The Institution of Agricultural Engineers

Analysis

The Institution of Agricultural Engineers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cranfield. It was registered in November 1968, 58 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 00648041). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Institution of Agricultural Engineers reported income of £423k and spending of £481k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £425k to £423k (-0.3%), an average of -0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Institution of Agricultural Engineers sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Committee of University Chairs (£423k), Little Berries Pre-School (£424k) and Dalton Pre-School Nursery (£423k).

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.