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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 1
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SEVERN WYE ENERGY AGENCY 

Education and promotion of sustainable resource use, energy efficiency and renewable energy to tackle the fuel poverty and to improve health, wellbeing and quality of life for all. Protection of the environment, relief of poverty and community regeneration through sustainable development solutions, training and delivery, to meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end


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Established: 23 years

www.severnwye.org.uk

info@severnwye.org.uk

01452835060

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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£6,695£6,330£365£0£1,952£7231.4644
31/03/22£4,902£4,513£389£0£1,587£5911.64711
31/03/21£3,764£3,385£379£0£1,198£5111.8332
31/03/20£3,195£3,157£38£0£413£4131.6300
31/03/19£2,857£2,844£13£0£375£3711.6320
31/03/18£1,542£2,211£-669£0£362£5322.9380
31/03/17£2,592£2,970£-378£0£1,031£1,0604.3400
31/03/16£2,253£2,005£248£0£1,614£1,4258.5480
31/03/15£1,724£1,915£-191£447£1,364£1,4168.9490
31/03/14£1,930£2,042£-112£358£1,578£1,71410.1430
31/03/13£2,043£2,073£-30£352£1,697£1,6429.5410
31/03/12£2,588£2,354£234£311£1,735£1,4357.3400
31/03/11£3,344£2,993£351£332£1,509£1,1974.8370
31/03/10£3,220£3,003£217£327£1,158£1,0144.1370
31/03/09£2,883£2,786£97£272£942£9354360
31/03/08£2,767£2,540£227£137£833£7343.5210
31/03/07£1,842£1,718£124£105£597£5013.5170
31/03/06£1,354£1,260£94£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,156£1,178£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£912£827£85£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 37%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
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
  • Belgium, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 64 employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - HWF Llandrindod Wells Together for Wellbeing
£499,420 26/07/2018
48
HWF Llandrindod Wells Together for Wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Future's People
£5,000 29/05/2017
12
Severn Wye Energy Agency Ltd in Powys will use the grant to run an event to inform younger people about the opportunities in the local low carbon sector. They will also give the participants the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - RurCDS: SWEA / BRO Rural Community Development Support
£2,044,849 01/03/2017
84
RurCDS: SWEA / BRO Rural Community Development Support
National Lottery Community Fund - Wood U Waste Ltd
£10,000 23/02/2012
12
This is one of 30 communities across England receiving development funding through the Communities Living Sustainably programme to help jump start detailed planning for more sustainable living. They ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-70
  • SIMON BURGESS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Development Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/11/2000, number: 1083812
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/08/1999, number: 03830608
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from RADNOR FRINGE FESTIVAL on 22/09/2023
Main office

UNIT 15
HIGHNAM BUSINESS CENTRE
HIGHNAM
GLOUCESTER
GL2 8DN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:I. THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES.II. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGEDIII. THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH BY PROMOTING THE EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY (INCLUDING ENERGY FOR HEATING PURPOSES) AND UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY ANDTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RELATION TO ENERGY CONSERVATION, THE EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY AND THE UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WILTSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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