Renaissance-UK Ltd

Registered charity 1076154 Registered since 1999

Operates: Lancashire, Blackpool, Cumbria, Blackburn With Darwen

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Lianne Edwards Chair since 2015
Dorna Ghashghaei since 2022
Megan Anne Edwards since 2025
Deborah Anne Terras since 2026

4y median 2.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lianne Edwards Chair since 2015

8.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Lianne Edwards Chair since 2015
Dorna Ghashghaei since 2022
Megan Anne Edwards since 2025
Deborah Anne Terras since 2026

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Other services 1Professional services 1

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.9 in 2021

31 from 21 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

92%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Change Foundation Similar size; both Community development
Gloucestershire Rural Community Council Similar size; both Community development
Oakleaf Enterprise Similar size; both Community development
Direct Help & Advice LTD. Similar size; both Community development
The Balsam Centre Similar size; both Community development
Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire LTD Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ren-uk.co.uk
Email	enquiries@ren-uk.com
Phone	01253311431
Address	102 DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BU

Finances

£1,245,673 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£954,968	£864,907
2022	£1,019,196	£997,184
2023	£1,379,985	£1,228,098
2024	£1,201,815	£1,244,775
2025	£1,245,673	£1,461,789

What it does

What

Economic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS DEPENDENT UPON OR AFFECTED OR ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND THEIR FAMILIES;(B) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION TRAINING AND REHABILITATION OF ANY PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE EFFECTS OF DRUG MISUSE;(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY ASPECTS OF AND METHODS OF THE PREVENTION OF DRUG MISUSE;(D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT OF THOSE AFFECTED BY HIV AND BBV OR IN NEED OF SEXUAL HEALTH AND BBV AWARENESSWITHIN LANCASHIRE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/03/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/05/2010 as amended on 01 Feb 2019

Trustees (4)

4trustees

46median age

0aged 70+

Lianne Edwardsage band 45-49 Chair since 2015
Dorna Ghashghaeiage band 40-44 since 2022
Megan Anne Edwardsage band 20-24 since 2025
Deborah Anne Terrasage band 55-59 since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Renaissance-UK LTD · 03723917 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 02/03/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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