The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal Academy of Engineering

Registered charity 293074 Registered since 1985

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.8y
average years in governance
4
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 14Education/training 14General Charitable Purposes 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.

Tech and media 6Finance 5Education 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£71.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

247 from 130 in 2021
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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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.raeng.org.uk
Emailinfo@raeng.org.uk
Phone02077660648
AddressTHE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, 3-4 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON, SW1Y 5DG

Finances

£71,805,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£51,211,833£54,506,449
2022£48,274,103£48,846,187
2023£57,124,235£57,622,139
2024£208,155,000£60,289,000
2025£71,805,000£67,805,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE PURSUIT ENCOURAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE WHOLE FIELD OF ENGINEERING TO USEFUL PURPOSE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE, ART AND PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 17TH MAY 1983 AS AMENDED BY ORDER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF 16. 3. 1992 AS AMENDED 6TH JANUARY 1994, 15 MARCH 1994 AND 14TH FEBRUARY 1997AS AMENDED ON 10 MAR 1999AS AMENDED ON 29 OCT 2004AS AMENDED ON 22 OCT 2008AS AMENDED ON 01 SEP 2014AS AMENDED ON 08 FEB 2018AS AMENDED ON 19 JUL 2022

Trustees (14)

14trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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