Registered charity · Rainham
Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence
Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence is a registered charity (number 1133396) based in Rainham, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Valerie Ellen Le Vaillant since 2020. Latest income £4.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £4.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Valerie Ellen Le VaillantChair · since 2020
- Alessandro AttanasioTrustee · since 2020
- Benyoucef HouhecheTrustee · since 2023
- Eman Martin VignerteTrustee · since 2024
- Ian Philip FitzpatrickTrustee · since 2023
- Neil StubbingsTrustee · since 2019
- Noorzaman RashidTrustee · since 2022
- Rajeev VermaTrustee · since 2024
- Richard HutchinsTrustee · since 2023
- Simon TheobaldTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Thurrock
- Website
- www.ceme.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence LTD
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.6m£5.0m
- 2024£4.6m£4.7m
- 2023£4.4m£4.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.2m£4.7m
- 2021£3.9m£4.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN SELECTED AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN THE BOROUGHS OF TOWER HAMLETS, HACKNEY, NEWHAM, GREENWICH, BEXLEY, BARKING & DAGENHAM, HAVERING, THURROCK, WALTHAM FOREST, REDBRIDGE, LEWISHAM, ENFIELD, HARINGAY AND DARTFORD (TOGETHER THE "BOROUGHS") BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING;3.2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;3.3. THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED WHO ARE RESIDENT IN OR WORKING IN THE BOROUGHS THROUGH HELP:(I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR(II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES3.4. THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE IN NEED BY THEPROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;3.5. THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;3.6. THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES WHERE NEEDED;3.7. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE DISADVANTAGEDCOMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGHS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, ANDHELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;3.8. THE ESTABLISHMENT CARRYING ON AND CONDUCT OF A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FORMANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING IN DAGENHAM, ESSEX AS A CENTRE FOR THE PROVISION OFINDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING;3.9. SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE AGREED BY THE MEMBERS SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND & WALES.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Valerie Ellen Le Vaillant Chair since 2020
- Alessandro Attanasio since 2020
- Benyoucef Houheche since 2023
- Eman Martin Vignerte since 2024
- Ian Philip Fitzpatrick since 2023
- Neil Stubbings since 2019
- Noorzaman Rashid since 2022
- Rajeev Verma since 2024
- Richard Hutchins since 2023
- Simon Theobald since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Valerie Ellen Le Vaillant Chair since 2020
- Alessandro Attanasio since 2020
- Neil Stubbings since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alessandro Attanasio since 2020
- Benyoucef Houheche since 2023
- Eman Martin Vignerte since 2024
- Ian Philip Fitzpatrick since 2023
- Neil Stubbings since 2019
- Rajeev Verma since 2024
- Richard Hutchins since 2023
- Simon Theobald since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Valerie Ellen Le Vaillant Chair since 2020
- Noorzaman Rashid since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
22.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 25.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1133396
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 JUNE 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 18 DECEMBER 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 04238862 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02085965193 · info@ceme.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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