Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Good reserves management: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

RENAISSANCE-UK LTD

Mission statementDrugline-Lancashire through diverse and needs led responses aims to deliver a high quality service mindful of the complexities and ever changing face of drug use and sexual health through offering routes of change in a holistic manner, promoting always the highest quality of life possible

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Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
The Board is completely female

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£1,380	£1,228	£152	£0	£600	£600	5.9	28	20
31/03/22		£1,019	£997	£22	£0	£448	£448	5.4	23	0
31/03/21		£955	£865	£90	£0	£426	£426	5.9	21	0
31/03/20		£962	£1,010	£-48	£0	£336	£336	4	24	0
31/03/19		£939	£1,033	£-93	£0	£384	£384	4.5	27	30
31/03/18		£955	£1,025	£-70	£0	£478	£474	5.5	30	0
31/03/17		£875	£906	£-31	£0	£547	£547	7.2	27	0
31/03/16	*	£876	£995	£-119	£0	£579	£541	6.5	29	0
31/03/15		£1,225	£1,222	£4	£5	£698	£659	6.5	35	0
31/03/14		£1,559	£1,520	£39	£36	£694	£514	4.1	42	0
31/03/13		£1,437	£1,394	£43	£37	£655	£490	4.2	50	0
31/03/12		£1,551	£1,535	£15	£20	£612	£436	3.4	55	0
31/03/11		£1,699	£1,734	£-35	£43	£597	£425	2.9	59	0
31/03/10		£1,775	£1,779	£-4	£43	£632	£456	3.1	64	0
31/03/09		£1,273	£1,256	£17	£34	£635	£459	4.4	47	0
31/03/08		£912	£1,003	£-90	£33	£618	£265	3.2	44	0
31/03/07		£1,028	£1,065	£-37	£33	£708	£333	3.8	54	0
31/03/06		£1,142	£1,084	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,234	£1,054	£180	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£907	£939	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 25 years

www.ren-uk.co.uk

enquiries@ren-uk.com

01253311431

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment

GiG Classification

General outpatient health-care services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Cumbria, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

28 employees
20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,311	18/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Renaissance - UK
£2,980	22/04/2020 3	Grant to Renaissance - UK to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - The Big Sexy Bus; reaching out with sexual health
£9,940	28/06/2017 12	The funding will be used to customise and fit-out a bus for use as a mobile sexual health information and testing point. The project aims to improve people’s health by improving access to early ....more The funding will be used to customise and fit-out a bus for use as a mobile sexual health information and testing point. The project aims to improve people’s health by improving access to early testing and intervention as well as reducing the stigma and discrimination experienced by people with sexual health conditions.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Drugline Lancashire Limited
£114,416	11/10/2016 36	Child and Young person's ISVA service will deliver specialist counselling including CBT techniques, peer and group work interventions to help empower and heal, offer support with criminal proceedings ....more Child and Young person's ISVA service will deliver specialist counselling including CBT techniques, peer and group work interventions to help empower and heal, offer support with criminal proceedings and the court process and develop peer support.
National Lottery Community Fund - HIV Voices Together
£10,000	29/04/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to establish the skills, needs and issues of the local HIV community and use this information to enable people living with HIV to impact local services and ....more The organisation will use the funding to establish the skills, needs and issues of the local HIV community and use this information to enable people living with HIV to impact local services and create a voice for themselves. This will challenge the isolation felt by people living with HIV, reduce local stigma and improve the services and facilities available for the HIV community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-79

DORNA GHASHGHAEI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pharmacist

JANELLA CHRISTINE MARY ANDERSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Registered Mental Health Nurse

JONI SINGLETON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

YVONNE BAIRSTOW Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Associate Lecturer

LIANNE EDWARDS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Nurse

PAM ISHERWOOD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/06/1999, number: 1076154
Registered at Companies House on 02/03/1999, number: 03723917

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 30 days late,

Main office

102 DICKSON ROAD
BLACKPOOL
FY1 2BU

Objectives

(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

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASHIRE

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