The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence

Registered charity 1133396 Registered since 2009

Operates: Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Thurrock

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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

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Economic/community Development/employment 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1Recreation 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 10Professional services 9Education 3

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

22.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 25.6 in 2020

22 from 22 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ceme.co.uk
Emailinfo@ceme.co.uk
Phone02085965193
AddressMARSH WAY, RAINHAM, RM13 8EU

Finances

£4,615,865 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,912,270£4,166,089
2022£4,156,655£4,665,899
2023£4,373,496£4,887,981
2024£4,643,608£4,658,098
2025£4,615,865£5,023,853

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 JUNE 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 18 DECEMBER 2009

Trustees (10)

10trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence LTD · 04238862 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/06/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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