The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

Analysis

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management reported income of £4.7m and spending of £5.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £4.7m (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Veolia Environmental Trust (£4.7m), The Swanage Railway Trust (£4.8m) and Westcountry Rivers Trust (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 4.5% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £50k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 6.0%. It employed 31 people.