Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence

Analysis

Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rainham. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04238862). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence reported income of £4.6m and spending of £5.0m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £4.6m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence 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 Wimbledon Foundation (£4.6m), Spear Housing Association Limited (£4.6m) and Broom Foundation (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 57%, charitable activities 38% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £8.6m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 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.