Seaford Down's Syndrome and Special Needs Support Group

Analysis

Seaford Down's Syndrome and Special Needs Support Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newhaven. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Seaford Down's Syndrome and Special Needs Support Group reported income of £12k and spending of £31k, spending 265% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £29k to £12k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Seaford Down's Syndrome and Special Needs Support Group sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Two Rivers School (£12k), Sedbury Space (£12k) and Trafford Hard of Hearing Group (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.