The Stockport Engineering Training Association

Analysis

The Stockport Engineering Training Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in August 1980, 46 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 01512311). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Stockport Engineering Training Association reported income of £512k and spending of £542k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £512k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Stockport Engineering Training Association sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Noel and Jaqueline Martin Caring Foundation (£511k), Fakenham Children's Daycare Centre Limited (£512k) and Trinity School Trust (£510k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 63% and charitable activities 37%. Charitable activities took 34% of spending and raising funds 57%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.