Institution of Railway Signal Engineering

Registered charity 1046999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I R S E, THE INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS

World-wide professional engineering institution, licensed by the Engineering Council UK, for railway signal, telecommunication and other engineers and operators involved or interested in railway signalling, control and communications.

Objects

A) THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF SIGNALLING (WHICH SHALL MEAN THE WHOLE OF THE APPARATUS, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL OR OTHERWISE, METHODS, REGULATIONS AND PRINCIPLES WHEREBY THE MOVEMENT OF RAILWAY OR OTHER TRAFFIC IS CONTROLLED) BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH, THE COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND THE HOLDING OF CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND MEETINGSB) THE MAINTENANCE OF HIGH STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL CARE AMONGST THOSE WORKING WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND PROMOTION OF IMPROVED SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a small surplus of £1,359 on financial activities before investment changes, driven by one-off receipts such as a surplus transfer from the Australasian section and a refund from an Indian seminar. Per the trustees' report, total charity funds increased to £1,786,828, although restricted funds decreased due to the maturity of UK Government Securities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HPH Chartered Accountants. Discloses 3 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 46.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernardus Johannes Van Schijndel
• Bogdan Godziejewski
• Christian Glaettli
• Desirae Faber
• Gordon Bik Shun Lam
• Harvinder Singh Bhatia
• Ian James Allison
• Ir Nin Sang Henry Cheung
• Jane Copperthwaite
• Jane Elizabeth Power
• Jeetendra Gautamchand Dhelaria
• Jeremy Morling
• Keith Upton
• Mahesh Gadge
• Martin Ramzi Fenner
• Paul Darlington · trustee of 3 other charities
• Paul McSharry
• Peter Pequignot Gracey
• Pierre-Damien Jourdain
• Professor Roderick Muttram
• Robert Lord Cooke
• Roy Andrew Brammer
• Stephen Allday
• Stephen Walter Boshier
• Yousef Kimiagar

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Austria · Belgium · Botswana · Brazil · Canada · Chile · China · Czech Republic · Denmark · Eswatini

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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