Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

Analysis

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in September 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Engineering Construction Industry Training Board reported income of £43.1m and spending of £43.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30.8m to £43.1m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Engineering Construction Industry Training Board sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uppingham School (£43.0m), National Assistance Fund (£43.4m) and Clifton College (£43.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £29.8m. Reserves of £9.0m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 112 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.