The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Centre for Sustainable Energy

Registered charity 298740 Registered since 1988

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5.2y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

6
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 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Professional services 8Other services 2Education 1

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£11.7m 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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.8 in 2021

147 from 74 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.
45%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cse.org.uk
Emailinfo@cse.org.uk
Phone01179341400
AddressST JAMES COURT, ST JAMES PARADE, BRISTOL, BS1 3LH

Finances

£11,707,128 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,992,162£3,791,388
2022£4,318,814£4,731,495
2023£6,003,845£5,789,173
2024£8,993,736£8,453,267
2025£11,707,128£11,527,854

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CENTRE IS ESTABLISHED ARE;A) TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE, CARRY OUT AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND RESEARCH IN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND THEREBY INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ENERGY IN ALL ITS ASPECTS. (B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROMOTING ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY OR WHOSE HOUSING CONDITIONS ARE UNSATISFACTORY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/02/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/11/2013

Trustees (11)

11trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Centre for Sustainable Energy · 02219673 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/02/1988

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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