EMPOWER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Empower Community Foundation oversees, as trustee, local community funds that receive a share of surplus revenues from renewable energy projects invested by Empower Community through, initially Empower Community Solar LLP and Drove Lane Solar Park CIC and New Mains of Guynd Solar Park CIC.
Latest income
£5.1m
Expenditure
£5.3m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £99k | £194k | |
| 2022-03-31 | £2.7m | £2.9m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £3.3m | £3.2m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £5.6m | £4.6m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £5.1m | £5.3m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £0 |
| Charitable activities | £0 |
| Trading | £4.9m |
| Investment income | £138k |
| Total income | £5.1m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £1.1m |
| Raising funds | £4.2m |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £0 |
| Total expenditure | £5.3m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £0 |
| Total funds | -£3.5m |
| — restricted | £0 |
| — unrestricted | -£3.5m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | -£3.5m |
| Cash | £3.8m |
People
| Employees | 0 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who it helps
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.