CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYORS

Registered charity 1131469 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing regulatory, education and training services to surveyors working within civil engineering within the UK and internationally.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND ART OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SPECIALISATION'S OF GEOSPATIAL ENGINEERING AND COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT WITHIN CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY UPHOLDING AND ADVANCING THE STANDARDS OF EDUCATION, COMPETENCE, PRACTICE AND CONDUCT OF MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £29,823 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,192,752 to £2,162,930. The trustees' report notes that expenditure exceeded income by this amount, while the reserves policy aims to retain liquid reserves sufficient to cover day-to-day activities for 6 months. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.0m)
“The Trustees aim to retain a level of liquid reserves that provide sufficient working capital to cover the Charity’s Day to day activities for 6 months, together with an amount for contingencies.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Surco Limited
“The Institution has a wholly owned trading subsidiary SURCO Limited which operates in accordance with UK Charities legislation” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by The Moffatts Partnership LLP. Discloses 4 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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£96k
Reserves (reported)
£315k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · China · Hong Kong · Ireland · Malaysia · Trafford · United Arab Emirates

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£1.3m£1.3m
29/02/2024£1.2m£1.2m
28/02/2023£1.1m£1.1m
28/02/2022£1.1m£907k
28/02/2021£1.0m£868k

Common questions

Is CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYORS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £29,823 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,192,752 to £2,162,930. The trustees' report notes that expenditure exceeded income by this amount, while the reserves policy aims to retain liquid reserves sufficient to cover day-to-day activities for 6 months. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by The Moffatts Partnership LLP.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COMPANY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND (1992).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYORS£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE COMPANY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND (1992) FY2025£463k—0unclear0.0%no doubt
ICE BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£1.7m—1unclear—no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025£3.1m——below—no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT FY2024£1.2m—2above—no doubt
INSTITUTE OF CAST METALS ENGINEERS FY2025£316k—0unclear—no doubt

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