The Engineering Development Trust

Analysis

The Engineering Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08879288). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Engineering Development Trust reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.4m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.2m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Engineering Development Trust 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rydes Hill School Guildford (£2.2m), Fyling Hall School Trust Limited (£2.2m) and Arden House (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 35% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 8.3%. Reserves of £966k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.