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The Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering is a registered charity (number 293074) based in London, governed by 15 trustees. Latest income £61m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £61m (2026)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.raeng.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£61m£62m
  • 2025£72m£68m
  • 2024£208m£60m
Earlier years
  • 2023£57m£58m
  • 2022£48m£49m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 77%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

10 grants · £112,436,429 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £85,301,980 (5 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £26,676,249 (3 grants)
  • Mission 44 · £457,200
  • SHAREGIFT · £1,000

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £1,0002026-02-24
  • Mission 44 £457,2002022-06-14
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £40,087,9572022-03-31
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £39,305,0002022-03-31
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £394,5842022-02-03

Contracts awarded

1 contract

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Top suppliers

  • Unknown supplier · £0

Most recent

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.

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.9y
average years in governance
3
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 15Education/training 15General Charitable Purposes 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 3Health and social care 2Professional services 2

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
293074
Status
Registered
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
Contact on the register
02077660648 · info@raeng.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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