The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Electrical Safety Council

Registered charity 257376 Registered since 1973

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

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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.

13 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Other Charitable Purposes 12General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Other services 15Professional services 4Education 2

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£7.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

92.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 120.0 in 2021

26 from 18 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitehttp://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk
Emailenquiries@electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk
Phone02034635110
Address45 GREAT GUILDFORD STREET, LONDON, SE1 0ES

Finances

£7,171,910 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,773,375£1,905,961
2022£5,624,745£1,950,554
2023£7,074,929£2,662,755
2024£9,243,618£3,397,413
2025£7,171,910£4,929,406

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

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.

Governing document: MEM. AND ART.S AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS 11 JAN 1973, 24 SEPT 1987, 20 SEPT 1990, 26 SEPT 1996, 29 SEPT, 3 OCT 2007, 2 OCT 2008. ARTICLES MADE 30 SEPT 2010 AND OBJECTS REG. AT COS HOUSE 7 OCT, 2010. ARTS AMENDED 9 DEC 2010 as amended on 12 Mar 2020

Trustees (13)

13trustees
50median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Electrical Safety Council · 00570175 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/08/1956

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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