Common questions about Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Engineering Construction Industry Training Board a good charity? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board scores 84 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Engineering Construction Industry Training Board a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Engineering Construction Industry Training Board as a registered charity (charity number 264506). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=264506&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's charity number? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's charity number is 264506. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's charity rating? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board scores 84 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Engineering Construction Industry Training Board have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Engineering Construction Industry Training Board. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Engineering Construction Industry Training Board? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Engineering Construction Industry Training Board. Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 29 employees paid more than £60,000, including 6 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (2 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Engineering Construction Industry Training Board receive? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board reported £39m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-03). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Engineering Construction Industry Training Board based? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's registered contact address is in Watford (WD4 8LZ). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, with a focus on education.
How much is Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 29 employees paid more than £60,000, including 6 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (2 employees). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's money come from? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board reported £39m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £37m (96%), investments £1.4m (4%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Engineering Construction Industry Training Board? +
The register does not record Engineering Construction Industry Training Board as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's trustees paid? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was Engineering Construction Industry Training Board previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Engineering Construction Industry Training Board: Engineering Industry Training Board.
When was Engineering Construction Industry Training Board registered as a charity? +
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board was entered on the register on 4 September 1972.
How does CharityCompare score Engineering Construction Industry Training Board? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Engineering Construction Industry Training Board's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.