Energy Projects Plus

Analysis

Energy Projects Plus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallasey. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03176917). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Energy Projects Plus reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.0m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £610k to £1.3m (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Energy Projects Plus sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Staffordshire Pathway Project (£1.2m), N and R Karnani Trust (£1.3m) and Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £612k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.