Greenpower Education Trust

Registered charity 1133536 · since 2010greenpower.co.uk·England·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Greenpower's grant funding is tied to its electric-car challenge, which aims to inspire young people in science, technology, engineering and maths, so a request fits best from a team that plans to design, build and race a car.
Funding is available only from time to time, in specific areas, and the annual report gave no grants figure that could be read, so a small team should not plan around a particular sum and should first check what is currently open.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but must be approved before a car kit is ordered, and applications made after ordering are rejected, so the request needs to go in before any order.
Schools, colleges, universities, companies and youth clubs can all take part as teams, and some older categories also welcome private entries, so a group of another kind should check whether it can enter the challenge before applying.

Overview

Greenpower Education Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1133536).

Greenpower Education Trust is a charity whose purpose is to advance education in sustainable engineering and technology for young people. Its primary objective is to inspire young people to excel in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through a challenge to design, build and race an electric car. From time to time, it makes grant funding available in specific areas to help teams take part in the Greenpower challenge.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Greenpower Education Trust makes grant funding available in specific areas to help teams engage in the Greenpower challenge. The challenge aims to inspire young people to excel in science, technology, engineering and maths through designing, building and racing an electric car. It supplies age-appropriate kit cars for teams and organises events. Its participants range from primary-school age through university. Schools, colleges, universities, companies and youth clubs can all take part as teams; some older categories also welcome private entries. Grant applications must be approved before a car kit is ordered.

Themes

STEM education

How to apply

A team seeking grant funding must have its application approved before ordering a car kit; applications submitted after ordering are rejected.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

England

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£947,606	£997,461	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£1,062,684	£1,037,504	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,379,568	£1,378,907	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,366,781	£1,386,273	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£1,410,115	£1,385,913	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

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.