The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

Registered charity 211014 Registered since 1964

Operates: Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece

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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.

2.4y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.8y
average years in governance
2
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 16Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Education 3

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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£64.1m 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.

11.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 33.0 in 2020

576 from 670 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.

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Contact

Websitewww.theiet.org
Emailgovernance@theiet.org
Phone+44(0)3330499123
AddressTHE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND, TECHNOLOGY, 2 SAVOY PLACE, LONDON, WC2R 0BL

Finances

£64,082,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£52,533,000£61,867,000
2021£58,545,000£64,532,000
2022£67,565,000£68,826,000
2023£66,414,000£72,318,000
2024£64,082,000£70,300,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY & TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS ON THESE SUBJECTS AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE IET AND OTHERWISE

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 15/8/1921 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS 19/11/1946, 5/3/1956 AND 31/3/2006 AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL 19/5/1999, 7/2/2001, 16/7/2002 AND 17/7/2003 AND BYE-LAWS AS AMENDED ON DIVERS DATES FROM 20/3/1924 TO 3/3/2006, SCHEME 15/12/2003. And Royal Charter granted on 21 Feb 2024as amended by order dated 21 Feb 2024

Trustees (16)

16trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Institution of Engineering and Technology · RC000263 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

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