NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION

Registered charity 290511 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEA, NEA CYMRU, NEA NI, NEA NORTHERN IRELAND, NEIGHBOURHOOD ENERGY ACTION

Latest income
£15.3m
Latest spending
£14.2m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus on activities of £1,099,617, driven by lower staffing costs and higher bank interest receipts than anticipated. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £6,547,230, which exceeds the stated policy target range of £3.6 million to £4.4 million. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — below the median for charities its size (£125k)
£100,000 - £109,999 1 — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Leicester City Council owed NEA £254,897 for a funding contract. Robert Howard (NEA Trustee) is an employee of Leicester City Council.
During 2022/23, the charity was awarded a funding contract by Leicester City Council and the income earned from this contract as at 31 March 2025 is £254,897 — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Energy Action (NEA) (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Total income
£15.3m
Total spending
£14.2m
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reserves (reported)
£6.5m
Employees
168

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£15.3m£14.2m
31/03/2024£13.3m£12.9m
31/03/2023£12.2m£9.6m
31/03/2022£8.4m£7.9m
31/03/2021£6.0m£6.5m

Common questions

Is NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus on activities of £1,099,617, driven by lower staffing costs and higher bank interest receipts than anticipated. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £6,547,230, which exceeds the stated policy target range of £3.6 million to £4.4 million. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band.

Who funds NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION as a grant recipient include HYDE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MILLFIELD HOUSE FOUNDATION (1), Fuel Bank Foundation, THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

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
MENDAN LIMITED1£27k
SAYSER DEVELOPMENTS LTD1£21k
S C K CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
KEREN TRUST1£4k

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