Registered charity · London
Downright Excellent
To help children with Down syndrome to develop their life skills so they may reach their full potential as individuals and equally participating members of society through, especially but not exclusively:• educational programmes;• quality play;•...
- 9 trustees
- Income £224k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James DavisChair · since 2020
- Ben ParrTrustee · since 2024
- Carly PickinTrustee · since 2026
- Conrad HolmboeTrustee · since 2024
- Hayley OstlerTrustee · since 2024
- James CavanaghTrustee · since 2024
- Melody Yue LiangTrustee · since 2022
- Nishad GudhkaTrustee · since 2013
- Rajeelan ThayalaseelanTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland
- Website
- www.downrightexcellent.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Downright Excellent
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£224k£187k
- 2024£192k£145k
- 2023£151k£183k
Earlier years
- 2022£177k£192k
- 2021£241k£210k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
To help children with Down syndrome to develop their life skills so they may reach their full potential as individuals and equally participating members of society through, especially but not exclusively:• educational programmes;• quality play;• education and support for parents and carers; and• education and support for siblings
Grants received
17 grants · £768,418 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £619,234 (6 grants)
- CAF · £37,140
- Sport England · £29,057 (3 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £25,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Society Trust
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- James Davis Chair since 2020
- Ben Parr since 2024
- Carly Pickin since 2026
- Conrad Holmboe since 2024
- Hayley Ostler since 2024
- James Cavanagh since 2024
- Melody Yue Liang since 2022
- Nishad Gudhka since 2013
- Rajeelan Thayalaseelan since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- James Davis Chair since 2020
- Nishad Gudhka since 2013
- Rajeelan Thayalaseelan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- James Davis Chair since 2020
- Ben Parr since 2024
- Carly Pickin since 2026
- Conrad Holmboe since 2024
- Hayley Ostler since 2024
- James Cavanagh since 2024
- Melody Yue Liang since 2022
- Nishad Gudhka since 2013
- Rajeelan Thayalaseelan since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1120863
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 MAY 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 MARCH 2008 as amended on 22 Jul 2020 as amended on 18 Feb 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 06249083 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07973 155606 · chair@downrightexcellent.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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