Social Value Specialists
"Helping Businesses & Communities Grow Through the Delivery of Social Value"
We assist organisations identify, measure, and enhance their Social, Economic, and Environmental Impact. Whether you're a business, charity, or public sector organisation, we provide the expertise and strategies to drive real change.
LAUREL Regen Ltd
Dave McGuinness - Director & Social Value Specialist
I founded LAUREL Regen Ltd in 2019 to bring over 30 years of experience in economic development, placemaking, and community regeneration into a dedicated, client-focused approach to Social Value.
Having worked across the Private, Public, and VCFSE sectors in the UK, I saw first-hand the need for businesses and organisations to not only measure but actively create and demonstrate Social, Economic, and Environmental impact.
I established Laurel Regen Ltd with the goal of helping organisations navigate the complexities of Social Value, providing tailored strategies, practical solutions, and measurable results that make a real difference.
​
At Laurel Regen Ltd, my mission is to support businesses, charities, and public sector bodies by embedding Social Value into their operations.
Whether it's developing Social Value strategies, securing funding, or providing training and mentoring, my aim is to ensure that my clients can consistently achieve and report on positive impact.
By focusing on sustainability and delivering long-term solutions, I help organisations identify, capture and demonstrate their Social, Economic, and Environmental benefits, ensuring they stay ahead in an increasingly impact-driven world.
What is Social Value and Why does it matter?
Social Value goes beyond financial profit—it’s about making a real difference in communities, the environment, and the economy.
Whether you’re a business, charity, or public sector organisation, embracing Social Value can help you grow while creating meaningful impact.
Why Social Value is Essential for Your Organisation:
✅ Win More Contracts – Public & private sector tenders now prioritise Social Value commitments.
✅ Attract Funding & Investment – Demonstrating your impact makes you more appealing to funders.
✅ Enhance Your Reputation – Strengthen stakeholder trust and brand credibility.
✅ Meet Compliance & ESG Goals – Stay ahead of evolving regulations and reporting requirements.
Expert Guidance to Maximise your Social Value
At Laurel Regen Limited, we specialise in delivering, measuring, and demonstrating Social Value across public, private, and voluntary sector projects. With over 30 years of experience, we’ve helped organisations across the UK create, achieve, and report on their social, economic, and environmental impact.
Services
At Laurel Regen Limited, we provide tailored solutions to help organisations like yours create, measure, and showcase Social Value & impact.
Why Choose LAUREL Regen Ltd?
LAUREL Regen has proven knowledge, experience and expertise, we’ve helped businesses, charities, and local authorities across the UK create and demonstrate lasting impact.​
​
✅ Expertise You Can Trust – Deep knowledge across public, private, and voluntary sectors.
✅ Measurable Results – Data-driven insights to showcase your Social Value & impact.
✅Tailored Support – Every organisation is unique—so is our approach.
✅ Passionate About Social Value – We believe in real, meaningful change.
​
We have delivered 100s of Social Value Reports, evaluations, gap analysis
📌 See how we’ve helped others succeed!
Client Testimonials
Sara Lawton - Rise Construction Framework
"The work undertaken by Laurel Regen Ltd has been instrumental in enabling Rise Construction Framework to effectively identify, capture, monitor, evaluate, and report on the Social Impact activities delivered through both the Rise CF Framework and our Social Investments. This collaborative effort has greatly enhanced our ability to demonstrate the positive contribution Rise CF is making in addressing key societal challenges.
Since 2021, we’ve created over £37.5 million in tangible social benefit through our work, positively impacting more than 14,500 individuals across the communities we serve."
Kelly Jones -
Powys County Council
" Powys County Council engaged LAUREL Regen Ltd to assist in demonstrating the Social Impact that was achieved through our Hoarding Intervention & National Energy Action (NEA) Energy Efficiency Projects, it was calculated that both projects (Part Funded by Fusion21) created a Social Return on Investment (SROI) of £7.99 against every £1 invested which was an excellent result for those involved "
" These projects have been invaluable in helping tenants and residents have a better quality of life and has had a positive impact on their safety and wellbeing. “
Jenni Jones -
Wirral Development Trust
John Pullen -
Housing Plus Group
“During a visit to our New Park House development, LAUREL Regen consultants gave an overview of the specific Social Value activities linked to our renovation project along with the benefits and impacts that could be achieved through the activities we are delivering, this session has given a better understanding of the importance of delivering Social Value plus methods of how it can be captured and demonstrated ”
Carly Monaghan -
Sanctuary Scotland
" LAUREL Regen has been instrumental in helping us to monitor and evaluate the impact of our "Go! Social Projects" on the local Toryglen community, The Blether Cafe, Exercise Group, Toryglen Tiger and Toryglen Tiddler projects aims are to help our residents by reducing social isolation and improving the communities health and wellbeing"
" It is great to see the impact of our activities for the residents down on paper, demonstrating the impact has given us a clearer picture of what benefits our residents most"
Peter Francis -
FUSION21
" LAUREL Regen has helped to embed Social Value methodology within our business activities, procurement frameworks, community regeneration programmes and supply chain processes, the improvements being responsible for demonstrating the creation of over £80m of additional community impact value benefits for our members, this includes Jobs for 5000+ individuals, 1000+ apprenticeships, 1000s of Training spaces along with evaluating impact against a variety of funded community projects"
Peter Marland - Ashton Pioneer Homes
"We have worked with LAUREL Regen to help us learn more about Social Value, drawing upon their expertise to train Ashton Pioneer Homes (APH) colleagues in Social Value methods and techniques, developing a bespoke APH SV toolkit which enables us to capture, monitor, measure and report upon our Social, Economic, Environmental Impact & Community benefit"
" We fully endorse the work done by LAUREL Regen Ltd on behalf of Ashton Pioneer Homes and would recommend their services to other organisations who are looking at improving their Social Value practices "
Daniel Ross - Thriving Spaces CIC
“ Thrive Careers Hub is a coffee shop where support workers and the young people they care for can meet, build relationships and access job search support"
"We have taken advantage of LAUREL Regen`s consultancy services and expertise to help us establish processes, measure and report on our Social Impact, they have also been instrumental in securing funding which will go towards Thrive becoming sustainable and make a real impact on the lives of individuals who access our service for years to come"
James Flannery - Cunard Construction
" Cunard are a construction company that puts local communities at the heart of our activity and supports them by developing the built environment and adding Social Value for the economies local to them. We have taken advantage of a host of services offered by LAUREL Regen that have assisted us in a variety of ways, from helping us to bid, apply and secure new opportunities, to the planning, delivery, measurement, evaluation and reporting upon the Social Value that we create through our work"
"I would recommend LAUREL Regen as the go to service in this area and Dave McGuinness is without question one of the best in this field "
Angus Chukuemeka -
Crawford House Community Partnership
" Crawford House Community Partnership are a Local Charity who aim to improve lives for communities within the Toxteth area of Liverpool"
​
" LAUREL Regen Ltd have helped us through some of the most difficult challenges our Charity faced in recent times, I would like to thank them as they have been a key contributor in assisting us to recover and increase our income which has improved as we recorded one of the highest grant income to date last year, we hope that the new services we now are able to offer will go towards Crawford House Community Partnership in becoming more sustainable and benefit future generations"
Ken Ross -
Construction Impact Framework
" LAUREL Regen have been a great help for our team by assisting in evaluating social value generated within CIF projects across the Northwest, highlighting both growth for businesses and impact benefits for the communities we undertake developments and activities within, this retrospective Social Impact analysis has given us a valuable insight into the Impact we achieved, helping us to establish and build upon our unique approach to Social Value"
Ailsa Dunn -
Prima Housing Group
"As a provider of social housing its important to us and the communities we work in that we get the most impact for the money we spend. We commissioned LAUREL Regen Ltd to carry out a detailed assessment of one of the community groups that we fund, to provide assurance that we were getting value for money. LAUREL Regen‘s work with the community group helped demonstrate that for every pound we invest in the group’s activities our residents gained even greater benefits. Their detailed audit identified what the community group did well, but also gave some excellent support and guidance on where they could improve and bring even greater benefits for the community."
Ian McDonough -
IMAC Regeneration
" We have benefitted from the knowledge and experience of LAUREL Regen in the Social Value field to identify and measure impact within some of our key business activities including CITB Health and Safety Training, MHFA Mental Health Courses and MOJ Reducing Reoffending programme delivery.
The demonstration of Social Value Impact & Social Return on Investment for our clients and funders has enabled us to secure commissions and be in a stronger position when bidding for new opportunities were commissioners request Social Value"
Katie Lees -
The Sovini Group
'Dave is an expert in social value and provides advice and guidance that is understandable and clear.
Dave has supported me in gaining valuable insight into the different types of social value activity impacts and how to measure and report on them which has increased my knowledge and understanding'.
Dean Dumbell -
Knowsley Development Trust
" We would like to thank Dave for his invaluable support and time and support to enable us to capture and demonstrate the social value we have achieved across Knowsley and Cumbria. Our 2024 Social Value Report is something we are very proud of "
Let’s explore how we can support you in your journey toward measurable impact.
Contact
Seymour Chambers,
92 London Road,
Liverpool, L3 5NW
+44 (0) 7761 368 794
LAUREL Regen Ltd
Est 2019
Business No - 119732282