Sunderland Engineering Training Association Limited

Analysis

Sunderland Engineering Training Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Washington. It was registered in June 1978, 48 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 01372963). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sunderland Engineering Training Association Limited reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.2m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.7m (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sunderland Engineering Training Association Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Constable Country Childcare (£2.7m), Prifysgol Cymru / the University of Wales (£2.7m) and Richmond House School (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.