Royal Engineers Vocational Education and Training Trust

Analysis

Royal Engineers Vocational Education and Training Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Engineers Vocational Education and Training Trust reported income of £730k and spending of £420k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £255k to £730k (+186%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Royal Engineers Vocational Education and Training Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The President of the Regimental Institute (Pri) (£724k), Unit Institute Fund, Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (Uif CTCRM) (£754k) and Firstlight Trust (£671k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 29% and donations and legacies 5.9%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Reserves of £7.7m would cover about 219 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.