British Gas Energy Trust
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £636,173 | 100% | 2 |
| Other charitable purposes | £345,373 | 54% | 1 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2025 | £441,430 |
| 2024 | £119,743 |
| 2023 | £75,000 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 2
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 1 of 2
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Rhondda Cynon Taf1
- Cardiff1
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £1 million to £5 million1
- £500,000 to £1 million1
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
The Trust contributes to the relief of poverty, with a particular focus on fuel poverty. It helps families and individuals experiencing hardship who are struggling with gas and electricity debts by awarding grants to clear those debts. The Trust also funds organisations across England, Wales and Scotland to provide fuel debt and money advice services within communities.
- Status
- Registered on 16 August 2018
- Income in its latest year
- £15,774,216, year ending 31 March 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- No
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
| Charity | Given | From | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice Bureau | £345,373 | Charity's accounts | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Riverside Advice Ltd | £290,800 | Charity's accounts | 2025 |
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.