ACT ON ENERGY

Registered charity 1075679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARWICKSHIRE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVICE CENTRE

Provision of free and impartial advice on energy efficiency to the general public;Promote the relief of fuel poverty;Deliver educational programmes in schools and colleges;Devise and manage schemes on behalf of others to promote energy efficiency measures and seek supporting funding;Work with charities, voluntary bodies, statutory authorities and others

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £79,776 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,523,054. The trustees consider the financial position to be viable and maintain unrestricted reserves of £925,671, which they state are sufficient to cover approximately four months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months of operating costs (held: £926k)
“Unrestricted reserves are maintained at a level sufficient to cover approximately four months of operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.7m
Total spending
£4.7m
Reserves (reported)
£926k
Employees
59

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Lambeth · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.7m£4.7m
31/03/2024£4.7m£4.2m
31/03/2023£4.3m£4.2m
31/03/2022£3.3m£2.7m
31/03/2021£934k£779k

Common questions

Is ACT ON ENERGY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £79,776 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,523,054. The trustees consider the financial position to be viable and maintain unrestricted reserves of £925,671, which they state are sufficient to cover approximately four months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEAT THE COLD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACT ON ENERGY£4.7m——unclear—no doubt
BEAT THE COLD FY2025£715k—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION FY2025£15.3m£100,001 - £110,000—above—no doubt
SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY FY2025£10.5m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
ENERGY INSTITUTE FY2025£11.0m——unclear—no doubt
NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FY2025£275k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.