THE CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERS

Registered charity 278104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERS BENEVOLENT FUND

CIBSE publishes authoritative, internationally recognised Guidance and Codes and sets the criteria for best practice in building services engineering, with particular emphasis on the response to climate change. CIBSE accredits courses of study in further and higher education, approves work-based training programmes and provides routes to full professional registration.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £6,878,439 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and designated funds of £10,031,261. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the group's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by adequate cash and liquid investments to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: CIBSE SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 03645473
• Trading subsidiary: CIBSE CERTIFICATION LIMITED Companies House 06083016
• Registered company of the charity Companies House RC000885

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (47% 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: 34.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Alan Cooper MBEchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Aleksandra Krstanovic
• David Stevens
• Dejan Mumovic
• Edith Blennerhassett
• Eimear Moloney
• Francis Wilfred Pilbeam FCIBSE
• Mike Burton
• Mr Les Copeland · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter John Anderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vince Arnold FCIBSE
• WING LUNG MA

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

Operates in: Australia · Hong Kong · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United Arab Emirates

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING income £15.4m
• CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYORS income £1.3m
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEERING income £1.3m
• THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING income £4.1m
• CLIMATE BONDS INITIATIVE income £9.5m
• THE INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS income £10.6m

Side by side with its peers

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