THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD

Registered charity 1089678 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5377803 · Wikipedia · also known as ENGINEERINGUK · also registered in Scotland as SC046249 (OSCR)

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ENGINEERING IN ALL ITS APPLICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ENGINEERING IN ALL ITS APPLICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY; (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £0.16M for the year, with total funds decreasing to £3.0M. Free reserves stood at £1.6M, which the trustees confirmed remains within their stated policy range of £1.5M to £2.5M. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Sir Anthony Cleaver, chair of the Engineering and Technology Board theengineer.co.uk · 11/12/2008

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04322409

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Professional Engineering Institutions — “We are partly funded by the registration fees from professionally registered engineers and technicians paid to Professional Engineering Inst…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HUGHES, Laura Elizabeth Alice — director, appointed 05/05/2026not on trustee list
• FINKELSTEIN, Tamara Margaret, Dame — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• YOUNG, Neil Keith — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
• MURNIEKS, James Erik — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
• PASSINGHAM, Joann — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
• KING, Alexander Thomas — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
• SELLARS, Peter — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• CONN, Iain Cameron — director, appointed 01/10/2023on trustee list
• CHUDLEY, John, Prof — director, appointed 22/06/2023not on trustee list
• ALMOND, Edward Lawrence — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
• YOUNG, Janet, Dr — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
• CARTER, Ruth Juliet — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
• SMITH, James Andrew — director, appointed 06/12/2021on trustee list
• ROSSITER, Steve — director, appointed 18/09/2021on trustee list
• MUSTAFA, Erol — director, appointed 18/09/2021on trustee list
• HARRY, Rashada, Dr — director, appointed 20/03/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Thomas King
• Dr Janet Young
• Dr Rashada Harry
• EROL MUSTAFA
• Edward Almond
• Iain Conn
• JAMES SMITH
• Joann Passingham
• Laura Elizabeth Alice Hughes
• Peter Sellars
• Prof John Chudley BSc PhD · trustee of 1 other charity
• RUTH CARTER
• STEVE ROSSITER
• Tamara Finkelstein · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENGINUITY.

• ENGINUITY income £15.8m
• ENGINEERING INTEGRITY SOCIETY income £116k
• THE ENGINEERING TRUST income £1.7m
• SCIENCE PROJECTS income £1.2m
• WOMEN'S ENGINEERING SOCIETY income £569k
• CHEMICAL ENGINEERS BENEVOLENT FUND income £82k

Side by side with its peers

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