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The Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 82

  1. Robert Cuthbertson 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Alan Peasland 2022-2026 Director View profile
  3. Elisabeth Diane Wilson 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Chukwuma Onunkwo 2021-2026 Director View profile
  5. Tony Frater 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Dennis Wilcock 2017-2019 Director View profile
  7. John Cornforth 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Chirantan Shukla 2017-2022 Director View profile
  9. Christine Clark 2016-2022 Director View profile
  10. Anne Woodbridge 2016-2022 Director View profile
  11. Professor Chris Taylor 2016-2022 Director View profile
  12. Bruce Dagley 2016-2024 Director View profile
  13. Nicole Rinaldi 2015-2021 Director View profile
  14. Sarah Jane Templey 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Christian Thomas Young 2015-2022 Director View profile
  16. Brian Lindsay Durler Cooke 2014-2020 Director View profile
  17. Muhammad Iqbal 2012-2015 Director View profile
  18. David Mincher 2011-2017 Director View profile
  19. Michael Greenwood 2011-2018 Director View profile
  20. John Atkins 2010-2016 Director View profile
  21. Robert Francis Jeays 2010-2016 Director View profile
  22. Alfred John Jacques 2010-2016 Director View profile
  23. Scot Fisher 2010-2017 Director View profile
  24. Roy Pressland 2010-2016 Director View profile
  25. Michael Thomas Hannaway 2009-2015 Director View profile
  26. Raymond Buttifant 2009-2016 Director View profile
  27. James Shepherd 2008-2011 Director View profile
  28. Stephen Patrick Mullarkey 2006-2017 Director View profile
  29. Roger Alexander Law 2006-2011 Director View profile
  30. John Nedret Torrance 2006-2012 Director View profile
  31. Albert Michael Sanderson 2004-2010 Director View profile
  32. Colin George Arthur Shenton 2004-2010 Director View profile
  33. William Ernest Brunger 2004-2010 Director View profile
  34. Professor Alan James Reynolds 2003-2009 Director View profile
  35. Bryan Keen 2003-2009 Director View profile
  36. David Elliot Gee 2003-2009 Director View profile
  37. Roland Metcalfe 2000-2008 Director View profile
  38. William Gregg 1999-2006 Director View profile
  39. Graham John Osborne 1999-2004 Director View profile
  40. Dr David Denver James 1999-2010 Director View profile
  41. David Frank Lawrence 1998-2004 Director View profile
  42. Robert Francis Howard Jones 1998-2006 Director View profile
  43. Peter Sutton 1998-2003 Director View profile
  44. James Alistair Pearson 1998-2003 Director View profile
  45. Leslie Arrowsmith 1998-2003 Director View profile
  46. George Porges 1997-2002 Director View profile
  47. David George Baker 1997-2002 Director View profile
  48. Derek Lawrence Diprose 1997-2002 Director View profile
  49. James Lowe Douglas 1997-2002 Director View profile
  50. Robert Michael Sunderland 1996-2001 Director View profile
  51. George Broadley Spence 1996-2002 Director View profile
  52. George William Howard 1995-1999 Director View profile
  53. Edmund Ross 1995-1997 Director View profile
  54. John Phillips 1995-1999 Director View profile
  55. Frank Thomas Carding 1995-2000 Director View profile
  56. David John Canning Weetman 1995-2005 Director View profile
  57. Dr Richard Andrew Pike 1994-1999 Director View profile
  58. Professor Duncan Dowson 1994-1995 Director View profile
  59. Terence John Smith 1993-2010 Director View profile
  60. Lawrence, David Frank, Air Commander 1993-1997 Director View profile
  61. John Robert Butler 1993-1997 Director View profile
  62. Gerald Stewart Boucher 1993-1994 Director View profile
  63. Thomas Mcarthur Strang Callander 1991-1995 Director View profile
  64. Beresford Hartwell, Geoffrey Michael, Eur. Ing. Prof. 1991-1996 Director View profile
  65. Gregor Fyfe Clark 1991-1993 Director View profile
  66. Harry Ashley Kirby 1991-1994 Director View profile
  67. Morgan, Francis William, Group Captain 1991-1994 Director View profile
  68. Stanley Eaton Fox 1991-1995 Director View profile
  69. Arthur Christopher Murray 1991-1996 Director View profile
  70. Norman Edwin Charlesworth 1993 Director View profile
  71. Ronald Sidney George Elkin 1993 Director View profile
  72. Sidney John Lambert 1992 Director View profile
  73. Frederick James May 1992 Director View profile
  74. Raymond Roberts 1994 Director View profile
  75. Reginald Richard Whitworth 1992 Director View profile
  76. Geoffrey Charles Twine 2004 Director View profile
  77. Leonard Thomas Blowers 1994 Director View profile
  78. Maurice Trevor Blackman 2002 Director View profile
  79. Kenneth William Roberts 1993 Director View profile
  80. Robert Irving Money 1997-2010 Secretary View profile
  81. Mutsaars, James Andrew, Wing Commander 1993-1997 Secretary View profile
  82. Ronald William Mellor 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified; Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated
09/09/1913
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Financials

Net assets
£44,202,651
Total assets
£44,498,932
Cash
£710,976
Employees
3
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reported£44,202,651
2025-12-31Not reported£44,202,651

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

8 directors on the board

3.3y median 3.3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

1
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00130981
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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