Electrical Safety First
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Electrical Safety Fund suits organisations and community groups whose work protects people from electrical risks in their homes, especially people most vulnerable to electrical risk and injury, by tackling unsafe products and installations, raising awareness, or delivering practical solutions such as removing or repairing faulty products.
- Its geographic focus is stated as the UK, and the Charity Commission register records annual giving of £704,203, though the total stated in its annual report could not be confirmed.
- No grant range is given, so no typical request size can be stated, and you should check the guidance before setting an amount.
- Applications run to fixed deadlines and the window reopens in summer, so plan to apply then.
- How competitive the Fund is, and whether existing relationships matter, is not stated, and work outside electrical safety is unlikely to fit its stated focus.
Overview
Electrical Safety First is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 257376).
Electrical Safety First is a charity registered in England and Wales whose principal objective is protecting users of electricity against the hazards of faulty, unsafe and otherwise defective electrical installations and products. Its grant schemes now award more than £1 million in funding annually. The Electrical Safety Fund supports communities up and down the country and has supported 106 projects across the UK with a total allocation of £502K. Its programmes include the UK-wide HIGs scheme, launched with an increased budget of £350K, and the Home Improvement Grants Scheme in Scotland, which provided essential electrical safety repairs to 126 vulnerable households.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Electrical Safety First’s Electrical Safety Fund supports organisations and community groups working to protect people from electrical risks in their homes, with particular concern for people most vulnerable to electrical risk and injury. It funds projects tackling unsafe electrical products and installations, raising awareness of electrical safety and encouraging safer behaviours, and delivering practical solutions such as removing or repairing faulty products and installations. Its funding can also support product testing, repair and replacement events, educational workshops and events, and home-safety installation interventions. Its approach combines practical action and education to prevent accidents, protect lives and create safer homes, and its wider mission focuses on safer electrical installations and products.
Themes
- Electrical product safety
- Electrical installation safety
- Electrical safety awareness
- Home safety interventions
Geographic Focus
The UK.
How to apply
Deadlines: The application window reopens in summer.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The Fund focuses on people most vulnerable to electrical risk and injury in their homes.
- The Fund supports work tackling risks from unsafe electrical products and installations, raising awareness and encouraging safer behaviour, or delivering practical solutions.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £5,773,375 | £1,905,961 | £80,350 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £5,624,745 | £1,950,554 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £7,074,929 | £2,662,755 | £292,564 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £9,243,618 | £3,397,413 | £249,885 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £7,171,910 | £4,929,406 | £704,203 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024; year to 31 March 2025: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for that year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk
- electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/about-us/grants-and-funding · read on 30 October 2026
- electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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Applying to Electrical Safety First?
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Contact
- enquiries@electricalsafetyfirst.org.uksource
- 45 Great Guildford Street London SE1 0ESsource
- electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk
- Contact form
Applying to Electrical Safety First?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- enquiries@electricalsafetyfirst.org.uksource
- 45 Great Guildford Street London SE1 0ESsource
- electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk
- Contact form