The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering

Analysis

The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £883k to £1.3m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Conservation International UK (£1.3m), Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (£1.3m) and The Mark Leonard Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, trading 17% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 6.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £24k. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.