The Worshipful Company of Engineers Charitable Trust Fund

Analysis

The Worshipful Company of Engineers Charitable Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Worshipful Company of Engineers Charitable Trust Fund reported income of £219k and spending of £124k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £125k to £219k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Worshipful Company of Engineers Charitable Trust Fund sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Power Praise and Deliverance Ministries International (£219k), Ross-On-Wye Baptist Church (£219k) and Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Limited (£219k).