THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1144106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESTF

The Foundations object's are to promote and to advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection, and improvement of the physical and natural environment so as to further the protection of the world's climate systems, including by reducing and making sustainable the use of energy and water and ensuring the prudent use of non-renewable resources for public benefit?.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £29k for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £211k and total expenditure of £240k. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5k, which aligns with its stated reserves policy target of holding back £5,000 to support potential wind-up costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07703610

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.

• WADE, Joanne, Dr — director, appointed 02/09/2025on trustee list
• NEWHOUSE, Jasmine — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
• BONNETT, Zoe Hannah — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
• THORNE, Ella — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
• OLIVIER, Julian Henry — director, appointed 02/12/2022on trustee list
• CROWFOOT, Daisy — director, appointed 02/12/2022on trustee list
• NELKON, Carys Louise — director, appointed 02/12/2022on trustee list
• COLLINSON, Gillian — director, appointed 31/10/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carys Louise Nelkonchair
• Daisy Crowfoot
• Dr Joanne Wade
• Ella Thorne
• Gillian Collinson
• Jasmine Newhouse
• Julian Olivier
• Zoe Hannah Bonnett

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• THE NATURESAVE TRUST income £101k
• THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION income £3.5m
• TEESSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST income £693k
• THE TRUELL CONSERVATION FOUNDATION income £0
• THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £489k
• NORTH SOUTHWARK ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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