Capital investment required for charity buildings to meet energy efficiency targets
Stuart McKay · Posted on: September 30th 2025 · read
A recent government impact report has found that funds which were made available to Charity’s as part of the previous governments Energy Efficiency Scheme (EES) are struggling to be spent due to wider issues with the the buildings and infrastructure used by Charitable organisations.
Grants of up to £150k have been made to organisations to install energy efficiency measures into their buildings have not been able to be fully utilised due to existing issues with the properties that these improvements are to be incorporated into. This highlights a wider issue for Charity buildings and offices which are often older and require major structural work and therefore may offer a cheaper rental price which matches the Charity’s lower income.
This has led to calls for further capital funding to be made available specifically for Charity’s to allow them to upgrade their buildings and make use of the initial EES fund to assist them with reducing their energy costs as well as their carbon footprint.
The main area that the EES fund was set up to assist with was the energy efficiency of these buildings through simple measures like upgrading outdated window fittings, switching to lower energy lighting and other accessible means. This would help not only with cost saving on energy bills, which could be of great benefit in times or a rising wage bill and general operating costs, but also help with the public benefit aspect of many organisations as they begin to reduce their carbon footprint.
