THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Registered charity 211014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IET, THE IET, THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS · also registered in Scotland as SC038698 (OSCR)

Latest income
£64.1m
Latest spending
£70.3m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves were £98.4m, significantly exceeding the stated reserves policy target range of £41.2m to £49.4m. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a robust financial position with unrestricted funds covering 239% of the lower end of the target range, supported by substantial investment assets.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£64.1m
Total spending
£70.3m
Cost of raising funds
£7.2m
Reserves (reported)
£68.9m
Employees
576

Reported reserves equal ~11.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Australia · Bahrain · Belgium · Brunei · Canada · China · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Egypt · France · Germany · Gibraltar

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£64.1m£70.3m
31/12/2023£66.4m£72.3m
31/12/2022£67.6m£68.8m
31/12/2021£58.5m£64.5m
31/12/2020£52.5m£61.9m

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves were £98.4m, significantly exceeding the stated reserves policy target range of £41.2m to £49.4m. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a robust financial position with unrestricted funds covering 239% of the lower end of the target range, supported by substantial investment assets. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

Who funds THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY as a grant recipient include REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUNDFY2023£25k
REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUNDFY2022£15k

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