NOTTINGHAM ENERGY PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1091513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

NEP's aims are to;advance the education of the public concerning energy efficiency including the alleviation of fuel poverty, andprotect the environment and public health through the provision and use of energy in ways that reduce harmful emissions and in so doing create new jobs in the energy efficiency sector.

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss in the year ended 31 March 2025, partly due to underspends on accrued income from previous years. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to keep six months of operating costs in reserve, and reserves were maintained above this level during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of operating costs (held: £1.6m)
“NEP aims to keep 6 months of operating costs in reserve. The reserves during this period was maintained above this level” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management services income of £2,500 received from Nottinghamshire Community Energy Limited, a related party where trustees are directors.
“Furthermore, during the year ended 31 March 2025 management services income of £2,500 (2024: £nil) was received from Nottinghamshire Community Energy Limited. At 31 March 2025, a balance of £5,000 (2024: £nil) was outstanding and has been included in trade debtors.”
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, expenditure totalling £22,982 (2024: £23,398) has been paid to Meadows Ozone Energy Services Limited in respect of this project.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure of £22,982 paid to Meadows Ozone Energy Services Limited (MOZES) for project costs, where a trustee is a director.
“Furthermore, during the year ended 31 March 2025 management services income of £2,500 (2024: £nil) was received from Nottinghamshire Community Energy Limited. At 31 March 2025, a balance of £5,000 (2024: £nil) was outstanding and has been included in trade debtors.”
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, expenditure totalling £22,982 (2024: £23,398) has been paid to Meadows Ozone Energy Services Limited in respect of this project.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant income of £10,000 received from Nottinghamshire Community Energy Limited.
“Furthermore, during the year ended 31 March 2025 management services income of £2,500 (2024: £nil) was received from Nottinghamshire Community Energy Limited. At 31 March 2025, a balance of £5,000 (2024: £nil) was outstanding and has been included in trade debtors.”
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, expenditure totalling £22,982 (2024: £23,398) has been paid to Meadows Ozone Energy Services Limited in respect of this project.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income of £40 invoiced to Meadows Ozone Energy Services Limited (MOZES) for Climate Hub Hire.
“Furthermore, during the year ended 31 March 2025 management services income of £2,500 (2024: £nil) was received from Nottinghamshire Community Energy Limited. At 31 March 2025, a balance of £5,000 (2024: £nil) was outstanding and has been included in trade debtors.”
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, expenditure totalling £22,982 (2024: £23,398) has been paid to Meadows Ozone Energy Services Limited in respect of this project.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: N.E.P. Energy Services Limited
“The charitable company has a wholly owned trading subsidiary N.E.P. Energy Services Limited (company number 06542138), which is incorporated in England and Wales.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rogers Spencer. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

N. E. P. ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • At 31 March 2025, an inter company loan was due from Nottingham Energy Partnership to NE P Services Limited of £398 (2024 £145 was due from NEP Energy Services Limited to Nottingham Energy Partnership)

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £695k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£83k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 6.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.3m£977k
31/03/2021£896k£639k

Common questions

Is NOTTINGHAM ENERGY PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a loss in the year ended 31 March 2025, partly due to underspends on accrued income from previous years. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to keep six months of operating costs in reserve, and reserves were maintained above this level during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rogers Spencer.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2020£1.5mGreen Meadows

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOTTINGHAM ENERGY PARTNERSHIP£1.2m——above—no doubt
NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION FY2025£15.3m£100,001 - £110,000—above—no doubt
THE NATIONAL ENERGY FOUNDATION FY2025£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION FY2025£5.0m——unclear—no doubt
BEAT THE COLD FY2025£715k—0unclear—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.