ENGINUITY

Registered charity 1000328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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.

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Latest income
£15.1m
Latest spending
£16.1m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported an operating deficit of £1.0m and a total decrease in funds of £1.3m for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, the trustees report that the group remains in a strong financial position with closing unrestricted reserves of £36.8m, which is significantly above the maximum policy target of £27.5m.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £27.5m (held: £36.9m)
“maximum target level of reserves of £27.5m”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£15.1m
Total spending
£16.1m
Cost of raising funds
£12.5m
Reserves (reported)
£36.9m
Employees
162

Reported reserves equal ~27.5 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 (94% 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: 82.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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
31/03/2021£9.4m£9.9m

Common questions

Is ENGINUITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported an operating deficit of £1.0m and a total decrease in funds of £1.3m for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, the trustees report that the group remains in a strong financial position with closing unrestricted reserves of £36.8m, which is significantly above the maximum policy target of £27.5m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government05/06/2023£50kAutomotive Skills Platform
UK government01/06/2022£25kTeesside University and Enginuity KTP 22_23 Rd 1
UK government01/04/2022£8kTeesside University and Enginuity KTP 22_23 Rd 1

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGINUITY£15.1m——above—no doubt
THE ENGINEERING TRUST FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD FY2025£10.0m£220,001 - £230,000—within—no doubt
THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FY2024£64.1m——unclear—no doubt
ENGINEERING INTEGRITY SOCIETY FY2026£116k—0unclear—no doubt
ENTHUSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£3.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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