Severn Wye Energy Agency

Registered charity 1083812 · since 2000severnwye.org.uk·Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£4.6M

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Its reported project grants cover fuel poverty, energy-efficient retrofits in low-income homes, clean heat and insulation, community micro-grants and respiratory health, so work in these areas is the closest fit.
The only eligibility terms it publishes are for the Warm Homes Local Grant, which is for households that live in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire, own or privately rent a home with an EPC of D, E, F or G, and have a total household income of less than £36,000 a year, with private tenants' landlords owning no more than four properties; households that do not meet these terms should not apply for it.
No application process is published in its annual report, register entry or website, so the sensible first step is to contact the charity, using the contact it shows, before preparing a request.
The annual report gives no grant range, so no typical amount can be given, and its £4,556,892 total may include grants to individuals, so it should not be read as a measure of what organisations receive.
The sources give no timetable or deadlines, so ask about these when you make contact.

Overview

Severn Wye Energy Agency is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1083812).

Severn Wye Energy Agency is a charity registered in England and Wales that works with people to overcome fuel poverty and act on climate change, putting energy at the heart of everything it does. Its annual report records £4,556,892 paid, a total that may include grants to individuals. Its reported grants focus on Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Severn Wye’s project grants support work for individuals and institutions who meet each project’s criteria. Its reported grants address fuel poverty through household support, energy-efficient retrofit in low-income homes, clean heat and insulation for off-gas homes, and improvements or heating-bill support for vulnerable households with severe respiratory illness. It also reports micro-grants to communities supported through Rural Futures. On its energy-funding pages, the charity describes grant schemes helping homeowners and private tenants with energy-efficiency improvements, including insulation, heating upgrades and renewables. It presents its wider approach as helping people overcome fuel poverty and act on climate change. Payments for work are reimbursed to contractors after approval, completion, certification and the recipient’s contribution.

Themes

Fuel poverty
Energy-efficient retrofits
Community micro-grants
Respiratory health

Geographic Focus

Gloucestershire; South Gloucestershire.

What they don't fund

Warm Homes Local Grant only:
- Live in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire
- Own or privately rent a home with an EPC of D, E, F or G
- Have a total household income of less than £36,000 a year
- To qualify for funding, your landlord must not own more than four properties

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

Warm Homes Local Grant
- Live in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire; own or privately rent a home with an EPC of D, E, F or G; have a total household income of less than £36,000 a year.
- If you are a private tenant, permission is required to contact your landlord; the landlord must not own more than four properties.

What to send:

Evidence of your circumstances, such as your income and the energy efficiency of your home.
Warm Homes Local Grant: Evidence of Lasting Power of Attorney if the nominated representative has it.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Severn Wye Energy Agency.

West of England Rural Network (WERN)No public processGave £162k Barnwood TrustInvitation onlyGave £5.1M The National Benevolent CharityFixed deadlinesGave £537k The Fairfield Charitable TrustRollingGave £358k The Society of Merchant Venturers CharityFixed deadlinesGave £278k Bristol CharitiesNo public processGave £48,823 Philip Barker CharityNo public processGave £5,000 The Portishead Nautical TrustRollingGave £67,973 Community ResourceFixed deadlinesGave £27,600 The Temple Ecclesiastical CharityRollingGave £282k

Grants

Not included above: 13 with no named recipient.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£3,764,393	£3,385,346	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£4,901,966	£4,513,106	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£6,695,198	£6,330,097	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£7,226,497	£5,683,150	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£10,496,429	£10,316,477	£4,556,892	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— 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.