Registered charity · Surrey
Rentstart (UK) Ltd
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.rentstart.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Rentstart (UK) LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.6m
- 2024£1.4m£1.4m
- 2023£1.2m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.3m
- 2021£1.4m£1.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UK WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT
Grants received
41 grants · £849,961 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 · £195,203 (5 grants)
- Community Foundation for Surrey · £155,436 (14 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £135,422 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £110,000 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £80,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Nigel Lucas Chair since 2020
- Clare Louise Forrester since 2022
- Leslie Paul Holmes since 2020
- Michael Peter Jonathan Farr since 2021
- Susan Ann Seery since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Nigel Lucas Chair since 2020
- Leslie Paul Holmes since 2020
- Susan Ann Seery since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Clare Louise Forrester since 2022
- Leslie Paul Holmes since 2020
- Michael Peter Jonathan Farr since 2021
- Susan Ann Seery since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Nigel Lucas Chair 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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156746
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/12/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/04/2014 as amended on 29 Jul 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 08819740 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01372477167 · hello@rentstart.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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