ACT on Energy

Registered charity 1075679 Registered since 1999

Operates: Coventry City, Solihull, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Birmingham City, Dudley, Lambeth, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

7.8y median 6y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

David William Johnston since 2013
Mary Unwin since 2020
Peter Evans since 2016

18.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 10Other services 3Education 2

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Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£4.7m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.8 in 2021

59 from 13 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

23%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.actonenergy.org.uk
Email	advice@actonenergy.org.uk
Phone	01789333169
Address	1-4, Ardencroft Court, Arden Grafton, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6DP

Finances

£4,669,728 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£934,011	£778,812
2022	£3,251,904	£2,694,979
2023	£4,345,826	£4,246,900
2024	£4,681,844	£4,239,133
2025	£4,669,728	£4,749,504

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCYB) PROMOTE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGYC) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCYD) CONDUCT RESEARCH RELATING TO THE UTILISATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 AUGUST 1998 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18 FEBRUARY 1999 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAMED DATED 30 OCTOBER 2008

Trustees (7)

7trustees

72median age

4aged 70+

Robin George Dunlevyage band 60-64 Chair since 2021
Alan Boadage band 70-74
David William Johnstonage band 75-79 since 2013
David George Cowcherage band 70-74 since 2021
Dr Susan Aysha Junedage band 75-79
Mary Unwinage band 65-69 since 2020
Peter Evansage band 55-59 since 2016

Linked company (Companies House)

ACT on Energy · 03621022 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/08/1998

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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