Institution of Railway Signal Engineering

Analysis

Institution of Railway Signal Engineering is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in UK. It was registered in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00125685). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Institution of Railway Signal Engineering reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £919k to £1.4m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Institution of Railway Signal Engineering sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Norwegian School in London Limited (£1.4m), The Institute for Research in Schools (£1.4m) and Vipassana Trust (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 95%, investments 3.7% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 58% of spending and raising funds 41%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.