The Rochdale Society of Model and Experimental Engineers

Analysis

The Rochdale Society of Model and Experimental Engineers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Rochdale Society of Model and Experimental Engineers reported income of £16k and spending of £11k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5,422 to £16k (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Rochdale Society of Model and Experimental Engineers sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The William Gibbs Trust (£16k), Alderley Edge School for Girls Parents and Friends' Association (£16k) and 8th Flixton (St Johns) Scout Group (£16k).