supporting Positive Behaviour, Preparing for Successful Transition. We continued to offer some of these courses on an INSET training basis. We have noticed a decrease in the numbers of schools releasing staff for training and had to cancel three planned courses this year. We had 130 teachers and teaching assistants attending training courses in this period. We organised three training sessions / workshops specifically for parents on Functional Skills (delivered by Lizzie Huxforf from OT4me), Toilet Training, and the Learning Profile of Children with Down Syndrome. We also survey our parents in July this year to ask about the training they would like and as a result have planned training courses on Behaviour and Preparing for Adulthood in 2026. Training for professionals in health is also important to us. Susanne and Gillian delivered training to the Goodwin Trust Doula and Breastfeeding Support volunteers. It was great to be working with another charity to upskill their team and help their practice when supporting babies with Down syndrome in the future. _“I will know how to speak with families in a more sensitive and informed way. We will help with breastfeeding, understanding the specific challenges that a baby with Down Syndrome may face.”_ – Feedback from Doula following our training Our teaching team delivered training to the Speech and Language Therapy Service on using the ‘See and Learn’ speech sounds and vocabulary programme with children with Down syndrome. We continued to host visits from learning disability nursing students, student health visitors, trainee Speech and Language Therapists, physiotherapists and others. We have had very positive feedback on the impact these visits have on their understanding of the realities of Down syndrome (over and above the medical side), awareness of our offer and on their clinical practice. Page **18** of **24** ## **Fundraising** The work of Downright Special is only made possible by the generosity and efforts of many people who have supported us by awarding us a grant, raising funds, or donating goods and services. Our plan in this year was to continue to have a broadly based fundraising strategy, rather than relying on one type of income. Community fundraising continues to be a challenge and so we chose to increase the proportion of income to be received from grant. Our targets for this year were: grants/trusts (75%), community (20%), training (3%), other (2%). These targets are monitored at trustee meetings. Our continued focus on grants has reaped rewards in 2025, with successful grants received from: **----- Start of picture text -----**
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|Anonymous Trust 1
Ann Watson Trust
Matthew Good Foundation
STA15
Garfield Weston Foundation
Liz+Terry Bramall Foundation
James Reckitt Charity
MCF Masonic
Joseph+Annie Cattle Trust
Hull + ER Charitable Trust
Co-op Community Fundraising
SJP Charitable Foundation
Boshier Hinton Foundation
Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust
Joseph Boaz|26,000.00
12,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
3,000.00
2,325.54
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
500.00| |---|---| ||**£104,825.54**| We were delighted that a charitable trust (who wish to remain anonymous) awarded us a grant of £78,000 to be paid over 3 years, with the second tranche £26,000 paid to us in this year. This is to support the running costs associated with our work with children aged 0-8 years old and gives us real security and confidence that we can continue to deliver our services into the future. We were awarded a grant of £20,000 over 2 years from the Garfield Weston Foundation with the first £10,000 received this year. The Ann Watson Trust awarded us £12,000 a year for three years. Both of these grants are unrestricted. Our income from grants was 100% of our target this year. In 2024 we invested £1,200 in paying for 30 hours of a bidwriter’s time to help us with our grant applications in this year and this has proven to be a very successful strategy again. Our community fundraising & donations income saw a 48% decrease compared to last year. We have continued to work very hard to raise funds through our bookstall, raffles, auctions and encouraging families to take part in our Down Syndrome Awareness Week activities. We raised around £4300 during Awareness Week through families and friends taking part in a number of challenges, including a sponsored walk, bake sales, dance schools wearing Lots of Socks, Facebook donate buttons, Lots of Socks in schools and nurseries, donations and matched funds and raffles. We were the charity of the year for Portia House, Hessle High and Londesborough House at The Market Weighton School. Page **19** of **24** We had several individuals who undertook amazing challenges this year including a charity boxing match and a swimathon and Tino who, working with Stand-Out Socks, sold pairs of socks raising £100 for the charity. Overall, our income this year decreased by 7% compared to last year (from £132K to £123K on a cash basis), mostly to the reduction in community fundraising and donations, as well as the impact of a reduced income from training. This means we have a lot of work to do in the coming months to address the deficit and ensure we can continue to fund all of our services. It is important to highlight we receive no statutory funding, and do not currently charge our parents or the schools and early years settings we support for the majority of the services we offer. The only charge was a heavily subsidised rate for school staff to attend training courses and small charge for the weekly dance sessions. Every penny goes towards building a brighter future for children and young people with Down syndrome and making a huge difference to their lives today. **Our heartfelt thanks go to those who supported us by raising funds or providing goods and services between November 2024 and October 2025. These include:** Alison Laird Hull Wyke Round Table Sandhills Bookstall Angela Broekhuizen Jack Walker Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ann Greatorex Joanna Harker Sophie Grigg Appleton Primary Joanna Hearfield Spring Cottage Primary Becker UK Ltd John Hutton St Mary's Sixth Form College Bobby Bremner Judy Sugden Sue Kennedy Braham and Dixon KCOM Swanland Primary Cottingham Methodist Church Music festival Kelly Louise McCorkindale Terie Louise D3 office Supplies KRL group The Market Weighton School Darren Ward Lisa Chandler The One Point Delilah Palmer Mick Walker Thoresby Primary Dominik Bielawski ML Tuffnell Tino Neilsen-Smith Donaldson Filtration Nicola O'Riordan Victoria Ross Donna Marie Paisley Primary Vikki Sue Adamson Genesis Pre-School Pizza Pie Virgin Money Holderness Road Hannah Loach Premier Beverley Collection Tin Wolf Labs Harris Lacey and Swain Raphi Turkington Swimathon Hessle High Sally Fairfax Hilly Lambert Sally Fairfax (In memory of Rosie Fairfax) Holderness Academy Sally Kynman Thanks also to everyone who: - Supported us during Awareness Week - Hosted a collection tin - Set up a Facebook Fundraiser for us this year - Donated via TicketSource when booking an event - Set up regular giving via their Payroll or via our Just Giving Page - - https://www.justgiving.com/downright special - Gave us a one-off donation via Just Giving, Paypal, or direct to the charity - Donated a raffle or auction prize - Donated goods for our eBay shop - Supported us by using https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk for their online shopping - Sent e-cards using Don’t Send Me A Card . - Bought us resources from our Amazon Wish List https://tinyurl.com/2p87d64b - Everyone else who donated or supported us in any way, big or small. We couldn’t do it without you ! Page **20** of **24** ## **Financial Review** ## **Income** Our levels of income saw a 23% increase compared to last year mostly due to successes with grant income. We did however see a 41% reduction in community fundraising and donations for the second year running. We also saw a decrease in income from training as there was a marked reduction in uptake of our training courses this year. We have improved our reserves slightly, ending the year with a small surplus but nonetheless our levels of unrestricted reserves remain slightly below the 9 months target set in our reserves policy. We continue to fundraise ourselves with our bookstall at Sandhill Garden Centre Café, and income from sharing the use of our printer. Our campaigns for World Down Syndrome Day generated around £4300 and we ran several raffles. Fundraising from individuals taking part in sponsored events continues to play a vital role in securing sufficient income to run the charity, although income from this continues to be much reduced compared to before the pandemic and we continue to look for innovative ways to encourage individuals to fundraise for us. Note: A full summary of the accounts is appended to this trustees’ report. Page **21** of **24** ## **Expenditure** In line with our plans, our overall expenditure increased by 9% compared to last year. This was mainly due to this being the first full year of increasing the hours of our Advisory Teacher by an extra 1 day a week to carry out our plans to build a bank of resources to support secondary schools with differentiating the curriculum and to provide increased support with planning the transition from secondary to post-16 education settings. We also increased the hours of Katie in order to allow her to train to deputise for the Charity Manager and added an extra two hours to Laura’s hours to increase our ability to support families with SEND law issues. We continue to invest in specialist resources and making bespoke materials which can be used in our education sessions or given to families and schools to support the development of the children. We are very grateful to the many individuals who purchased office supplies and specialist resources from our Amazon Wishlist, helping to keep costs as low as possible. This year we have completed a project to move to a new cloud-based storage system to improved our systems for document storage and knowledge management. This will result in a reduction in IT costs in the next twelve months. We keep our costs as low as possible through gifts in kind from local businesses, such as reduced accountancy costs from Harris Lacey and Swain, employment law advice from Gosschalks solicitors and IT/telephony support from The One Point. We are hugely thankful for the incredible efforts from our team of volunteers, who have enabled us to continue to be so cost effective. Page **22** of **24** ## **Looking to the future** Our plans for the next 5 years continue to be centred on expanding our range of services in line with the increasing age range of the children and young people we support so we can continue to support their evolving needs and help them reach their potential. Our goal is to support children and young people through their secondary school years and beyond to further education and employment. We also want to ensure that we continue to be sustainable in the short term whilst we continue to deliver our core, current activities. Some of our plans in each of our priority areas are: ## **Education** - Increase our support to secondary schools and support transition between educational stages in particular secondary to post-16 colleges. - Enhance links with further education providers and day services ## **Health** - Develop a programme of training and information sessions for families to help them support the health and wellbeing of their children and young adults with Down syndrome. - Network with local health services to advocate for the health needs of individuals with Down syndrome, work together to develop best practice and increase awareness of the Care Pathway in health services with a focus on GPs. ## **Support** - Provide opportunities to allow children and young people with Down Syndrome to develop friendships and independence through social activities and networking events - Continue to deliver support services for children, young people & their families, based on need, making adjustments, e.g. to our Friday sessions, as necessary - Support families to navigate SEND law and the EHCP process, leading to impactful support ## **Advocacy** - Ensure young people are included in the design of activities and develop ways to involve them in the running of the charity - Continued networking, engagement and lobbying at a local and national level - Working in collaboration with other local charities develop a project working with Hull University Law School to enhance students understanding of SEND law and in order increase available support for families. ## **Training** - Continue to develop our training offer with further education links - Continue to offer a programme of training for schools, parents, carers and health professionals ## **Underpinning Activities** - Continue our strategy to focus on seeking multi-year funding for our projects and core costs to ensure long term sustainability and reduce our deficit. - Launch a fundraising campaign for 2026 to encourage more individuals to get involved and help us meet our fundraising goals. Page **23** of **24** We actively encourage as many people as possible to get involved in whatever way they can. If you would like to do something ‘Downright Special’ , please contact office@downrightspecial.co.uk ## **Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved the t rustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees , Lizann Lowson (Trustee) ## **Appendix: Unaudited Financial Statements** Page **24** of **24** REGISTERED CHARtTY NUMBER: 1175863 Report of the Trustees And Unaudlted Flnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 Oetober 2025 for The Doivnrlght Speclal Network Harris Lacey and Swain Suite I The Riverside Buildin8 H¢s51e East YorkshiiE HU13 ODZ The Downrlght Speelal Network Content5 oftbe Financial Stalements for the Year Ended 31 O¢tober 2025 PAge Report of the Trustees Independent Examlncr's Report Stalemellt of Fliianclal Aetlvltles B Y41aDce Sheet Note5 to the Financial Statements 7 to 16 The Doivnright Speclal Network Repoi't of the Tru5tee5 for the Year Ended 31 Oetober 2025 The tTUStee5 present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2024. The stees have adopted the provisions of A¢couniing Reporting by Charities.. Statement of RecotMnKnded Practice applicablc to chai'ities preparing Ihcir accounts in accordance wtth (he Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK aiid Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 Icffective l Januaiy 2015). OBJECTIVES AND ACT￿lTIEs Publle benefit Th¢ ¢harity tn￿te¢S have complied with their duty to have regard to public b¢nefst published by the Conunission i exeTcising thell. powcr of duties. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANC Cbarltable 2cdvltle$ Foi a fidl review of the Charity's reporting ye￿. including its objectives and aints a￿[ plans for the future plcas¢ see the Ch￿'Ity report to which these accoullls are attached. FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserve$ pollcy The charity's policy is to hold nine rnonihs of n￿￿]ng costs in resetve5. Based on 2025 levels of expenditure this would equate to £97,740. The level of funds held in iEserves at the ejxl of the year Vds £96.70112024- £93,510). This is made up of £94,460 unrestricted free funds {2024- £82,341) al￿ £2.241 restricted fillids (2024 - £11,169). The Trustees reCO￿lSe that the level of fi]Nls held in utwestritted reserves doesn't meet nine months of nMts]ing costs. In older to Combat thi& ttustees are actively pursuitjg Dew sources of funding as well as reducitjg Costs in order to limit ¢Jefi¢it. Discussions are held 8t ea¢h con)mittee tneeting regarding this subject amd llryll be reassessed at the et￿ of the next financial year. STRUCTURE. COVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Covernlng document The chaiity is controlled by its govetning document as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (folltKtation Model). The objects of the charity and the day lo day I￿￿￿1g of the charity were unchanged whei) the conveiEiOll to a CIO took place in 2017. Recrultment xnd appointment of new trustees Trustees are appointed by existing tn]ste¢s. Oyganlsatlonal structure For a full explanation of the organisational structure see the Charity's report. Day to day responsibility has been delega*d by tbe tsustees to the Charity Manager Gillian Bowlas. Pollcle5 alld Procedure$ The following policies and procedure5 were written or reviewed and updaied.. children's safeguarding policy a￿[ PTocedure5, adult safeguarding policy, photogTapliy and filming policy, health and safely policy. employee handbook, equal oppormnities policy, Irserves policy, lone working policy. financial operating procedures, risk register. 5tt"ategy, ndraising strategy, complaints procedure, GDPR policy, volunteer handbook, 51alic Coll￿tIOn tin5 policy, conflicts of interest policy, serious incident reporting policy. Page I The Doiynrlght Spe¢lal Network Report ufthe Trustees for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT l￿dUCtIon and trAlnlnE of new trustees Trustees are irquired to familiarisc thcmselves with the chariws goveming document, safeguarding wlicy and employee handbook. The handbook covers a rartge of policies applicable to trustees or employees including confidentiality, data pi'ote¢iion, health and saf¢ry, expenses and use of charity telephones ¥nd IT. All tt'ustees were issued with Charity Cotyllni5sion's'The E&sential Trustee,. New trustees are also given the latest annual iepoit and statetn¢nt of 8¢¢ounts. Six Trustee Eneelings were lield duriiig this reporting period and all meelin8s were quoiate. Minut¢s are aVAilable for all meetings on request. Related partles The Charity is affiliated to the Down's Syndrome Association, a national organisation. SERIOUS INCIDENT On 1st SepteTnbei" 2025 the trustees became aware that there had been a data breach ai APCS Ltd, the company Downright Special uses for DBS checks. They notified us by email that Intradev Lid, their conts￿ted software Supplier had been the viclitn of a Gyber-atts¢k aiid an area of theii. system had been Subject io unauthoTised a¢tess. Included in the number of individuals affected were Seve￿ of oui team whose ddla was aecessed. The individuals affected were notified and given advice and retOMn￿1d￿ttons on how to piotecl themselves aT￿ IniiijTll]5C the Tisk. The data was not aceessed from any Downright Special sysleins, wth OUT Sy5teTll5 1"ctnainitsg secure, and no infonnatioii about the charity was accessed. We TePOTtcd the incident to the Infornialion Commi5sioner5 Office and reported a serious incideni to the Charity Commission as per our serious incident reporting procedures. REFERENCE AND ADMIP41STRATtVE DETAILS Registered Ch9rity nU1￿ber 1175863 Prlntlp#l address BOdti￿n Road Chw'ch Office Pad5tow C105e Hull HU7 4HE Trustees A Broekhu52en {Tesigned I1.2.251 G D Beresford (resigned 14.10.25) L LowsoLI M Marie N Findlay B L Barnert lappoillted 2.4.25) H L Jones (appointed 17.6.25} E Tudor (appointed l 0.9.25} Independent Examiner Harris Lacey and Swain Suiie I The Riverside Building Hessle East Yorkshire HU13 ODZ Page 2 The Downrlght Special Network Report of the Trustees for the Year Ei nded 31 October 2025 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Solicitors Gosschalks Queen5 Gardens Dock StTeCt Hull East YoTkshLTe HUI 3DZ Bank CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIVITIES The Douryu'ighi Special ChaTity (i'egistratson Thumb￿. 11281781 coiiverled to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 22 Noven)ber 2017 and all the funds were tt7l15ferred from the charity lo the CIO. Approved by order of the board of trnstecs on........................... - and 518ned on its bchalf by.. owbon - Trustee Page 3 Independent F.Yamlllor'$ Rcport to Ihe Trustees 01 Tljt Doiviirigknt SpeciAI LNeMork Indepf ndehl exa1￿l￿er,5 report ro the Iriisttts oi fbe Duwnrlght Speclal Nc*work I ieporl lo Ihe iharity tiiiste£s on tny eiHn]inatiDn ulihe a¢¢uunts of The DoW￿￿g￿t SpeGial Ncnvork {Ih¢ TTUStI foi Ibe yLai' end¢d 31 Uclober 2025. Re$pon$ibilitic5 Riid bA$ls of report As the cljatily ￿1￿r¢¢8 of ihe Tn]sl you Bre Tespunsiblc loi tELe preparation of Ehe accoullts accordan¢c wilh lh¢ requiTemcnl8 of the CbRrities Acl 2011 I'thc Ace). l Teporl iii iespecl of my exan]in#rioii of tlic Twsl'q sccoullts Cdrried uul u￿d¢[ Scciitsn 145 of Ili¢ Act al￿ ui caiiyng out Iny exd]n}i￿l1Q￿ I bav¢ followed all Jpplicable DllEciians giveii by the Charity C.omniis5ion uiider SeclioD 14515llb) of the Act. IttdepeJidenÉ exgminer's statement I hav¢ ¥otMpleled my exaimiiiatioii. I confirn that no n￿terial ni&lEeis bave corne to my atitnlioll ID conueclion the xamiiiatigll giviiig me ¢ausc 10 believe Iliat in aiiy nialerial respect-. accouDting ￿COld5 were iiot kept in iespeGE of the Ttust asTequir¢d by Stclion 130 of the Act. or Ihr o¢counts do iiot accord Vdilh tho¥e i-eiDrds' or Ihe accoun1£ do nol cotnply with th¢ applitable r¢quiremeDts conceming li￿ foim tttd eotticni of #ccounis set out in Lhe ch￿-111¢s IA¢couttls and Reporl%l RegulaEiOii£ 200% othei- Ihan re4uir¢i)ienl that tlie accoun15 give a true atkd fau- view whicli iq not & niatEer considued as pait of ali ind¢pcnd¢nl ¢xanuiialion. I hav¢ no ¢onLem& and have Lon* aLros% no oiher niatters Iti conneclioii ivith the exanunalioll lo wbich atlenliott should be d1'a￿Th iii thi% rcporl in ordei. 10 enable a propel. understanding olihe aCGounl8 EO be r¢a¢hed. Lawa S Drew Harris La¢ey aiid SwaiTi Tli¢ Riveiside Buildin8 Hesslc East Yorksliir¢ HU130DZ D&le'. Pa¥e 4 The Downrlght Speclal Network Statement of FliJ2ncIg1 Actlvltlcs for the Year Ended 31 October 202S 2025 Total 2024 Total fi￿dS Unrestricted fi]nd Restticted funds Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donatiuns and l¢gFacie5 2,553 998 3,551 12,366 Charitable aetivities Charitable 81,041 46,883 127,924 94,552 Investment income 2,036 2,036 1,413 Total 85.630 47.881 133.511 108.331 EXPENDITURE ON CharIt4ble actlvltles Charitable 71,847 56,810 128,657 l E7,418 Other 1.663 1,663 1,771 Total 73,510 56,810 130,320 119,189 NET ￿comE1(ExPEND1TuRE) 12.120 (8,929) 3,191 {10,858) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forwaid 82,341 11,169 93,510 104,368 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 94,461 2,240 96.701 93,510 The notes form part of these financial statenwits Page 5 The Downrlght Speclal Network B￿l￿nce Sheet 31 October 2025 2025 Total funds 2024 Total funds UJtrestriGled fund Restricted fiinds Notes FIXED ASSETS Inlallgible assets Tangible assets 10 1.462 1,179 1,462 1,179 1.870 1,985 2,641 2,641 3,855 CURRENT ASSETS DebtoiE Cash at bank 12 749 94,315 749 111,829 388 117,284 17,514 95,064 17,514 112,578 117,672 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 13 13,245) (15,273) (J8,518) {28,017) NET CURRENT ASSETS 91,819 2,241 94,060 89.655 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITJES 94,460 2,241 96,701 93,510 NET ASSETS 94,460 2,241 96.701 93,510 FUNDS UnTesthicted fui)d5 Restrieled fui)ds 14 94,460 2,241 82,341 11,169 TOTAL FUNDS 96,701 93,510 The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustces and 2uthori5ed foi. issue and were signed on its behalf by: on wson- Tntsiee The notes fomi part of these fina￿1￿1 statements Page 6 The Downright Special Network Notes to the Financial StateTrnents for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basls of preparlng the finincl*l statements The financial statements of the th￿'lty, which is a public benefjt entity under FRS 102, have been piepared in accoidance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounling and Repoiling by Chaiities.. Statement of R¢cot)￿)eAded Piattice applicable to Gliariti¢s prcparirtg their accounts irt a¢¢oi'dan¢¢ with th¢ Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ircland (FRS 1021 leffeclive l January 2019),, Financial Repoiliiig Standard 102 'The Financial Reportlllg StandaTd applicable in the UK and Republi¢ of Ircland, and th¢ Charities Act 2011. The financi￿ statements have been pr¢pared unde4 the historical cost convention. Incorne Income received for services Pl￿VIded is accounted for on accruals basis. Cash donations, gifts and legacies are included in ￿11 in the income and expenditure account as they are received. Any significant llon-ca5h donatioiis are illcluded in the lliCOn% ￿ld expenditure account at ihe trustees, estimate of their market value when received. The value of voluntary help is not inclllded the accounts. Grants attd other ￿nd]rtg of a revenue nattwe are deferred and released to the in¢ome at￿ expendith]re account over the period to which they relate. Bank interest is included in the incorne 8t￿ expenditllre account on an aceruals basis. Expendlture Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as theiE is a legal or constructive obligation cojnniitling the charity to that expendituir. it is probable that a trat]sfeT of economic benefits will be i"eouited its bettlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expendi￿re is accollnted for on an accrnals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs CaT￿0t ￿ directly allributed to paTtiGular headings they have been allocated to acttvilies on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Intanglble #ssets Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. The cost includes the purchase price and any diTectly attributable costs neces5aiy to brsng the asset into its intended use. Directly attributable costs may include legal fee& iEgistration Costs, or other directly related eXpendi￿re. After initial recognition. inrangible assets are carried &1 cost less any a¢¢umulated amortisation and any accumlllated impaimient losses. Intangible assets witli finite useful lives ai"e amortised over theii. use￿[ life. The ainortisation method used Teflects t]ie pattern in whicli (lie asset's fvture eConO￿ll¢ benefits are expected to be consunKd. Jf t]￿t patlem cannot be Teliably deteTIMined, the 5tiBight-line method is applied. Tlie period of amortisation is determined based on the expected usefvl life of the asse¢ which shall not exceed 10 years uiiless a slioTter period is appropiiate. The amortisation period and method are reviewed annually, and any Changes are accounted for pro8pe¢tively. Int￿gIble assets with indefinite use￿[ lives are not amortised, but are instead tesied for impaimietji annually or more frequently if there is an indication of impairnjent. Tangible fixed a55et5 DepiEeiation is provided at the following annual rates in ol'der to write off each asset over 5t5 estimated u5efvl Computer equipment 33V¢ on cost Page 7 coiitinued.. The Downrlght Speclal Network Note$ to tlie Flnan¢lal St2tements- ¢ontlnued for tlie Year Ended 31 October 202S ACCOUNTING POLICIES- contlnved Taxatlon The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. Fund accountlng UtJre5tiicled fund5 can be uscd in aecordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the tru5tee5. Restricted fund5 can only be US￿ for particulai. restricted purpose5 within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arisc when spccified by thc donor or whcn fi]nds are raised for particular rcstricled purp¢yJes. Further explanation of the natllre and purrx)se of each fi]nd is included in the notes to th¢ fiJJat)¢ial statements. Estlmates Amd Judgements Esliinate5 and judgements are colltinually evaluated aiid are based oll histoiical expei'ience 2nd other factors, iJi¢ludillg expectations of furure event5 that are believed to be rea50nyble U1￿C[ the CiTCUTnslaiice5. Alihough these estimates are based oil the Tiwstees best knowledge of the amount, events or actions, actual ifSLIIIs ultimately diffci" froJD these c51in)ale5. The Trusl¢e5 do not c0115ideL' Ihcre to be any maleiial ￿tiMat¢S and judgements. FlnanciAI instrument5 The company only ha5 fillancial as5els and finaiicial liabilities of a kiiid that qualify a5 basic financial instruments. Basic financial instrllments, including trade and other debtors and creditors, are initially recogllised at transaction value and subsequently ]neasured al tlieir settlement value. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES 2025 2024 Dotjations Gift aid 3,240 12.366 3,551 12,366 INVESTMENT INCOME 2025 2024 Deposit aceount interest 2,036 1,413 Page 8 continued... The Doivnrlght Speclal Network Notes to the Finaiicial Statements- continued for tbe Year Ended 31 October 2025 INCOME FROM CHAIUTABLE AcfIvITIES 2025 2024 Activity Charitable Charitable ChaTltable Charitable Fundraising events Printei reiital income Traitttng itJ¢ome Grants 12.491 437 14,917 322 5,084 74,229 113,884 127.924 94.552 CHARITABLE AcrIviriES COSTS Support costs {see note 6) Direet Costs Totats Clwitable 125,999 2.658 128.657 SUPPORT COSTS Governance costs Charitable 2,658 TRUSTKES, REMUNEIL4TION AND BENEFITS There weTe no tiwslee5' rctnuiKration or other benefits for the year endcd 31 October 2025 nor for the year ended 31 O¢tob¢r 2024. Trustees, expenses There were no truste¢s' expenses paid for the year ended 31 October 2025 nor for the year ended 31 Octobei. 2024. STAFF COSTS 2025 2024 Wages and salaries 96,089 88,183 96,089 88,183 The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows.. 2025 2024 General Staff No employees received emolllments in excess of £60,000. Page 9 ¢ontirtued... Tbe DowDrlght Special Ne￿Ork Notes to tbe Flnanclal Siatements- continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF F￿ANCIAL ACTIVITJES Unrestricted fund Restricted funds Total funds INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donatiuns and legacies 11,908 458 12,366 CharitY4ble v4ctivitle5 Charitable 53.541 41,011 94.552 Investnmlt income 1,413 1,413 Total 66,862 41,469 L08,331 EXPENDITURE ON Charitable ¥4Ctlvltles Chaiitrdble 63,264 54,154 117,418 Otlier 1,771 1,771 Total 65,035 54,154 119,189 NET TNCOMEIIEXPENDITURE) ,827 4.681 (12,685) 14.681) 110,858) TrAnsfer5 between fullds Net movement In fuiids 6,508 {17,366) 110,858) RECONCILtATION OF FUNDS Total fuiid5 bi￿ught fonvaLYi 75,833 28,535 104,368 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 82.341 93,510 io. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Development costs COST At l November 2024 and 31 October 2025 2.040 AMORTISATION At l November 2024 Charge for ye8r 170 408 At 31 October 2025 578 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 October 2025 1.462 At 31 October 2024 .870 Page 10 conlitjued... The Downrlght Spedol Network Notes to tlie Flnan£Aal Stattments- tontlnued ror the Year Ended 31 October 2025 ii. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Computer equipment COST At l November 2024 Additions 5,070 449 At 31 Octob¢r 2025 5,519 DEPRECIATION At l Novtmbcr 2024 Charge for ycar 3.085 1,255 At 31 October 2025 4.340 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 October 2025 1.179 At 31 October 2024 1,985 12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2025 2024 Prepayments 749 388 13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2025 2024 Taxation and social secwity other ¢reditors 1.043 17,475 2,426 25.591 18,518 28,017 Page 11 con(inued... The Downrlght Sptelal Network Note5 to tlie FlnY4nclal StatemeNt5- continued for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Net movement in funds At 1.11.24 At 31.10.25 Unrestrlcted funds Gerteral 82.341 12.119 94,460 Re5trlcted funds HLiII Asd in Sicknjcss MCF Ma50nic Co-op Community Fundraising Dynarnix The National Lottery Community Fund Brian Murtagh Charitable Tjust Hiill Wyke Round Table 2.314 2,73U (2.314} (2,730} 1,826 {682} (1.343) (4,100} 415 1,826 682 1.343 4,100 415 11.169 (8.928) 2.241 TOTAL FUNDS 93,510 3,191 96,701 Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows.. Incoming resources Re50urce5 expended Movenient in fi]nds Unrestrlcled funds General ￿nd 85.629 (73.5101 12.119 Restrlcted funds Ilull Aid In Sickness MCF Ma.%ot)i¢ Boshier Ilinlon Foundation Co-op CoTntnunity Fundraising Dynamix The NAtional Lottery Community Fund Anonynious Trllst I Brian Muriagh Charitable Trust Hull Wyke liound Table Joseph Boaz SJP Charitable 12,3141 (5.4571 (2.0001 (5001 {6811 12,314) {2.7301 2.727 2.000 2.326 1.826 (682) 11.343) 11.830 25,500 (25,5001 (4.1001 (5851 (5001 12,0001 {4.100) 415 1,000 500 2,000 47,882 (56,8101 18.9281 TOTAL FUNDS 1130.320) 3.191 Page 12 continucd... The Dowllrlght Speelal Network Notes to the Flnanclal Statements- contlllutd for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued Compgr8tlves for movemcnt In funds Net movement ID funds Tiartsfers between funds At l.Ll.23 At 31.10.24 Unrestrlcted funds GeneTal fund 75,833 1,827 4,681 82,341 Re5trieted funds Hclp for Health Hull Aid in Sickness ChildiEt] In Need MCF Masonic liomnongers D￿laM]X Playeis of People's Po$t¢ode Lottery The Natioiial LOtt￿Y Coinmullity Fund KCOM 3,998 {3.998J 2,3 14 {67) 1,201 2,314 67 1,529 683 2.730 {683) 682 114.356) {389) 1998) {894) {4,278) 4,100 682 14.356 1,732 998 894 4,278 1.343 Tesco Trartsfom)ing Care (HEY Smilc) Brtan Murtagh Charitable Trust 4,100 28,535 (12,6851 (4,681) 11.169 TOTAL FUNDS 104,368 {10.858) 93,510 Page 13 contirtued... The Downright Special Network Notes to the Financlal Statements- continued for the Year Ended 31 Oetober 2025 14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued Comparative net movement in fijnds, included in the above are as follows.. Incoming resourccs Resource5 expcndcd Movement in ￿llds Unrestrletcd funds Gen￿al fillid 66,862 (65,0351 1,827 Restrlcted funds Help for Health Hull Aid in Sickness Childirn In Need MCF Ma50lli Co-op Community Fundraising Dynamix Playeis of People's Postcode Lolteiy The Ndtional Loitery CoTJmiunity Fund KCOM Tes¢0 TiTrnsforniing Care {HEY Srnile) Anonymou% Truqi I Brian Miirlagh Charltable Trust Id￿1 BoileT5 Lloyds Bank Magdalen T]ust 2.532 3,000 {2,532} 16861 {671 {3,7991 {1,0201 {1,318) (14,3561 {0,3041 1998) {L,269) {4,2781 (12,5001 (9001 (458) {2,669) 11,000) 2,314 {67) 1,201 5,000 1.020 2,000 682 (14,356) 13891 1998) 1894) (4,2781 5,915 375 12,500 5.000 458 2.669 1,000 4,100 41,469 (54,154} (12,685) TOTAL FUNDS 108,331 (10,858) Page 14 continued... Tbe Doivnright SpeclAI Nettvork N(bte$ to the Flnanclal StAtem¢nts- eontlnutd for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- Contlnued A cuiJMt year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined posrtion is as follows.. Net movement in funds Transfers between funds At 1.11.23 At 31.10.25 UnrestrIcted funds General fund 75,833 13,946 4,681 94,460 Restrlcted funds Help foT Health Children In Need MCF Masonic Co-op Comm￿lIty Fundrais5ng IrownongeiE Player5 of People'5 Postcode Lottery The Natiortal Lottery Community Fund KCOM Tesco Transforniing Care (HEY Smile) Hull Wyke Round Table 3,998 67 1,529 (3,998) (671 {1,529) 1,826 1,826 683 14,356 .732 998 894 4,278 (683) 114,356) (1.732) 1998) {894) (4,278) 415 415 28,535 {21,6131 (4.681) 2,241 TOTAL FUNDS 104 J68 {7,6671 96.701 Page 15 ¢ontinucd... The DownrÉght Speclal Network Note5 to the Financial Statements- contiiiued lor tlic Year Ended 31 October 2025 14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- eomtltlued A cunrnt year 12 months and prioi. year 12 nx)nths combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows.. Irt¢oming resources Resourets expended Movtmertt in fi]nds Unrestricted funds General fund 152.491 (138.5451 13.946 Ri'strlcted funds Help for Health Hull Aid li) Sickness Childi'en Ill Need MCF Masoi)ic Boshier Hirtloll Foundatioii Co-op Community Fundrai51ng Dyttamix Playei's of People's Postci>de Lottery The National Loitery Community Fund KCOM 2.532 3.000 (2,5321 (3,0001 (671 (9,2561 (2,0001 (1,5201 (1,9991 {14.3561 (19,4771 19981 (1,2691 (4,2781 {38.0001 15,0001 14581 (2.6691 (1.0001 {5851 {5001 (2.0001 (67) {1.529) 7,727 2.000 3,346 1,999 1.826 {14.356) (1,732} 1998) 1894} {4,278) 17,745 Tesco Traiisforniing Care (HEY Sniilel Anonynious Tnjst I Brian Murtagh Cliarilable Trust Ideal Boilers Lloyd5 Bank Magdalert TtUSI Hull Wyke Round Table Joseph Boaz SJP Chai'itable 375 38,000 5.000 458 2.669 1.000 1.000 500 2.000 415 89,351 1110,9641 121,613) TOTAL FUNDS 241,842 1249,5091 (7,6671 15. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES There wue no related paTty tTansactions for tlie year ended 31 October 2025. Page 16