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Registered charity · Milton Keynes

The National Energy Foundation

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £3.4m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.nef.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The National Energy Foundation
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.4m£4.0m
  • 2024£5.5m£2.9m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£967k£1.0m
  • 2021£555k£643k
Charitable objects

2. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1.1 TO PROMOTE THROUGH EDUCATION, DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH, THE INNOVATIVE, EFFICIENT AND SAFE USE OF ENERGY, AND IN RELATION TO USE, THE PROVISION OF ENERGY IN WAYS BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND CHARITABLE AND THEREBY TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ENERGY IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.2.1.2 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 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.2.1.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.2.1.4 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS. 2.1.5 CHARITABLE MEANS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE SYSTEM OF LAW GOVERNING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY IS THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.?

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Environment/conservation/heritage 5Economic/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 10Finance 4Other services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.4m 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.

10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 23.4 in 2021

88 from 16 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.
15%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
298951
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 FEBRUARY 1988 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 MAY 1989 AS AMENDED ON 28 JUN 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 JUL 2018
Companies House
Company number 02218531 · Active
Contact on the register
01908665555 · enquiries@nef.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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