The Electrical Safety Council

Analysis

The Electrical Safety Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00570175). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Electrical Safety Council reported income of £7.2m and spending of £4.9m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.8m to £7.2m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Electrical Safety Council sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Khoja Shia Ithnaasheri Muslim Community of London (£7.2m), Services For Education Limited (£7.2m) and Safe Families for Children (£7.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 81%, investments 18% and charitable activities 1.2%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £704k. Reserves of £38.1m would cover about 93 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.