The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining

Analysis

The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.8m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £4.6m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Generation: You Employed, UK (£4.6m), Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited (£4.6m) and Queen Mary's School (Baldersby) Ltd (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 8.5%, investments 3.4% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Reserves of £12.8m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.