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.

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Latest income

£524k

Latest spending

£526k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2024

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

Reserves policy: maintain adequate capital reserves which are not used to support normal operating costs (held: £2.8m)

“The Institute aims to fund its core activities through revenue and to maintain adequate capital reserves which are not used to support normal operating costs”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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)

Total income

£524k

Total spending

£526k

Reserves (reported)

£2.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~66.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; 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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£524k	£526k
31/12/2024	£523k	£482k
31/12/2023	£456k	£548k
31/12/2022	£444k	£492k
31/12/2021	£449k	£443k

Common questions

Is THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL financially healthy?

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. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUND	1	£40k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE OF CORROSION.

INSTITUTE OF CORROSION income £857k
ENGINEERING INTEGRITY SOCIETY income £116k
THE INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS income £10.6m
INSTITUTE OF CAST METALS ENGINEERS income £296k
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

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL	£524k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE OF CORROSION FY2025	£857k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENGINEERING INTEGRITY SOCIETY FY2026	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS FY2025	£10.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE OF CAST METALS ENGINEERS FY2024	£296k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS, MINERALS & MINING FY2024	£5.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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