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Registered charity · London

The Electrical Safety Council

The Electrical Safety Council is a registered charity (number 257376) based in London, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Emma Hudson since 2018. Latest income £7.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Electrical Safety Council, Electrical Safety First (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £7.2m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle Of Man and more
Website
www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Electrical Safety Council
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.2m£4.9m
  • 2024£9.2m£3.4m
  • 2023£7.1m£2.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.6m£2.0m
  • 2021£5.8m£1.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Board analysis

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

8.6y
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
257376
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00570175 · Active
Contact on the register
02034635110 · enquiries@electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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