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Registered charity · London

Duchenne UK

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.1m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.duchenneuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Duchenne UK
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3.1m£3.5m
  • 2023£3.9m£3.0m
  • 2022£3.8m£2.4m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.6m£2.1m
  • 2020£1.6m£1.9m
Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR SUPPORT AND RESEARCH INTO TREATMENTS AND CURES.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY BY DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON THE DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENTS AND CURES.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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

Professional services 16Construction 4Hospitality 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.1m latest income
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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.9 in 2020

17 from 7 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1147094
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14 APR 2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25 APR 2016
Companies House
Company number 08030768 · Active
Contact on the register
0203 198 6381 · duchenne@duchenneuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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