The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Engineering Council

Registered charity 286142 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2.2y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
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.

Economic/community Development/employment 20Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 1Professional services 1Tech and media 1

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£3.3m 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.

10.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.6 in 2020

31 from 32 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.engc.org.uk
Emailenquiries@engc.org.uk
Phone02032060500
Address5th Floor, 10 Lower Thames Street, LONDON, EC3R 6EN

Finances

£3,510,321 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,963,619£2,765,177
2022£2,971,340£2,899,981
2023£3,112,602£3,170,466
2024£3,335,823£3,635,074
2025£3,510,321£3,662,940

What it does

What

Economic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF, ENGINEERING (INCLUDING RELEVANT TECHNOLOGY) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THEREBY TO PROMOTE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE IN OUR UNITED KINGDON OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 01 NOV 1981AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 13 DEC 1995AS AMENDED ON 06 NOV 2013

Trustees (21)

21trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Engineering Council · RC000738 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 27/11/1981

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