I’m pleased to present our 2019/20 Accounts and our 2020 Impact Report, reflecting our story so far, our impact and future approach.

The mission of the British Gas Energy Trust is to alleviate the detrimental impact of poverty, helping people in or at risk of financial hardship meet their energy needs and manage their energy costs, through support, education and raising awareness of sound money management. The pages which follow aim to convey a sense of our work, the breadth and depth of our activities and grants programmes across Scotland, England and Wales, and the difference we seek to make to the lives of the people we support.

Publication of this document coincides with the COVID 19 pandemic and its dramatic, unprecedented impact on the UK economy and household finances. Its severe social and economic repercussions, which are now being... Read more