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Activities & Mission

We deliver public benefit from excellence in engineering and technology.Our vision: Engineering and technology in the service of societyOur role: We create and lead a community of outstanding experts and innovators to engineer better lives.Our goals: Enabling a sustainable and innovative economy, harnessing technology to improve lives, and building an engineering community fit for the future

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£208,155,000
Latest Expenditure
£60,289,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 28.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 96.9%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 3.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £150,702,000
Charitable Activities £54,697,000
Other Trading £1,475,000
Investments £1,281,000
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £58,440,000
Raising Funds £1,705,000
Governance £142,571
Grants to Institutions £31,528,000
Other Expenditure £144,000

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£208,155,000£60,289,000£58,440,000£220,143,000£5,133,000212 / 800
2023£57,124,235£57,622,139£55,924,047£66,819,148£2,444,000169 / 700
2022£48,274,103£48,846,187£47,523,849£70,663,766£4,144,000154 / 580
2021£51,211,833£54,506,449£53,401,426£68,411,117£4,051,000130 / 0
2020£52,882,117£50,401,720£48,727,323£62,552,614£1,507,000118 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
3-4 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE
LONDON
SW1Y 5DG
Registration Date
22 November 1985
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
293074
Charity Number
293074

Trustees

Dr Carolyn Jane Griffiths FREng
David Eyton CBE FREng
Dame Dawn Elizabeth Childs
Dr Steve Denton FREng
Paul Taylor CBE FREng
PROFESSOR SARAH HAINSWORTH OBE FRENG
Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng
Dr Luisa Freitas dos Santos FREng
PROFESSOR NICHOLAS JENNINGS CB FRENG
Dr John W Lazar CBE FREng
Professor Dame Muffy Calder DBE
Professor Arthur Kay DBE
David Richard John Wright FREng
Professor Richard Andrew Williams CBE FREng