ROYAL ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TRUST

Registered charity 1068709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RE CPD TEAM, REVETT, ROYAL ENGINEERS CPD TEAM

To promote the efficiency of the Army and particularly the military efficiency of the Royal Engineers by promoting and supporting the involvement of its personnel in nationally recognised vocational education and training schemes

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Latest income

£730k

Latest spending

£420k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £7,660,008, with free reserves at £7,658,809, which the Trustees assess are sufficient to protect qualifications for 10-15 years. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £309,610 for the year, driven by significant investment gains of £474,179 which offset a net expenditure on charitable activities of £420,459.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: protect qualifications for 10-15 years (held: £7.7m)

“Trustees assess that they have funds and investments to protect qualifications for 10-15 years and to fund the planned excess of expenditure over income 2025-2028.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£730k

Total spending

£420k

Cost of raising funds

£35k

Reserves (reported)

£7.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~218.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (65% 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: 4.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Brigadier Guy Boxall MBE
Col Daniel Hall VR MInstRE · trustee of 1 other charity
Col Guy Cheesman ADC RE
Craig Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Lieutenant Colonel Rob Porter
Lt Col David White RE
Simon Cook

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£730k	£420k
31/12/2024	£213k	£287k
31/12/2023	£251k	£406k
31/12/2022	£293k	£384k
31/12/2021	£255k	£537k

Common questions

Is ROYAL ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £7,660,008, with free reserves at £7,658,809, which the Trustees assess are sufficient to protect qualifications for 10-15 years. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £309,610 for the year, driven by significant investment gains of £474,179 which offset a net expenditure on charitable activities of £420,459. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

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
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£1.3m
THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS	1	£143k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL ENGINEERS HEADQUARTER MESS.

ROYAL ENGINEERS HEADQUARTER MESS income £269k
ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION LIMITED income £951k
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD income £3.1m
ENGINEERS AGAINST POVERTY income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROYAL ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TRUST	£730k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL ENGINEERS HEADQUARTER MESS FY2024	£269k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION LIMITED FY2025	£951k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.7m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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