ENGINUITY

Registered charity 1000328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q105400214 · also known as ENGINEERING AND MARINE TRAINING AUTHORITY, ENGINEERING TRAINING AUTHORITY, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES ALLIANCE, SEMTA

To promote and advance education, training and skills in science, technology, engineering and manufacturing, and in particular to advance skills in such areas as are or may be in future required by the engineering profession, for the development of: (i) persons employed or intending to be employed in Industry and / or commerce, and (ii) the public generally.

Objects

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£15.8m

Latest spending

£17.3m

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the group recorded an operating deficit of £1.5m, which was significantly better than the budgeted £3.2m deficit, resulting in a total decrease in funds of £2.9m after investment losses. The charity ends the year with unrestricted reserves of £34.0m, which the trustees confirm is well above their policy requirement of maintaining six to twelve months of running costs. The trustees are satisfied that the group has sufficient resources to meet its obligations as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £280,000 - £290,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £130k)

“£280,000 - £290,000 0 1”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six to twelve months of running costs (reserves figure: £34.0m)

“Free reserves equivalent to 6–12 months of running costs are held to allow continuation of charitable work in the event of business interruption or funding delays.” — page 27

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Payments were made to the Chair and Deputy Chair totalling £47,148

“During the year, in accordance with the Articles of Association of the charity, payments were made to the Chair and Deputy Chair totalling £47,148 (2025: £47,666 Chair only).” — page 45

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Excellence Achievement and Learning Limited, Enginuity Skills Limited

“The charity owns 100% of the allotted ordinary share capital of two trading subsidiaries, Excellence, Achievement and Learning Limited (EAL) – company number 02700780 and Enginuity Skills Limited (ESL) – company number 12172530.” — page 6

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Employees paid over £60,000: 43 (£60,001–£70,000: 25; £70,001–£80,000: 8; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1; £200,001–£250,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 36 (£60,001–£70,000: 23; £70,001–£80,000: 4; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 35 (£60,001–£70,000: 22; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 4; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 2; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£15.8m

Total spending

£17.3m

Cost of raising funds

£13.0m

Reserves (reported)

£34.0m

Employees

178

Reported reserves equal ~23.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 82.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexia Williams
Ben Carpenter-Merritt
Dr Ian Ritchey
Eric Nicholls
Lucy Edge
Luke Jay Logan
Mark Tarry
Nicola Randles
Paul Perera
Rachel Fehily · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachel Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Lambert
Sarah Sandle
Sharron Pamplin
Sir Jim McDonald

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£15.8m	£17.3m
31/03/2025	£15.1m	£16.1m
31/03/2024	£14.5m	£14.1m
31/03/2023	£13.3m	£11.0m
31/03/2022	£12.2m	£10.6m

Common questions

Is ENGINUITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the group recorded an operating deficit of £1.5m, which was significantly better than the budgeted £3.2m deficit, resulting in a total decrease in funds of £2.9m after investment losses. The charity ends the year with unrestricted reserves of £34.0m, which the trustees confirm is well above their policy requirement of maintaining six to twelve months of running costs. The trustees are satisfied that the group has sufficient resources to meet its obligations as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ENGINUITY earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £280,000 - £290,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	05/06/2023	£50k	Automotive Skills Platform
UK government	01/06/2022	£25k	Teesside University and Enginuity KTP 22_23 Rd 1
UK government	01/04/2022	£8k	Teesside University and Enginuity KTP 22_23 Rd 1

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HAPPOLD FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, LANCASTER	1	£12k
The Parochial Church Council of Ecclesiastical Parish of Emmer Green and Caversham Park St Barnabas	1	£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHBOROUGH	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD.

THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD income £10.0m
ENGINEERING INTEGRITY SOCIETY income £116k
WOMEN'S ENGINEERING SOCIETY income £569k
THE ENGINEERING TRUST income £1.7m
ENGINEERING SERVICES TRAINING TRUST LIMITED income £117k
THE INSURANCE CHARITIES income £866k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ENGINUITY	£15.8m	£280,000 - £290,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD FY2025	£10.0m	£220,001 - £230,000	—	within	—	no doubt
ENGINEERING INTEGRITY SOCIETY FY2026	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOMEN'S ENGINEERING SOCIETY FY2025	£569k	—	—	above	—	material uncertainty
THE ENGINEERING TRUST FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ENGINEERING SERVICES TRAINING TRUST LIMITED FY2026	£117k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.