The Renaissance Theatre Trust Trophy
An adjudicator’s discretionary award
| Year | Awarded To | Company |
| 1980 | Julie Lloyd | Elizabethan Players |
| 1981 | Julie Lloyd | Elizabethan Players |
| 1982 | Julie Lloyd | Elizabethan Players |
| 1983 | Kim Lyon | Dentdale Players |
| 1984 | Kim Lyon | Dentdale Players |
| 1985 | Doreen Brockbank | Arnside Players |
| 1986 | Ambleside Players | |
| 1987 | John Eccleston | Ulverston Outsiders |
| 1988 | Gosforth ADS | |
| 1989 | Dentdale Players | |
| 1990 | George Isherwood | Burton Players |
| 1991 | not awarded | Burton ADS |
| 1992 | Barrow AODS | |
| 1993 | Gosforth ADS | nbsp; |
| 1994 | Gwen Hotson | Gosforth ADS |
| 1995 | Moya Hutchinson | Ambleside Players |
| 1996 | Robbie Byrne | Barrow Drama Society |
| 1997 | Colin Hopper | For “Shirley Valentine” |
| 1998 | Tony Wilcock | Ulverston Outsiders |
| 1999 | Ulverston Outsiders | |
| 2000 | not awarded | |
| 2001 | Sue Pidgeon | Arnside Players |
| 2002 | SWSSS | For costumes |
| 2003 | Nicholas Corder | Black Sheep Theatre Group |
| 2004 | Jenny Shipley | CATS / Barrow AODS |
| 2005 | Lesley Skelton | Barrow AODS |
| 2006 | Ron Palmer | Director for Ulverston Outsiders |
| 2007 | Helen Lawler | Author for Ulverston Outsiders |
| 2008 | Black Sheep Theatre Group ADS | |
| 2009 | Marion Chadwick | Grange Drama |
| 2010 | Ulverston Outsiders | |
| 2011 | Felicity Holloway and Sue Stokes | Burton ADS |
| 2012 | CATS | |
| 2013 | CATS | for sound and lighting |
| 2014 | Bernie Young | Swarthmoor Drama Group |
| 2015 | Kath Smith and Lesley Skelton | CATS |
| 2016 | Tom Morath | Gosforth ADS |
| 2017 | Jenny Scofield | CATS |