SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY

Registered charity 1083812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWEA

Education and promotion of sustainable resource use, energy efficiency and renewable energy to tackle the fuel poverty and to improve health, wellbeing and quality of life for all. Protection of the environment, relief of poverty and community regeneration through sustainable development solutions, training and delivery, to meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£10.5m

Latest spending

£10.3m

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,221,775, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £780,000. The charity reported a net decrease in unrestricted funds of £180,552 for the year, driven by higher project delivery costs and an impairment charge on the Mersey Biochar project. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months running costs, plus meet all the liabilities of the organisation and to provide sufficient cash to fund the organisation’s activities. The level of resources required has been assessed at £780,000. (held: £1.2m)

“The Reserves Policy target is to have sufficient reserves to meet three months running costs, plus meet all the liabilities of the organisation and to provide sufficient cash to fund the organisation’s activities. The level of resources required has been assessed at £780,000.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Sales were made during the year to a company of which a trustee is a director. These sales totalled £6,480 (2024: £Nil) and there were no amounts outstanding from this company at the year-end (2024: £Nil).

“Sales were made during the year to a company of which a trustee is a director. These sales totalled £6,480 (2024: £Nil) and there were no amounts outstanding from this company at the year-end (2024: £Nil). No other trustee or other person related to the charity had any other personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity in this year or the previous one.” — page 42

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

New chief executive for Gloucester-based Severn Wye Energy Agency - Punchline-Gloucester.com punchline-gloucester.com · 13/05/2026
Gloucestershire businesses can get funding to go green through Severn Wye Energy Agency soglos.com · 20/04/2021

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

Total income

£10.5m

Total spending

£10.3m

Reserves (reported)

£780k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Cheetham
Christopher Mark Welby
Emma Elizabeth Voss
Jamie Abbott
Mareika Katharina Schmidt
Martin Paul Smith Lomas · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Belgium · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£10.5m	£10.3m
31/03/2024	£7.2m	£5.7m
31/03/2023	£6.7m	£6.3m
31/03/2022	£4.9m	£4.5m
31/03/2021	£3.8m	£3.4m

Common questions

Is SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,221,775, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £780,000. The charity reported a net decrease in unrestricted funds of £180,552 for the year, driven by higher project delivery costs and an impairment charge on the Mersey Biochar project. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY as a grant recipient include HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k	Bishops From Village Centre

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/07/2018	£499k	HWF Llandrindod Wells Together for Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2017	£2.0m	RurCDS: SWEA / BRO Rural Community Development Support
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/09/2015	£9k	Your Green Future: new opportunities in a changing world
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/06/2014	£9k	Your Green Future
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/10/2012	£8k	Your Green Future
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/02/2012	£10k	Wood U Waste Ltd

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE AURORA TRUST	1	£1.2m
THE LINBURY TRUST	1	£688k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£592k
THE KARUNA TRUST	1	£549k
ELRHA	1	£424k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£376k
Howden Foundation	1	£195k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST	1	£140k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LTPP.

LTPP income £3.1m
Ashden Climate Solutions income £7.4m
BEAT THE COLD income £715k
TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD income £185k
ACT ON ENERGY income £4.7m
PRAGYA income £496k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY	£10.5m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LTPP FY2024	£3.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Ashden Climate Solutions FY2025	£7.4m	—	8	unclear	—	no doubt
BEAT THE COLD FY2025	£715k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD FY2025	£185k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACT ON ENERGY FY2025	£4.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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