THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL

Registered charity 269815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INST M C

For the public benefit:(i) qualifying individuals as professionals in measurement and control and as engineers and scientists,(ii) disseminating knowledge and information, on/about development in the industry, through learned society activities such as publications, symposia and technical meetings etc.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ALL AVAILABLE MEANS THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Institute maintained a stable financial position with healthy operating budgets and performing investments. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves of £2,751,909 against a policy of maintaining adequate capital reserves not used for normal operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• UK Government — “The project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund (UKCRF).” (source page)
• Community Renewal Fund — “Membership is funded by the Community Renewal Fund.” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~66.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Green
• Duncan Hutton
• Lindsay Scott
• Navdeep Mehay
• Oliver Grievson
• Professor Andreas Augousti
• Professor Sheila Smith
• Stewart Macfarlane

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• INSTITUTE OF CORROSION income £857k
• ENGINEERING INTEGRITY SOCIETY income £116k
• THE INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS income £10.6m
• INSTITUTE OF CAST METALS ENGINEERS income £316k
• THE INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS, MINERALS & MINING income £5.2m
• THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

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