The Engineering Council

Analysis

The Engineering Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Engineering Council reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £3.5m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Engineering Council 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) Ltd (£3.5m), Rochdale Training Association Limited (£3.6m) and Springboard Sunderland Trust (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 3.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £3.5m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 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.