NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
RESEARCHING AND ANALYSING THE CAUSES AND EXTENT OF FUEL POVERTY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES TO ADDRESS IT. MANAGING PROJECTS IN INNER CITIES AND RURAL AREAS WHICH SHOW INNOVATIVE WAYS OF TACKLING FUEL POVERTY AND THAT BRING WIDER BENEFITS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. CAMPAIGNING TO INCREASE RESOURCES TO ERADICATE FUEL POVERTY. PROVISION OF ADVICE AND TRAINING SERVICES.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£13,293,157
Donations and legacies | £1.15m | |
Charitable activities | £11.97m | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £115.53k | |
Other | £54.09k |
Total expenditure:
£12,915,209
Raising funds | £17.71k | |
Charitable activities | £12.90m | |
Other | £0 |
£312 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £374,555 from 14 government contract(s) and £222,706 from 6 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £17.71k | |
Charitable expenditure | £12.90m | |
Retained for future use | £377.95k |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £17.71k | |
Charitable expenditure | £12.90m | |
Retained for future use | £378.26k |
People

130 Employee(s)
12 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£70k to £80k | 3 |
£80k to £90k | 2 |
£100k to £110k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
- 08 November 1984: Standard registration
- NEA (Working name)
- NEA CYMRU (Working name)
- NEA NI (Working name)
- NEA NORTHERN IRELAND (Working name)
- NEIGHBOURHOOD ENERGY ACTION (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
12 Trustee(s)
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Claire Durkin | Chair | 14 May 2019 |
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Janet Wood | Trustee | 17 March 2025 |
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Nusheen Hussain BA Hons | Trustee | 08 July 2024 |
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Karen Elizabeth Cherrett | Trustee | 08 July 2024 |
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Sarah Hopkins | Trustee | 08 July 2024 |
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David Iain Deboys | Trustee | 21 July 2022 |
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Frazer Scott | Trustee | 29 May 2020 |
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Judith Damerell | Trustee | 14 May 2020 |
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Maria Theresa Wardrobe OBE | Trustee | 14 May 2020 |
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David Hall | Trustee | 01 December 2019 |
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Helen Walker | Trustee | 14 May 2019 |
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Robert Howard | Trustee | 14 May 2019 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £5.61m | £6.05m | £8.42m | £12.16m | £13.29m | |
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Total expenditure | £6.93m | £6.46m | £7.87m | £9.63m | £12.92m | |
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Income from government contracts | £14.51k | N/A | £48.41k | £167.11k | £374.56k | |
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Income from government grants | £119.60k | £313.29k | £632.72k | £176.90k | £222.71k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £88.37k | £26.66k | £315.56k | £2.36m | £1.15m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £5.49m | £5.91m | £8.02m | £9.70m | £11.97m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £37.71k | £44.93k | £15.54k | £41.14k | £115.53k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £59.65k | £68.21k | £60.45k | £54.09k | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £6.92m | £6.46m | £7.87m | £9.62m | £12.90m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £6.32k | £214 | £4.50k | £14.14k | £17.71k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £95.22k | £55.92k | £60.60k | £67.46k | £111.37k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £1.41m | £1.92m | £2.88m | £3.35m | £4.61m | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £81.13k | £87.71k | £59.98k | £45.38k | £44.30k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £8.06m | £7.29m | £7.61m | £9.65m | £10.92m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £5.73m | £5.39m | £5.13m | £4.63m | £5.51m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 14 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 14 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 30 January 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 30 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 03 December 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 03 December 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 02 December 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 02 December 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEM AND ART OF ASSOC. INCORP 09.10.84 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOL DATED 14.11.89, 13.09.99, 12.09.01, 21.09.05, 16.09.08 AND 15.09.09 AND CERT. OF INCORP CHANGE OF NAME 28.09.95 NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOC. ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOL DATED 14 SEPT 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 SEP 2015 as amended on 28 Oct 2021 as amended on 12 Nov 2021 as amended on 07 Oct 2024
Charitable objects
The Charity is established to carry out the following objects for the benefit of the public: (a) the relief of poverty, financial hardship and disadvantage and the advancement of health by promoting the improvement and optimisation of living conditions, particularly in relation to the use of energy and resources (including energy for heating purposes) among persons who are in necessitous circumstances including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) those in charitable need whose housing conditions are unsatisfactory, or those living in fuel poor households; (b) the advancement of public education and awareness about all aspects of the affordable and efficient use of energy and resources; and (c) the promotion of, or assistance in promoting, vocational training and learning for the benefit of persons seeking to assist the classes of persons described in sub-clause (a) above through their employment or work with those persons described as living in poverty. "the or these Objects" In these Objects: "poverty" shall be interpreted in the broadest sense and shall include not only financial need or hardship, but also cover adverse social conditions and circumstances which preclude the ability of a person to achieve a reasonable standard of living or welfare, including in relation to their health and wellbeing; and "necessitous circumstances" shall include any circumstance which would impede a person's ability to remove themselves from poverty without the Charity's support.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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NATIONAL ENERGY ACTION
WEST ONE
FORTH BANKS
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3PA
- Phone:
- 01912615677
- Email:
- info@nea.org.uk
- Website:
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