Institute of Demolition Engineers

Analysis

Institute of Demolition Engineers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08087902). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Institute of Demolition Engineers reported income of £189k and spending of £199k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £107k to £189k (+78%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Institute of Demolition Engineers sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rees Jeffreys Road Fund (£189k), Historic Suffolk (£189k) and Wild Survivors (£188k).

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.