Hands Up for Downs

Analysis

Hands Up for Downs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hands Up for Downs reported income of £73k and spending of £87k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £73k (+204%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 231%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hands Up for Downs sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sree Narayana Guru Mission of the UK (£73k), Dalgleish Trust (£73k) and Shining Stars Ministries International (£73k).