NEXTENERGY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1169089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

NextEnergy Foundation is an international charity, founded in 2016. The mission to participate proactively in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions, provide clean power sources in regions where they are not yet available, and contribute to poverty alleviation.

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Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£910k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £2,011,072 to £1,269,024 due to a net movement in funds of £(742,048), driven by charitable expenditure of £910,000 against donations received of £142,721. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,269,024, which the document identifies as funds that may be disbursed at the discretion of the trustees to finance working capital and capital investment. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£302k
Cost of raising funds
£8k
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~79.9 months of spending — in the top 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Colombia · Ethiopia · Ghana · India · Italy · Jordan · Kenya · Malawi · Nepal · Sierra Leone · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£143k£910k
30/04/2024£1.3m£302k
30/04/2023£1.4m£463k
30/04/2022£197k£147k
30/06/2021£146k£129k

Common questions

Is NEXTENERGY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £2,011,072 to £1,269,024 due to a net movement in funds of £(742,048), driven by charitable expenditure of £910,000 against donations received of £142,721. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,269,024, which the document identifies as funds that may be disbursed at the discretion of the trustees to finance working capital and capital investment. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£15k
THE PWC FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEXTENERGY FOUNDATION£143k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL ENERGY FOUNDATION FY2025£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION FY2026£211k£60,001 - £70,000—no_policy—no doubt
THE EMET FOUNDATION FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRESHFIELD FOUNDATION FY2024£925k—0unclear—no doubt
SHELL FOUNDATION FY2024£29.3m——above—no doubt

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