The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Action Duchenne Limited

Registered charity 1101971 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

6 trustees on the board

1.5y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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 5

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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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£591k 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.

6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.0 in 2021

12 from 8 in 2022
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.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.actionduchenne.org
Emailinfo@actionduchenne.org
Phone07535 498 506
Address2nd Floor, South, One Castlepark, Tower Hill, BRISTOL, BS2 0JA

Finances

£590,523 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£494,338£367,861
2022£562,186£359,863
2023£711,864£580,845
2024£612,379£642,358
2025£590,523£673,765

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH DUCHENNES AND BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE BY LAW.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 SEPTEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION CHANGE NAME DATED 1 OCTOBER 2007. as amended on 03 Feb 2020 as amended on 14 Nov 2025 as amended on 14 Nov 2025 as amended on 14 Nov 2025

Trustees (6)

6trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Action Duchenne Limited · 04899036 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/09/2003

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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