Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -5
Positive trading contribution: +2;Fundraising costs high: -5

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE ELECTRICAL SAFETY COUNCIL

The Electrical Safety Council is an independent charity committed to helping people protect themselves and their families from faulty, damaged, substandard and poorly maintained electrical installations and products

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants and contracts
This charity has a robust balance sheet
More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £31,275,998 available, equivalent to 141 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£7,075	£2,663	£4,412	£66	£31,276	£31,276	140.9	19	0
31/03/22	£5,625	£1,951	£3,674	£76	£28,358	£28,358	174.5	16	0
31/03/21	£5,773	£1,906	£3,867	£73	£30,235	£30,235	190.4	18	0
31/03/20	£7,007	£2,288	£4,719	£55	£34,239	£34,239	179.5	19	0
31/03/19	£4,842	£3,789	£1,054	£112	£26,229	£26,229	83.1	19	1
31/03/18	£9,525	£2,151	£7,374	£62	£25,591	£29,291	163.4	18	0
31/03/17	£4,524	£3,051	£1,473	£113	£10,479	£10,479	41.2	20	0
31/03/16	£4,003	£3,239	£764	£166	£16,947	£16,947	62.8	18	0
31/03/15	£10,754	£12,098	£-1,344	£9,660	£15,817	£15,817	15.7	86	0
31/03/14	£11,217	£12,024	£-807	£9,564	£3,703	£3,703	3.7	87	0
31/03/13	£35,521	£33,623	£1,898	£15,034	£6,398	£6,398	2.3	359	0
31/03/12	£36,638	£36,233	£405	£17,969	£7,341	£7,341	2.4	349	0
31/03/11	£34,273	£33,948	£325	£15,283	£13,780	£13,780	4.9	347	0
31/03/10	£33,182	£33,997	£-815	£13,759	£1,769	£1,769	0.6	344	0
31/03/09	£38,050	£35,934	£2,116	£14,840	£9,139	£9,139	3.1	355	0
31/03/08	£33,997	£31,524	£2,473	£13,841	£15,291	£15,291	5.8	348	0
31/03/07	£31,370	£29,209	£2,161	£12,375	£13,918	£13,918	5.7	342	0
31/03/06	£870	£2,113	£-1,243	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£21,774	£22,651	£-877	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£8,488	£8,595	£-108	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 129.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 21%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 140.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 35 months
Quick Ratio: 13.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 51 years
(67 years as a company)

http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk

enquiries@electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk

02034635110

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

19 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-68

MARTHA GRACE DESMOND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of People

NICOLA JAYNE HUSSEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communications Director

PAUL ADAM NEVILLE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: It Director

RAHUL BHALINGE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Finance

RAJEEV VAGDIA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Technical Director

RICHARD OLSZEWSKI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Government Relations And Communications Consultant

ROBERT ARTHUR HUDSON GOSLING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Technical Head

ADAM JOHN SCOTT WILLIAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Commercial Director

ALAN WELLS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

ARMELLE BOISSET Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: Berkshire Youth LTD,

EMMA HUDSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Engineering Manager

TOM CONNELLY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Operations Manager

ANDY CHAPLIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Charity Executive, Other trusteeship: ASPIRE ( ASSOCIATION FOR SPINAL INJURY RESEARCH REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION ),

SARAH ANN FROST (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, WENDOVER,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/1973, number: 257376
Registered at Companies House on 10/08/1956, number: 00570175

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

45 GREAT GUILDFORD STREET
LONDON
SE1 0ES

Objectives

TO PROTECT AND PROCURE THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, THE ISLE OF MAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF AGAINST FAULTY, UNSAFE AND DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT NOT FORMING PART OF FIXED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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