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ENERGY PROJECTS PLUS

Registered charity 1080137 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Energy Projects Plus is a Charity and Company and operates energy efficiency projects in Merseyside and Cheshire working with householders, local authorities, community groups and other organisations. The Charity provides a free impartial advice service and runs specific energy efficiency projects from its offices in Wallasey, Merseyside.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in total assets of £244,676 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by surpluses in both general and restricted funds. Unrestricted funds stood at £611,200, which the trustees confirmed exceeds their stated reserves policy target of £506,000. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months combined expenditure on unrestricted and restricted funding (held: £611k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets should be equal to at least 6 months combined expenditure on unrestricted and restricted funding of Energy Projects Plus activity. Annual expenditure is projected at £1,012,000 for 2025-26 and therefore the current target is for £506,000 in general funds after allowing for the net book value of fixed assets.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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): instagram

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£612k
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 1.1% 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: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Warrington · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.0m
31/03/2024£1.0m£857k
31/03/2023£612k£585k
31/03/2022£587k£615k
31/03/2021£610k£603k

Common questions

Is ENERGY PROJECTS PLUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in total assets of £244,676 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by surpluses in both general and restricted funds. Unrestricted funds stood at £611,200, which the trustees confirmed exceeds their stated reserves policy target of £506,000. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds ENERGY PROJECTS PLUS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ENERGY PROJECTS PLUS as a grant recipient include Fuel Bank Foundation, WIRRAL CVS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Fuel Bank FoundationFY2023£37kFuel Bank Vouchers
WIRRAL CVSFY2025£15kStep Up Fund
Fuel Bank FoundationFY2022£11k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HYDE CHARITABLE TRUST1£187k
THE MILLFIELD HOUSE FOUNDATION (1)1£70k
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire1£25k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£20k
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES1£20k
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£15k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, HEIGHAM, NORWICH1£10k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACT ON ENERGY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENERGY PROJECTS PLUS£1.3m—0above—no doubt
ACT ON ENERGY FY2025£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
THE BAYWIND ENERGY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt
GROUNDWORK CHESHIRE LANCASHIRE & MERSEYSIDE FY2025£6.9m£90,000 - £99,9994unclear—no doubt

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