The Engineering and Technology Board

Analysis

The Engineering and Technology Board is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04322409). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Engineering and Technology Board reported income of £10.0m and spending of £10.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8.9m to £10.0m (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Engineering and Technology Board sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garsington Opera Limited (£9.9m), Japan House London Trust (£10.1m) and The Royal Institution of Great Britain (£9.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, donations and legacies 11% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 67 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.