Llanidloes Energy Solutions Ltd
What it does
To advance public education about energy efficiency and renewable energy; conserve the environment for public benefit through promoting energy saving and the use of renewable energy; relieve poverty through the efficient utilisation of energy; and to conduct research and development relating to the utilisation of energy conservation practices and renewable energy technologies, for public benefit
Its charitable purposes
THE CHARITY SHALL OPERATE PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COMMUNITY OF LLANIDLOES. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2) THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY SAVING MEASURES.3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF ENERGY.4) TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO THE UTILISATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND TO USE THE RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
- Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
Area of benefit in its governing document: Principally But Not Exclusively in the Community of Llanidloes
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 August 2025, it had income of £36,383 and spent £31,881.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £36,383 | £31,881 | Not reported | 17 |
| 31 August 2024 | £32,744 | £31,759 | Not reported | 5 |
| 31 August 2023 | £2,592 | £5,228 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2022 | £5,345 | £2,919 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2021 | £591 | £533 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 6,056%, from £591 in the year to 31 August 2021 to £36,383 in the year to 31 August 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 88% of its income in the year to 31 August 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 August 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2025, worth at least £69,991.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2026 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £53,435 |
| 20 Jan 2025 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £16,556 |
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Catherine Alexandra Duerden
- Dr Duncan Strathdee Burwood
- John James Bimson
- Lucinda Kate Ackroyd
- Maya Bimson
- Nicholas Salt
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | 30 June 2026 | Received 30 June 2026 | Received 30 June 2026 |
| 31 August 2024 | 30 June 2025 | Received 26 June 2025, 4 days early | Received 26 June 2025 |
| 31 August 2023 | 30 June 2024 | Received 22 January 2024, 160 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2022 | 30 June 2023 | Received 31 May 2023, 30 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Received 30 May 2022, 31 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1111968
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 8 November 2005
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 SEPTEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6 OCTOBER 2005.
- Company number
- 05235990This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.lles.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.