Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

ENERGY 4 IMPACT 

We are a UK based NGO, established to promote social and economic development in rural and peri-urban areas of developing countries through access to appropriate modern energy services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 17 years

http://www.energy4impact.org/

info@energy4impact.org

0207 242 8602

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/06/22?£3,855£4,643£-789£40£1,603£7491.9660
31/03/21£4,059£3,669£390£40£2,392£1,1143.6660
31/03/20£4,847£4,548£298£60£2,002£6821.8650
31/03/19£7,025£6,842£184£120£1,703£4500.8800
31/03/18£7,258£6,339£919£102£1,520£51511090
31/03/17*£4,028£4,740£-712£151£601£4401.1980
31/03/16*£3,722£3,382£340£75£1,313£9193.3860
31/03/15£3,259£4,531£-1,272£129£973£6471.7840
31/03/14£4,740£4,419£321£101£2,245£4991.4680
31/03/13£3,239£2,600£639£147£1,924£3511.6510
31/03/12£3,214£3,016£198£223£1,285£4251.7410
31/03/11*£2,760£3,151£-391£147£1,087£3701.4300
31/03/10*£2,787£2,235£552£167£1,478£1560.8190
31/03/09£2,283£1,748£535£194£926£410.3100
31/03/08£1,136£784£352£162£392£310.520

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 47%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 66 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda,

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
OVO Foundation - Project Jua (Phase II)
£1,727,564 02/05/2019
This grant was used for the second phase of Project Jua and saw us scale the project significantly since the pilot. This grant covers the design, supply, installation and maintenance of solar ....more
Department for International Development - Peer to Peer Solar Africa Programme via Energy 4 Impact
£101,077 01/04/2019
TEA - Transforming Energy Access
OVO Foundation - Project Jua (extension)
£45,424 14/08/2018
This grant was used to cover some of the costs that weren't accounted for in the pilot phase and to prepare for for Phase II of the project.
OVO Foundation - Project Jua (pilot)
£121,862 30/10/2017
Through Project Jua – and thanks to simple rays from the sun – we’re powering medical equipment, giving Kenyan school children access to light, and radically improving their health and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2007, number: 1119168
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/03/2006, number: 05762919
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR17: 27 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR11: 124 days late, AR10: 16 days late,
Main office

2nd Floor, West Wing
The Hop Exchange
24 Southwark Street
London
SE1 1TY

Objectives

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;3.2 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY;(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF, AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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