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ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD

Registered charity 264506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E C I T B, ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD

The ECITB is an industry training board accountable to the Dep't for Education. It has statutory responsibility for the development of the GB engineering construction workforce. It levies employers in the industry to fund its charitable activities in four main areas of training, development and assessment, namely Apprenticeships; Technical and Management/Professional programmes and Qualifications.

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Latest income
£38.8m
Latest spending
£41.1m
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in resources of £2.3m for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £9.5m. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be above their stated minimum policy target of £6.5m, which is designed to cover winding-up costs and apprenticeship commitments. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £195,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £130k)
“The total remuneration of the highest paid director in the ECITB (the chief executive), in the financial year 2024, was £195,000 (2023: £169,000).” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £6.5m (held: £9.5m)
“The minimum level of reserves the Trustees consider necessary is £6.5m to accord with its policy of holding reserves to cover the full costs of winding up the ECITB, estimated to be around £3.5m, and a further fund to support the costs of apprentices taken on under ECITB funding arrangements, set at £3m.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: The Chair received a contracted salary of £30,000. No other trustees received compensation for duties. Travel expenses of £7,259 were reimbursed.
“In accordance with her appointment by the Secretary of State, the Chair of the Board is entitled to remuneration. During the year, the Chair, Ms L Armstrong, had a contracted salary of £30,000 (2023 - £30,000). No other trustees received compensation for the performance of their duties in the year (2023: £0).” — page 32
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Comptroller and Auditor General. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£38.8m
Total spending
£41.1m
Cost of raising funds
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£9.5m
Employees
103

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 5.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£38.8m£41.1m
31/12/2023£33.1m£33.2m
31/12/2022£28.7m£30.6m
31/12/2021£30.8m£33.7m
31/12/2020£29.8m£28.9m

Common questions

Is ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in resources of £2.3m for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £9.5m. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be above their stated minimum policy target of £6.5m, which is designed to cover winding-up costs and apprenticeship commitments. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Comptroller and Auditor General.

What does the highest-paid employee of ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £195,000 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.8m
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£200k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY1£180k
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION1£101k
CHK Foundation1£100k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION1£100k
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST1£90k
CANARY WHARF CONTRACTORS FUND1£75k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD£38.8m£195,000—unclear—no doubt
CITB FY2025£280.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD FY2025£10.0m£220,001 - £230,000—within—no doubt
Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust FY2025£391k—0above—no doubt
THE ENGINEERING TRUST FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUST FOR YOUTH FY2024£1.9m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt

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