# Solarcentury donates 5% of annual net profits to SolarAid

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/01/29/solarcentury-donates-5-annual-net-profits-solaraid/
- Published: 2014-01-29T11:44:55+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

UK solar company Solarcentury has this week donated £98,000 to SolarAid, its largest
charity donation to date. Since 2006 it has pledged to donate 5% of its net profits
to the charity it helped set up to eradicate the kerosene lamp from Africa by 2020.

The money will be used to fund channels that allow [SolarAid](http://www.solar-aid.org)
to  sell and distribute solar lights via their not-for-profit subsidiary, SunnyMoney.
£98,000 is the equivalent of 19,600 lights.

Solarcentury is one of the biggest designers and installers of solar panels. Recently
it installed panels on Blackfriars bridge in London.

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Frans van den Heuvel, CEO of Solarcentury said:

> “It makes us all very proud to witness SolarAid’s success. They are now the biggest
> distributor of solar lights in Africa having sold 847,154 lights to date. Establishing
> SolarAid has proven to be key to Solarcentury’s broader purpose: to make a big
> difference in the fight against climate change through widespread adoption of 
> solar power.”

Andrew Webb, MD of SolarAid said:

> “The relationship between SolarAid and Solarcentury is a special one… Without 
> this vital support SolarAid wouldn’t be in the position we are today: running 
> a social enterprise selling 65,000 solar study lamps a month.”

[Solarcentury](http://www.solarcentury.com) is keen to encourage other companies
to follow its approach. It invites those interested in supporting SolarAid’s work
with a percentage of their profits to contact their Corporate Partnerships Manager
Tessa Kipping.

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