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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

ENERGY SPARKS

Energy Sparks offers an online energy analysis tool and energy education programme specifically designed to help schools reduce their electricity and gas usage through the analysis of half hourly smart meter data. Energy Sparks provides advice and activities to support pupils and the wider school community to reduce their school's carbon footprint.
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/08/23£465£499£-34n/a
31/08/22£422£290£132n/a
31/08/21£221£162£60n/a
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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 34%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Established: 5 years

https://energysparks.uk/

hello@energysparks.uk

01225723924

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Climate emergency
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
OVO Foundation - Climate Changers - Energy Sparks
£15,025 10/01/2024
This grant will be used to fund Energy Sparks' fundraising support from external consultants
OVO Foundation - Climate Changers - Energy Sparks
£100,000 06/11/2023
This grant will allow Energy Sparks to continue delivery of their online tool in 200 UK schools, teaching pupils how to improve energy efficiency in their schools.
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£25,000 30/06/2023
Funding helped pupils and staff at 50 schools to reduce their school's carbon footprint.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW HOUSTON Appointed: 2021
  • DR ROBERT RICHARD COHEN Appointed: 2022
  • EDWARD MOORE Appointed: 2024
  • NAOMI ALLEN Appointed: 2020
  • PETER ANDREWS (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Publisher
  • ROBERT SCHRIMPFF Appointed: 2020
  • SUNNY PAWAR Appointed: 2020
  • TIM WARNES Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2020, number: 1189273
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

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Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING TOOLS, SERVICES AND PROGRAMMES TO REDUCE ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND CARBON EMISSIONS.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY EDUCATING AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY SAVING AND REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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